Volume 45, Issue 20, May 16, 2014

Judges in Arkansas, Idaho advance
momentum toward marriage equality

By MICHAEL K. LAVERS & CHRIS JOHNSON
Judges in Arkansas and Idaho this past week ruled in
favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples, continuing
a trend that began with last years Supreme Court rulings
and bringing marriage equality to the nations Bible Belt for
the rst time.
A federal judge in Idaho on Tuesday struck down the
states same-sex marriage ban.
Idahos marriage laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens
the fundamental right to marry and relegate their families
to a stigmatized, second-class status without su cient
reason for doing so, wrote U.S. District Magistrate Judge
Candy Wagaho Dale. These laws do not withstand any
applicable level of constitutional scrutiny.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Boise
Sam makes history in
NFL draft, sparking backlash
among some players
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
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Michael Sam on Saturday became the rst openly gay
man drafted into the National Football League after the St.
Louis Rams picked him in the seventh round.
ESPN broadcast a video that showed the former
University of Missouri defensive end breaking down
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RICHMOND, Va. A three-judge panel
of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a
lawsuit that challenges Virginias same-
sex marriage ban.
Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted
Olson, James Esseks of the American
Civil Liberties Union and Virginia Solicitor
General Stuart Raphael argued against
the commonwealths constitutional
amendment that denes marriage as
between a man and a woman on behalf
of the four leading plainti couples in the
case Tim Bostic and Tony London of
Norfolk, Carol Schall and Mary Townley of
Chestereld, Joanne Harris and Jessica Du
of Staunton and Victoria Kidd and Christy
Bergho of Winchester and the state.
Virginias marriage laws single out
for discrimination a class of Virginians
because of their sexual orientation and
because of the gender of the person they
love, said Olson. Esseks argued Virginias
same-sex marriage ban violates the
guarantee to equal protection under the
14th Amendment.
The Virginia marriage ban says to same-
sex couples you folks cannot get married,
he said. Raphael referred to the U.S.
Supreme Courts landmark Loving v. Virginia
decision that struck down state interracial
marriage bans in 1967. He also noted the
commonwealth did not specically ban
same-sex marriage until 1975.
Its clear that laws that discriminate based
on sexual orientation should be looked at
with a very jaundiced eye, said Raphael.
David Oakley, who represents Norfolk
Circuit Court Clerk George Schaefer, III,
argued the extension of marriage rights to
same-sex couples would prove a dramatic
departure from existing law. He described
the Loving case as a dierent situation
than the case we have here.
Austin Nimocks of the Alliance
Defending Freedom, who represents
Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk
Michle McQuigg, argued marriage is
necessary for the procreation of children.
Same-sex couples do not provide the child
with a mother and a father, said Nimocks.
Judge Roger L. Gregory repeatedly
pressed Nimocks on the issue during
oral arguments that lasted more than an
hour. You cant just take a fundamental
right and dene it, said Gregory.
Presiding Judge Paul V. Niemeyer
pressed Olson on the denition
of marriage, noting same-sex and
heterosexual relationships have two
dierent purposes in society. A marriage
is a unit important to society in a number
of ways, said Niemeyer.
President Obama appointed Judge
Henry F. Floyd, who appeared the most
sympathetic to plaintis during the oral
arguments, to the 4th Circuit. Gregory
in 2000 received a recess appointment
during the last weeks of the Clinton
administration. Then-President George
W. Bush re-nominated him in 2001. Then-
President George H.W. Bush nominated
Niemeyer to the 4th Circuit in 1990.
Marriage is
biblically mandated
Virginia voters in 2006 approved the states
marriage amendment by a 57-43 percent
margin. Bostic and London last July led a
lawsuit challenging the commonwealths
gay nuptials ban after the U.S. Supreme
Court issued its landmark ruling that struck
down a portion of the Defense of Marriage
Act. Schall and Townley joined the case
two months later alongside Olson and
Boies. The American Civil Liberties Union,
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Virginia last
August led a lawsuit on behalf of Kidd and
Bergho and Harris and Du. A federal
judge in Harrisonburg earlier this year
classied their case as a class action. Herring
announced shortly after taking o ce in
January that he would not defend the states
marriage amendment. U.S. District Court
Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen in February
found Virginias same-sex marriage ban
unconstitutional. The 4th Circuit a few weeks
later ruled the ACLU and Lambda Legal
could join the Bostic case.
State Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince
William County,) who co-authored the
marriage amendment, attended the oral
arguments. National Organization for
Marriage President Brian Brown, Josh
Duggar of the Family Research Council and
Family Foundation of Virginia President
Victoria Cobb are among the hundreds
of same-sex marriage opponents who
gathered outside the courthouse before
they began and as they took place. Philip
Houchins of Richmond held a Family
Foundation of Virginia ag as other
opponents of marriage rights for same-
sex couples arrived on buses.
It is one man, one woman that works best
as far as marriage goes, he told the Blade. It
is biblically mandated. I support that.
Heather Mathis of Richmond, who
married her wife of eight years in D.C.
in April 2013, is among the same-sex
marriage supporters who gathered
outside the courthouse.
I want my son to feel like were normal
and were a loving married couple just like
any married couple, she told the Blade.
I want him to grow up in a society that
doesnt look at us as strange or unequal.
Eighteen states and D.C. allow gays
and lesbians to marry. Same-sex couples
in neighboring North Carolina and West
Virginia are among those that have led
lawsuits seeking marriage rights since
the U.S. Supreme Court issued its DOMA
decision. A three-judge panel of the 10th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver
last month heard oral arguments in two
lawsuits that challenge same-sex marriage
amendments in Utah and Oklahoma.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
in February appealed a ruling that struck
down his states same-sex marriage ban
to a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
Gays and lesbians have begun to marry
in Arkansas after a circuit judge struck
down the states same-sex marriage ban.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has
said he will appeal the decision to the
Arkansas Supreme Court.
Niemeyer noted to Nimocks during
oral arguments that the issue of marriage
rights for same-sex couples will likely go
before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Youre here in Richmond as a way-
station on [Interstate] 95, said the
presiding judge.
Herring, the plaintis and their lawyers
were optimistic as they spoke to reporters
during a press conference after they left
the courthouse.
I am here today with moms, said
Emily Schall Townley, 16, as she stood
alongside Schall and Townley. This is my
family. It is not really complicated. Harris
told the Blade the hardest part of the oral
arguments for her was listening to lawyers
talk about children she and Du have
a 5-year-old son. Its pretty strange to
have folks who arent in your family talking
about your child, said Harris.
She added the arguments her lawyers
made were all very wonderful.
It just really rea rms everything that
we think and do everyday when were
supporting our family, Harris told the Blade.
The panel is expected to issue its ruling
in the coming weeks.
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Va. marriage case seen as way-station to Supreme Court
BRIAN BROWN of the National Organization
for Marriage spoke at a rally against same-
sex marriage on the grounds of the Virginia
Capitol in Richmond on Tuesday.
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Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley on
Thursday was scheduled to sign into a law
a bill that will ban discrimination against
transgender Marylanders.
Its long overdue, he told the
Washington Blade on Wednesday during
a telephone interview from Annapolis.
Discrimination against people is wrong.
This is a good bill and its about time
we prohibit discrimination against
transgendered individuals in Maryland.
Senate Bill 212 or the Fairness for All
Marylanders Act of 2014 that state Sen.
Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery County)
introduced earlier this year received
nal approval in the Maryland House of
Delegates in March. The state will join
17 others along with D.C. and Puerto
Rico that include gender identity and
expression in anti-discrimination laws.
OMalley noted to the Blade he signed
the states rst trans rights ordinance in
2002 when he was mayor of Baltimore.
The governor subsequently testied in
support of statewide proposals that had
gone before Annapolis lawmakers.
We did not experience any problems
with the implementation of the bill in
Baltimore, said OMalley in response to
a question about why it took more than
a decade for legislators to approve a
statewide trans rights measure. Perhaps
this bill took longer given the saliency of
the marriage equality ght and how many
tries it took us to get that done.
State Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington
County) and other SB 212 opponents
repeatedly described it as a bathroom
bill and said it would place women and
children in danger while using restrooms,
locker rooms and other facilities.
It was a lot of irresponsible, false
rhetoric that was designed simply to
iname people, said OMalley.
Parrott last month announced he
plans to collect signatures to prompt a
referendum on the bill.
The Washington County Republican needs
to collect a third of the 55,737 necessary
signatures to prompt a referendum on SB
212 by May 31. The remainder of them are
due to state election o cials by June 30 in
order for the measure to appear on the
November ballot.
OMalley told the Blade that opponents
of bills extending marriage rights to
same-sex couples and in-state tuition
to undocumented immigrants that he
signed in 2012 also collected enough
signatures to place them on the ballot.
He noted voters subsequently approved
both measures.
Whatever success they might have
in initially working up the gullible and
petitioning this to referendum I believe
the people of our state will agree that
to discriminate against another human
being is wrong, said OMalley.
SB 212 is only the latest in a series of
progressive measures that OMalley has
signed into law in recent months.
The governor last week signed a bill
that will raise Marylands minimum
wage to $10.10 an hour. OMalley in April
signed a measure that decriminalizes
the possession of small amounts of
marijuana.
The death penalty in Maryland was
repealed last May.
When you have the opportunity to
serve as an elected executive, you work
hard everyday in the hopes that by the
time your time is over you can make your
state a better place, a stronger place,
a more open and inclusive place that
you can accomplish meaningful things
that bring people together rather than
to drive them apart, OMalley told the
Blade. Thats what weve been able to do
in the eight years of this OMalley-Brown
administration.
OMalley spoke with the Blade hours
after Politico published a story about his
possible 2016 presidential aspirations
against growing speculation that former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will
announce a second White House bid.
He said he had no thoughts today on
whether he plans to run for president.
OMalley has endorsed Lieutenant Gov.
Anthony Brown in his campaign against
Attorney General Doug Gansler and state
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery
County) in next months Democratic
gubernatorial primary.
Gansler, Brown talk
marriage; Mizeur pushes
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. Marylands
three leading Democratic gubernatorial
candidates last week briey touched upon
marriage rights for same-sex couples
during their rst televised debate that
took place at the University of Maryland.
Attorney General Doug Gansler noted
in 2008 he became the rst statewide
o cial to back gay nuptials when he
testied before a Maryland Senate
committee embattled state Del. Don
Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel County) later
tried to impeach him. Gansler in 2010
wrote an opinion that said Maryland
would recognize same-sex marriages
legally performed in other jurisdictions.
I was ve years ahead of most people on
the issue of marriage equality, he said.
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said he and
incumbent Gov. Martin OMalley secured
passage of laws extending marriage
rights to same-sex couples and in-state
tuition to undocumented immigrants that
voters approved in 2012. The lieutenant
governor further noted OMalley signed
a gun control bill into law less than six
months after Adam Lanza killed 26
students and teachers at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Maryland last May also repealed the
death penalty.
We live in a much more just society today
than we did eight years ago, said Brown.
Meet the Press host David Gregory
moderated the hour-long debate that
NBC4, the University of Maryland and
Bowie State University sponsored. The
candidates answered questions from
NBC4 reporters Chris Gordon and Chris
Lawrence and Jenna Johnson of the
Washington Post.
State Del. Heather Mizeur
(D-Montgomery County) did not discuss
marriage rights for same-sex couples.
She did reiterate her plan to legalize
marijuana in order to fund universal
preschool in the state.
Our marijuana prohibition laws have
been a failure; they have been enforced
with racial bias, said Mizeur.
Brown said he supports a bill that
OMalley signed last month that
decriminalizes the possession of small
amounts of marijuana. Both the lieutenant
governor and Gansler said they do not
currently support the drugs legalization.
Theres no rush, said Gansler.
The candidates did not discuss a
transgender rights bill that received
nal approval in the Maryland House of
Delegates in March, even though they
all support it. Brown and Mizeur earlier
this year testied for the measure before
various legislative committees. Mizeurs
running mate, Rev. Delman Coates, told
the Washington Blade after the debate
that it was surprising the trans rights bill
was not discussed.
We were prepared for this issue to be
addressed, he said. Were delighted that
Heather was able to work in Annapolis in this
legislative session to pass this legislation.
State Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-Baltimore
City) also noted the lack of discussion on
the trans rights measure during the debate.
She told the Blade afterwards that marriage
rights for same-sex couples should have
been mentioned.
It was an important initiative of the
last administration, said McIntosh.
Im pleased to say that everyone whos
running for governor had a role in that.
She credited Brown with helping build
support for the same-sex marriage law
among black Marylanders. McIntosh also
dismissed Ganslers suggestion earlier this
year that Equality Maryland traded its
endorsement of the lieutenant governor
for his support of the trans rights bill.
They realize the important role that
Anthony Brown played in the passage
of both bills same-sex marriage and
transgender, she told the Blade. And they
also know his overall record on equality and
civil rights. There is no question Equality
Maryland made the right choice.
A St. Marys College poll conducted
between April 10-13 found Brown ahead
of Gansler by a 27-11 percent margin.
Slightly less than 8 percent of respondents
backed Mizeur, while 54 percent of them
said they remain undecided.
The three leading Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidates held their rst televised
debate last week at the University of Maryland.
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Exposing governments
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When gay rights pioneers Frank

Kameny and Jack Nichols co-founded the
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. in
1961 as the rst gay advocacy organization
in the nations capital, conditions were so
hostile toward gay people that Kameny
initially was the only one to use his real
name on the groups membership list.
More than 50 years later, gay public
aairs consultant Charles Francis and Gay
and Lesbian Activists Alliance President
Rick Rosendall reinstated the lapsed
corporate charter for the Mattachine
Society of Washington shortly after
Kamenys death in October 2011.
Francis and Rosendall along with a new
board of directors have since reshaped
the groups mission to conduct archival
research to uncover long forgotten
government documents that show in
chilling detail how federal policies were
put into place to ban gays from the
federal workforce.
We believe the importance of these
documents is the enormous evidentiary
and educational value that they have,
Francis told the Blade.
The evidentiary and educational value of
the original archival documents show the
persecution of gay people without regard
to any valid government purpose, he said.
Just malicious persecution over and over,
and we see that beginning in 1953.
Francis was referring to what Kameny
and other veteran gay leaders called the
infamous Executive Order 10450 issued
by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in
1953 possibly at the request of then FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover.
The order, among other things, barred
from the federal workforce individuals
found to be involved with any criminal,
infamous, dishonest, immoral, or
notoriously disgraceful conduct, habitual
use of intoxicants to excess, drug
addiction, or sexual perversion.
Although the order didnt specically
mention homosexuality or homosexuals,
it was interpreted by the U.S. Civil Service
Commission to mean homosexuals were
barred and should be summarily dismissed
from any federal government job.
The order for the rst time equated
gays and lesbians with disloyalty, Francis
said. And that was a catastrophe for gay
and lesbian Americans that much too
little has been written about and much
too little is actually known about it,
Francis said.
One expert who does know about it,
gay rights advocate and University of
South Florida professor David K. Johnson,
author of the book The Lavender Scare,
is scheduled to be one of two featured
speakers at a Mattachine Society of
Washington forum scheduled for May 21.
Joining Johnson as a speaker at the event,
to be held at the o ces of the D.C. law rm
McDermott Will & Emery, will be David S.
Ferriero, who serves as Archivist of the
United States and director of the National
Archives and Records Administration.
A write-up on the Mattachine Society
of Washingtons website says its sources
of information have and will continue to
be archival records found at the Library
of Congress, the National Archives and
Records Administration, Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) requests, visits to
presidential archives and libraries, and
family foundations and university libraries.
Francis said he doesnt believe the
repurposed Mattachine Society of
D.C. will conict with or duplicate the
work of the Rainbow History Project, a
longstanding D.C.-based group that keeps
records of and reports on the history
of the D.C. LGBT community, individual
LGBT people and LGBT institutions such
as gay bars.
Instead, the new group focuses
almost exclusively on what Francis
called archive activism, an aggressive
search for archival documents that tell
the story of how gays were targeted for
discrimination and persecution through
government policies and laws.
With pro bono help last year from
the McDermott Will & Emery law rm,
Mattachine found at the National
Archives a memorandum written in 1962
by a high-level Civil Service Commission
o cial that appeared to summarize the
views of many government o cials on
gays and lesbians, Francis said.
The o cial was John W. Steele, chief of
the Civil Service Commissions Program
Systems and Instructions Division.
[W]e set homosexuality apart from
other forms of immoral conduct and take
a much more severe attitude toward it,
Steele wrote. Our tendency to lean over
backwards to rule against a homosexual
is simply a manifestation of the revulsion
which homosexuality inspires in the
normal person.
Steele added, What it boils down to is
that most men look upon homosexuality
as something uniquely nasty, not just as a
form of immorality.
In another recent project, Francis
said Mattachine Society of Washington
discovered documents showing that
J. Edgar Hoover and his then top FBI
assistant Clyde Tolson played a role in
pressuring the U.S. Postal Service into
refusing to allow one of the nations rst
gay publications, One magazine, from
being distributed through the mail.
In the early 1950s, at the time it banned
One from being mailed, the Postal Service
described the publication as obscene,
lewd, licentious and lthy, according to
documents obtained by Mattachine.
A short time later, Francis points out,
One successfully challenged the mail ban
on First Amendment grounds and won
its case before the U.S. Supreme Court
in a landmark ruling that opened the
way in 1954 for gay publications to be
distributed through the mail.
Mattachine Society of Washington
recently honored California attorney Eric
Julber, now 90 years old, who represented
One magazine before the Supreme Court
on a pro bono basis.
On its website, the Mattachine Society
of Washington says it recently received
approval by the IRS as a 501(C)(3)
charitable and educational organization
and obtained full legal status as a non-
prot corporation in D.C.
The original Mattachine Society of
Washington founded by Kameny and
Nichols was a political and advocacy
organization, among other things,
organized the rst-ever gay rights protests
outside the White House, Pentagon and
the Civil Service Commission.
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and performers have been announced in recent days.
Karmin will be one of four headlining performers at the Pride Festival on
Sunday, June 8, joining Bonnie McKee, Betty Who and DJ Cassidy. The festivals
exhibit hours are noon-7 p.m.The Capitol Main Stage at Pennsylvania Avenue
between 3rd and 7th streets will go until approximately 9 p.m.
Capital Pride will honor its Pride Heroes at a reception on May 21 at 6:30
p.m. at Artisphere (1101 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington). Honorees include Nicholas
Benton, David M. Perez, Rev. Dean Snyder, Dr. Amani Woody and Tom Yates.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam will receive the Paving the Way award. Tickets
are $60 in advance or $75 at the door. Visit capitalpride.org for more information.
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A controversial judicial nominee said during his conrmation hearing Tuesday his
views may or may not have changed since he backed Georgias anti-gay marriage
amendment in 2004 and he would defer to the Supreme Court precedent on any
possible marriage cases that come before him as a judge.
Michael Boggs, whom President Obama nominated in January for a seat on the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, said his current views on same-sex
marriage may not reect his previous opposition when asked by Sen. Charles Grassley
(R-Iowa) about a statement he made on the issue 10 years ago.
I clearly meant, senator, that my personal opinion was at the time over a decade
that I was in support of a proposed constitutional amendment that would have banned
same-sex marriage, Boggs said. My position on that, senator, may or may not have
changed since that time as many peoples have over the last decade.
Its customary for judicial nominees not to denitively state during the conrmation
process their personal views on matters, such as same-sex marriage, because if they
did and the issue came before them as a judge, they would have to recuse themselves.
Boggs also emphasized that his stated opposition to same-sex marriage has had no
impact on any cases over which he has presided since he became a state judge in 2004.
Moreover, my position on that, as reected by those personal comments in 2004,
have never had any import whatsoever in how Ive decided cases or how I analyzed
issues both as a trial court and an appellate court judge, Boggs said. Asked by Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) whether he would now back a constitutional ban on
same-sex marriage, Boggs replied, No, sir.
Boggs added that view wouldnt inform his decision making as a federal judge. Three
same-sex couples have led a lawsuit against Georgias ban on same-sex marriage
thats now pending before federal court.
Asked by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) about the case, Boggs said he would not
believe that a ruling against the law would be an example of judicial activism. In a
follow-up question from Hirono on whether he had considered as a state judge any
cases involving gay people, Boggs revealed he indeed considered such a case involving
a lesbian parent seeking second-parent adoption of her son. Although Boggs said the
record is sealed, he disclosed he agreed to take it up after the chief judge in his circuit
refused to hear the case. After hearing the womans case on why shed be a good parent,
Boggs said he approved the adoption.
Hagel open to reviewing ban on trans service
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed an openness in an interview that aired
Sunday to the idea of reviewing the U.S. militarys ban on openly transgender service,
saying all Americans should be able to serve if they t the qualications and can do it.
Hagel said the militarys ban on transgender service continually should be reviewed
when asked by reporter Martha Radditz about the issue during an ABC News This
Week interview.
I do think it continually should be reviewed, Hagel said. Im open to that by the way.
But Hagel qualied his willingness to review the issue by saying transgender service
is a bit more complicated because it has a medical component to it, saying the issue
is an area that we have not dened enough.
These issues require medical attention, Hagel said. Austere locations where we put
our men and women in many cases dont always provide that kind of opportunity.
Prior to the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell in 2010, the Pentagon conducted a review
of open service headed by then-Pentagon general counsel Jeh Johnson and then-
Commander of U.S. Army-Europe Gen. Carter Ham. The report, which laid out the way
for the military to adjust to Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal, was what enabled Pentagon
leaders to come on board with the idea of open service.
Allyson Robinson, a transgender advocate and policy director for the LGBT military
group SPART*A, praised Hagel for backing a review of the current ban, which has been
in place since before 1980.
We appreciate that Secretary Hagel recognizes that these medical regulations are over
30 years old, are inconsistent with current medical practice, and negatively impact military
readiness, Robinson said. They harm our service members and weaken our military.
Unlike Dont Ask, Dont Tell, the militarys ban on transgender service could be lifted
at any time within the Pentagon because it wasnt codied into law and is instead a
medical regulation.
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Aiken wins primary
after opponents death
Keith Crisco, the primary opponent of gay congressional candidate Clay Aiken,
died suddenly after a fall Monday, leaving Aiken the winner in that close race.
Amid plans for a recount of the results of the hotly contested Democratic
primary, Crisco reportedly died as a result of injuries he suered from a fall at his
Asheboro, N.C., home. According to the Courier-Tribune, Crisco was found dead
at the scene when emergency workers arrived. Crisco, 71, was a former North
Carolina commerce secretary. Aiken enjoyed a slim 369-vote lead in the race
between him and Crisco in the race for the Democratic nomination to represent
North Carolinas 2nd congressional district. The race was deemed too close to
call last week, and Crisco had vowed to continue the ght by seeking a recount.
But on Tuesday, the AP declared Aiken the winner after all nine counties
certied their results. The nal count left Aiken with 40.86 percent of the vote
compared to 39.49 for Crisco.
Aiken now faces incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)in the general election.
Shes favored to win in the heavily Republican district.
This is a midterm election when a lot of core Democratic voters including
young people and minorities stay home opposed to core Republican voters who
happen to be white and older, North Carolina State University political science
professor Stephen Greene told ABC News. It is really tough for any Democrat to
win this district, especially this year.
In a statement, Aiken said he was stunned and deeply saddened by Criscos
death and pledged to suspend temporarily all campaign activities. Keith
came from humble beginnings, Aiken said. No matter how high he rose to
Harvard, to the White House and to the governors cabinet he never forgot
where he came from. He was a gentleman, a good and honorable man and an
extraordinary public servant. I was honored to know him.
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attorneys Deborah A. Ferguson and Craig
Durham last November led a lawsuit on
behalf of four lesbian couples who tried to
obtain marriage licenses in Ada County or
sought recognition of their marriages that
were legally performed in California and
New York.
Dale on May 5 heard oral arguments in
the case.
Idaho voters in 2006 approved a state
constitutional amendment that denes
marriage between a man and a woman
and eectively bans the recognition of
gay nuptials legally performed in other
jurisdictions.
Idahos marriage laws deny its gay
and lesbian citizens the fundamental
right to marry and relegate their families
to a stigmatized, second-class status
without su cient reason for doing so,
wrote Dale. These laws do not withstand
any applicable level of constitutional
scrutiny.
Ferguson applauded Dales ruling.
Todays decision a rms the
fundamental principles of equality and
fairness and the common humanity of
gay and lesbian people, she said. As
the court recognized, these families are
part of Idahos community, and equal
protection requires that they be given
the same legal protections and respect as
other families in this state.
Dales ruling is slated to take eect on
Friday, pending an appeal that Gov. C.L.
Butch Otter said he intends to le.
In 2006, the people of Idaho exercised
their fundamental right, rea rming that
marriage is the union of a man and a
woman, said the governor in a statement
as the Associated Press reported. Todays
decision, while disappointing, is a small
setback in a long-term battle that will end
at the U.S. Supreme Court. I am rmly
committed to upholding the will of the
people and defending our constitution.
Neighboring Washington is among the
18 states and D.C. that allow gays and
lesbians to marry.
Just days before the Idaho ruling, gay
and lesbian couples began marrying
in Arkansas, after a circuit judge struck
down that states laws banning same-sex
marriage, citing the 1967 decision by the
U.S. Supreme Court that eliminated bans
on interracial marriage.
In a 13-page decision, Judge Chris
Piazza ruled that Arkansas laws barring
same-sex couples from marriage violate
the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. Piazza recalled the U.S.
Supreme Court decision in Loving v.
Virginia striking down bans on interracial
marriage, predicting the same thing will
happen with bans on same-sex marriage.
It has been over 40 years since Mildred
Loving was given the right to marry the
person of her choice, Piazza writes. The
hatred and fears have long since vanished
and she and her husband lived full lives
together; so it will be for the same-sex
couples. It is time to let that beacon of
freedom shine brighter on all our brothers
and sisters. We will be stronger for it.
In his determination that Arkansas
laws barring same-sex marriage have no
rational basis, Piazza rejected the notion
that religious objections are su cient to
bar gay couples from marriage.
Procreation is not a prerequisite in
Arkansas for a marriage license. Piazza
wrote. Opposite-sex couples may
choose not to have children or they
may be infertile, and certainly we are
beyond trying to protect the gene pool.
A marriage license is a civil document
and is not, nor can it be, based upon
any particular faith. Same-sex couples
are a morally disliked minority and the
constitutional amendment to ban same-
sex marriages is driven by animus rather
than a rational basis. This violates the
United States Constitution.
On Saturday, Arkansas Attorney
General Dustin McDaniel announced that
although he supports same-sex marriage,
he would continue to defend Arkansas
anti-gay marriage laws in court.
Aaron Sadler, a McDaniel spokesperson,
said his boss would appeal the decision to
the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The rst same-sex couple to marry in
Arkansas was Jennifer Rambo, 26, and
her partner Kristin Seaton, 27, a former
volleyball player at the University of
Arkansas. The two, whove been together
for four years, also have the distinction of
being the same-sex couple to wed in the
South.
Rambo and Seaton, residents of Fort
Smith, got in their car immediately after
the court ruling last Friday to head to
Little Rock, intending to wed there in
the morning, according to the Arkansas
Times.
When they found out the Pulaski
County Courthouse wouldnt open the
next day, they went to Eureka Springs.
After arriving at 2 a.m., they slept in their
Ford Focus, waking every 30 minutes to
ensure theyd be at the front of the line,
according to the Associated Press.
Fayetteville minister Laura Phillips
accepted their certicate and performed
the marriage for the couple, according to
the Arkansas Times.
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Marriage victories in Arkansas, Idaho
as he received the telephone call from
Rams coach Je Fisher that told him the
team had picked him. His boyfriend, Vito
Cammisano, was among those who were
with him in San Diego.
After receiving the news, Sam broke
into tears and kissed and embraced
Cammisano live on ESPN, triggering a
minor backlash from other current and
former players who reacted on Twitter.
Im sorry but that Michael Sam is no
bueno for doing that on national tv,
former NFL player Derrick Ward tweeted.
Man U got little kids lookin at the draft.
I cant believe ESPN even allowed that to
happen, he wrote.
Miami Dolphins safety Don Jones joined
in, tweeting horrible and OMG after
ESPN broadcast the kiss. He later deleted
the comments and was sanctioned by the
NFL. Jones was ned and barred from
team activities pending training for his
recent comments made on social media.
Jones also issued an apology.
I want to apologize to Michael Sam for
the inappropriate comments that I made
last night on social media, he said in a
statement.
I take full responsibility for them and I
regret that these tweets took away from
his draft moment. I remember last year
when I was drafted in the seventh round
and all of the emotions and happiness I
felt when I received the call that gave me
an opportunity to play for an NFL team
and I wish him all the best in his NFL
career.
Sam, 24, announced hes gay in multiple
media outlets in February, including
articles in The New York Times and ESPN.
I just want to make sure I could
tell my story the way I want to tell it,
Samtold the Times. I just want to own
my truth.
According to The New York Times,
Sam previously declared his sexual
orientation to teammates during a
team-building exercise last year at the
University of Missouri, where he played
for the Mizzou Tigers in Southeastern
Conference Division I football.
Im gay, he reportedly recalled
saying. I looked in their eyes, and they
just started shaking their heads like,
nally, he came out.
Sam, a Hitchcock, Texas, native, won
accolades for his performance as a college
player. The Associated Press named
him the Southeastern Conferences
Defensive Player of the Year and he was
selected as one of 10 unanimous rst-
team All-Americans.
In a statement in February, the NFL
praised Sam for his decision to come out
and said his performance as a college
player speaks for itself. In 2011, the NFL
added sexual orientation to its list of
protected classes.
We admire Michael Sams honesty and
courage, the statement said. Michael is
a football player. Any player with ability
and determination can succeed in the
NFL. We look forward to welcoming and
supporting Michael Sam in 2014.
President Obama congratulated Sam in
a statement released Saturday.
The president congratulates Michael
Sam, the Rams and the NFL for taking
an important step forward today in our
nations journey, the statement read.
From the playing eld to the corporate
boardroom, LGBT Americans prove
everyday that you should be judged by
what you do and not who you are.
Chad Gri n, president of the Human
Rights Campaign, said Sam is making
history and has provided essential hope
to millions of LGBT young people from
the South. Trailblazers like Michael
are tearing down barriers to equality
almost daily, and I sincerely believe
that the young person who will go on to
become the rst openly LGBT president
of the United States watches todays
news somewhere in this country and is
inspired, Gri n said.
Despite the NFLs outward support for
Sam, some observers noted that since
2006, every SEC defensive player of the
year was drafted in the rst round. Sam
was picked 249th in the seventh and nal
round.
The NFL and the sports media complex
have been eusively bragging about how
Michael Sam being drafted by the Rams
shows the NFL has become inclusive and
respectful of homosexuals, wrote sports
columnist Warren Redlich. Its a lie.
Chris Johnson contributed to this report.
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Sam becomes rst out gay player drafted to NFL
Rep. BELLA ABZUG
(D-N.Y.), along with
Rep. Ed Koch (D-N.Y.),
introduce the Equality
Act, which would have
amended the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 to include
sexual orientation under
the protected classes
for employment as well
as housing and public
accommodations.
MAY 1974
Gay Rep. GERRY STUDDS
(D-Mass.) introduces
the modern version of
ENDA, which includes
protections only for
employment.
Under the leadership of
Sen. EDWARD KENNEDY
(D-Mass.), the Senate
Committee on Labor
& Human Resources
holds the rst-ever
congressional hearing on
ENDA. Lesbian attorney
Chai Feldblum is among
the witnesses.
JUNE 1994
JULY 1994
Running for a U.S. Senate
seat in Massachusetts,
MITT ROMNEY pledges
in a letter to the Log
Cabin Republicans to
co-sponsor ENDA and
if possible broaden to
include housing and
credit. Romney would
later say in 2006 he
sees no need for ENDA
before he pursued his
presidential bid.
OCTOBER 1994
A deal is struck in the
Senate to bring ENDA to
a oor vote along with
the Defense of Marriage
Act. Although DOMA
passes the Senate by a
wide margin, ENDA fails
narrowly by a 49-50 vote.
SEPTEMBER 1996
President BILL CLINTON
becomes the rst U.S.
president to call for ENDA
passage during a State
of the Union address,
saying discrimination
on the basis of sexual
orientation is wrong, and
it ought to be illegal.
JANUARY 1999
Under the leadership of
Sen. Edward Kennedy
(D-Mass.), the Senate
Health, Education, Labor
& Pensions Committee
reports out ENDA to
the Senate oor. The
legislation never sees a
oor vote.
APRIL 2002
Gay Rep. BARNEY FRANK
(D-Mass.) introduces a
version of ENDA in the
House that for the rst
time includes language
barring employment
discrimination against
transgender people.
APRIL 2007
Much to the
consternation of LGBT
advocates, Frank
introduces a new version
of ENDA that strips the
bill of its transgender
provisions, saying the
votes are lacking in the
House to pass a trans-
inclusive bill.
SEPTEMBER 2007
ENDAs long, frustrating path
Federal eort to ban anti-LGBT bias began in 1974
40 years later, its
unbelievable to me that
we cant get this done
By CHRIS JOHNSON
[email protected]
EDITORS NOTE: Visit washingtonblade.com
for an in-depth look at where ENDA stands 40
years after an early version of the measure was
introduced.
It was a very dierent world for gay
people in 1974. Marriage equality was
an unheard of idea. Five years earlier,
the New York City police conducted
another raid of a gay bar this time at
the Stonewall Inn in New York City
resulting in demonstrations that started
the modern gay rights movement.
But there was one member of Congress
from New York who saw a promising
future. Rep. Bella Abzug, then a two-term
member of the U.S. House, introduced
along with Rep. Ed Koch on May 14,
1974 legislation known as the Equality
Act. It would have amended
Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 to include
sexual orientation as a
protected class for the
Abzugs daughter recalls mothers support for Equality Act
purposes of employment, housing and
public accommodations.
Abzug died in 1998 after a battle with
breast cancer, but one person who
remembers the introduction of the bill is
Liz Abzug, her lesbian daughter.
Mother and daughter share histories of
working as civil rights lawyers and ghting
on behalf of LGBT advocacy. Liz Abzug,
now 60, has founded an organization to
honor the memory of her late mother:
the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute.
Speaking with the Washington Blade
via phone from her home in New York
City, Abzug recalled being a law student
at that time and the heated reaction
that the introduction of the Equality Act
caused both within Congress and the
gay community itself.
Nobody could believe it, Abzug said.
My mother at the time was prescient,
and the liberal groups understood, but
still couldnt believe that she did it. And
thats why it was so incredible. She was
prescient in everything she did politically.
Just ve years prior, the Stonewall
riots had taken place in New York
City. Liz Abzug acknowledged those
demonstrations played a role, but said
the bills introduction was more about
her understanding as a leader, a
civil rights leader and someone
who broke barriers.
You got to get the sense of the
person, Liz Abzug said. She had
enormous courage and enormous
intelligence and was radical as they come,
and understood the process as a lawyer
and as a leader.
The decision to introduce the Equality
Act, Liz Abzug said, was based on her
mothers belief that the civil rights
movement was a movement for all
people.
In the 1940s, Bella Abzug took on the
case of William McGee, a black man
who was sentenced to death in 1945
for the alleged rape of Willette Hawkins.
According to Liz Abzug, McGee was falsely
accused because he was having a long-
term aair with Hawkins. Bella Abzug
took the case to the Supreme Court, but
lost, leading to Hawkins execution.
Upon becoming a member of
the U.S. House in 1971, Bella Abzug
became a proponent of the Equal
Rights Amendment for women and an
outspoken opponent of the Vietnam
War. Adding protections for gay people
within civil rights law, Liz Abzug said, was
a natural extension of those eorts.
If youre going to ght, and youre
going to have a Civil Rights Act thats
going to protect African Americans, and
youre going to ght for womens rights,
and youre going to ght to ban sex
discrimination after you ght to ban race
discrimination or religious discrimination,
this would be totally the next natural
legal, political sort of gut level extension
of that, Liz Abzug said. Whats dierent
between that and ghting for the rights of
gay people and their
civil rights?
Bella Abzug had long been a favorite
within the gay community, her daughter
recalled. Upon campaigning for Congress,
she ventured into not just New York Citys
gay bars but its gay bathhouses, oering
campaign buttons to patrons, which they
would a x to their towels.
Shes trying with her aides to give them
buttons because it was big at that time;
youd give a campaign button no matter
where you went, Liz Abzug recalled. And
theyre all trying to grab her. Theyre so
thrilled that she came in there.
A denitive moment of her relationship
with the LGBT community, Liz Abzug
said, took place sometime in the 1970s
as Baptist singer Anita Bryant worked to
repeal non-discrimination laws protecting
gay people in various cities. A crowd
of gay men came in candlelight to Bella
Abzugs home in New York City, calling
out to the lawmaker to speak with them.
She thought she was dreaming this, and
my father kept saying, Youre dreaming.
Just go back to sleep. Its the middle of the
night, Liz Abzug said. She went out with
her nightgown and showed up with 400
guys mostly with candlelight asking her to
speak to them. And that was the kind of
period that were talking about.
Even though her mother enjoyed a
rapport with the gay community, Liz
Abzug said her own coming out in the
1970s was hard for her to hear.
In a way, there was conict in her:
personal vs. political, Liz Abzug said. But
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Even though the bill
has been stripped of its
transgender protections,
the Human Rights
Campaign is a signatory
to a letter from the
Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights urging
members of Congress
to continue to support
ENDA.
OCTOBER 2007
The sexual orientation-
only version of ENDA
passes the House by a
235-184 vote. Its never
brought up for a
Senate vote.
NOVEMBER 2007
In a heated primary
with Hillary Clinton,
then-Democratic
presidential candidate
BARACK OBAMA vows
in an open letter to the
LGBT community to
place the weight of my
administration behind
the enactment of a fully
inclusive ENDA.
MAY 2008
Following the
inauguration of
President Obama, Frank
again introduces a
transgender-inclusive
version of ENDA, saying
were beyond any
possibility of removing
that language.
JUNE 2009
Sen. Je Merkley
(D-Ore.) introduces a
trans-inclusive ENDA.
Its the rst time a
Senate version of the
bill contains protections
for the transgender
community.
AUGUST 2009
Assistant Attorney
General for Civil Rights
Thomas Perez testies
on behalf of the Obama
administration before
the Senate, calling the
bill a top legislative
priority for the Obama
administration.
NOVEMBER 2009
After the House votes
on Dont Ask, Dont Tell
repeal, House Speaker
NANCY PELOSI (D-Calif.)
tells the Washington
Blade a House vote on
ENDA wont take place
until the Senate acts on
the militarys gay ban.
The House never acts on
ENDA before Democrats
lose control of the
chamber.
JUNE 2010
KYLAR BROADUS
testies on behalf of
ENDA before the Senate
HELP Committee,
becoming the rst openly
transgender person
to testify before the
chamber.
JUNE 2012
Gay Rep. Jared Polis
(D-Colo.) introduces
ENDA as its new chief
sponsor in the U.S. House
following the retirement
of Barney Frank.
APRIL 2013
President Obama makes
ENDA passage a major
component of his speech
during a Pride reception
at the White House,
saying,We can make
that happen because
after the last four and a
half years, you cant tell
me things cant happen.
JUNE 2013
Under the chairmanship
of Sen. Tom Harkin
(D-Iowa), the Senate
Health, Education, Labor
& Pensions reports out
on ENDA by 15-7 vote,
marking the rst time a
trans-inclusive bill has
passed out of committee.
JULY 2013
The Senate votes 64-32
on a bipartisan basis
to approve ENDA,
marking the rst time
the chamber has passed
ENDA and the rst
time either chamber of
Congress has passed a
version of the bill with
transgender protections.
NOVEMBER 2013
House Speaker JOHN
BOEHNER (R-Ohio) said
he sees no basis or no
need for ENDA when
asked by the Washington
Blade if hell allow a vote
on the bill. The House
has yet to vote on the
legislation.
NOVEMBER 2013
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then she got it. She had come to overcome
her understanding, the Jewish part of
cultural understanding of our being.
In 1976, Abzug left the House to run for
U.S. Senate from New York, whichended
her political career. She lost narrowly to
a more conservative Democrat, Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, who went on to win
the general election and serve four terms.
Abzug lost the primary by 9,000 votes out
of a million cast. Although she went on to
run for mayor of New York City, she never
again held elective o ce.
Despite the loss, Liz
Abzug said her mother never regretted
abandoning her seat in the U.S. House
to pursue higher o ce. It would have
broken a glass ceiling because, at the
time, no woman was serving in the U.S.
Senate.
She never regretted it, but everybody
else did, Abzug said. They told her she
was crazy.
In the four decades that passed
since the introduction of the Equality
Act, dierent iterations of the measure
have taken its place in Congress. The
measure, now known as the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, is focused only
on employment having been stripped
of protections related to housing and
public accommodations.
Although it now includes explicit
protections for transgender people, the
bill also has a broader exemption allowing
for religious organizations to discriminate
against LGBT workers and forbids claims
based on disparate impact.
That lessening of protections riled
Liz Abzug. On the 30th anniversary of
the Stonewall riots in 1999, she took
part in a news conference calling for
more expansive legislation, she said.
And a few years ago,she said she had a
conversation about its protections with
former Rep. Barney Frank, who was then
chief sponsor of the bill.
After she asked whether the bill would
be strong enough in terms of the breadth
of its coverage, Franks reply was I think
so, which Liz Abzug said was so nebulous
and unreassuring that it was somewhat
shocking, to tell you the truth.
For full equal rights for the LGBT
community, you need to have the
strongest civil rights act
you can have, Liz
Abzug said. So,
ENDA should have
covered every base
that the original
civil rights act did,
and Title VII.
Abzug also had stern words for LGBT
rights groups, saying part of the reason
no federal law protects gay people from
employment discrimination is that theyve
been so marriage-focused in their eorts.
They put this as a priority on their ght
because everybodys been focused on
marriage, Abzug said. Thats the other
thing, theyre the people that should be
pressing for this, and getting young gays
and lesbians to understand this.
Following in her mothers footsteps,
Liz Abzug has considerable experience
in activism and had her own political
aspirations. In the 1990s, she ran against
Tom Duane for his seat in the New York
State Senate and in 2008 was a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention.
Even though ENDA hasnt been passed
by Congress, the LGBT community has
enjoyed a slew of victories within a short
amount of time, including Dont Ask, Dont
Tell repeal, the advancement of marriage
equality and a Supreme Court ruling
against the Defense of Marriage Act.
But Liz Abzug said if her mother were alive
today, she would be less than impressed
because employment protections arent
law. Even though hes since retired, she
envisioned her mother taking Frank aside
to tell him, This isnt enough.
To change the way a system is going
takes a long time, but 40 years later, here
we are, Abzug said. Its unbelievable to
me that we cant get this done.
Rep. BELLA ABZUG introduced the Equality Act on May 14, 1974
Changes in store for
Baltimore Pride
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Community Center of
Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB)
rmed up the dates for Baltimore Pride
an enterprise run by the GLCCB. This
years Baltimore Pride will take place on
Fathers Day weekend, June 13-15.
The Pride Parade and Block Party will
take place on Saturday, June 14, with the
Pride Festival taking place on Sunday,
June 15. The parade route will begin at
the intersection of Eager and Charles
streets and continue on Charles Street
up to Mount Royal Avenue. All Pride
weekend events will then take place at
Mount Royal Avenue and Cathedral St.
(No events will take place in Druid Hill
Park, as in years past).
Twilight on the Terrace, the annual
fundraiser for the GLCCB, will take place
on June 13 at Gertrudes restaurant at
the Baltimore Museum of Art.
The GLCCB had originally tapped
June 21-22 for the main Pride events,
but permitting issues forced the
organization to revert to the second
weekend in June. This will mark the
rst time in more than a decade that
the venue has shifted from Eager and
Charles Streets for the Block Party on
Saturday and from Druid Hill Park for
the Sunday festival.
We apologize for any confusion that
this may have caused and are working
diligently with Baltimore City o cials to
make this years event a success, said
Kelly Neel, GLCCB interim director in a
statement. For more information, visit
baltimorepride.org.
Walters Museum to ofer
nancial workshops
The Walters Art Museum will present
workshops on June 12 and 19 to coincide
with Baltimore Pride. The workshops,
Learn How to Build a Charitable Legacy
from LGBT Icons, will allow attendees
to learn how to align estate plans with
personal values, family goals, business
interests and charitable legacies.
The rst workshop on June 12 from 6-7
p.m. is titled James Dean, Liberace and
Others: The Wills of LGBT Icons. From
the debt-ridden estate of Oscar Wilde to
the substantial fortune of Andy Warhol,
the presentation includes lessons from
the administration of these and other
famous estates. In addition, participants
will learn what provisions were made
for their families and partners and how
these individuals handled gifts of their
tangible personal property.
The second workshop, LGBT Lecture:
Protecting Your Legacy, takes place
on June 19 from 6-7:30 p.m., which will
feature a presentation on personal
nancial and estate planning for same-
sex couples. Professional advisers will
lead a panel discussion on the legal and
nancial issues of the LGBT community
and how they can address them to
ensure that their families and choices
are protected.
Both events are free. To reserve
a space to either or both, email
[email protected]. The
Walters Art Museum is located at
600 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.
Quist creator to speak
at PFLAG meeting
Sarah Prager, a lesbian who created
the mobile app Quist, will be the
guest speaker at PFLAG-Westminsters
general meeting on Sunday. The
app (quistapp.com) was launched in
July 2013 and has more than 16,000
downloads in 90 countries. Quist
displays an event from this day in LGBT
history and other features. According
to Prager, Quist strives to make LGBTQ
interesting and accessible to the next
generation.
The meeting, which is free, condential
and open to the public, will run from 5-7
p.m. at St. Pauls United Church of Christ,
17 Bond St., Westminster. For more
information, visit pagwcc.org.
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West Hollywood campaign targets meningitis
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, criticized
recently for not responding aggressively enough to an outbreak of meningitis among
gay men, has just launched a campaign called Stop Before You Swap to educate gay
men on how the disease is transmitted, WEHOville, a gay West Hollywood news outlet,
reports.
The campaign features a website that explains, swapping spit (saliva) increases your
risk for meningitis/meningococcal disease. It notes that the disease can be transmitted
by sharing drinks and cigarettes as well as a kiss with someone infected, the WEHOville
article said.
Educating the public is always very important. We want to use as many ways to do
that as it appropriate, said Jonathan Fielding, the countys public health director. This
is part of our broader campaign , particularly in advance of the Pride events.
The health department revealed in April that three young men, all ages 27 or 28 and
with connections to West Hollywood or North Hollywood, died of meningitis. It said that
11 of the 32 cases of meningitis in Los Angeles County in the 18 months leading up to
April had involved gay men, WEHOville reports.
The health department was criticized by Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS
Healthcare Foundation, for not reporting the infections and deaths earlier.
Vaccines are available for the strain.
Soaring syphilis rates mostly in MSM community
NEW YORK Health o cials say syphilis has reached its highest level since 1995 with
the increase all in men, the Associated Press reports.
Syphilis remains far less common in the U.S. than many other sexually spread
diseases, but there has been a steady rise in gay and bisexual men catching the disease.
They account for most of the recent infectious cases, health o cials from the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
Since 2005, the rate in men has nearly doubled. It is much lower in women and hasnt
changed much.
Syphilis is a potentially deadly bacterial disease that surfaces as genital sores. It was
far more common until antibiotics became available in the 1940s, slashing the number
of annual cases to below 6,000.
Last year, there were nearly 17,000 cases, the AP reports. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention released the numbers May 8.
Israel changes laws for gender reassignment
TEL AVIV Israel has lowered the minimum age for gender reassignment surgery
from 21 to 18, and candidates will only have to prove they have lived for one year as the
requested gender identity, instead of two years, Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, reports.
The minimum age is for approval; patients will still need to go abroad for the procedure
due to a lack of expertise in Israel. The procedure is included in Israels health basket of
subsidized treatments and is considered a genuine health need, not cosmetic surgery.
The amended Health Ministry regulation was sent this week to the hospitals and
health maintenance organizations, Haaretz reports.
The transgender community has complained for years about discrimination in the
run-up to approval for sex-change operations, citing disdain for them at the hospitals
sex-reassignment committees, let alone in the overall health system. The community
complained of humiliations throughout the whole two-year process in the run-up to
approval, Haaretz reports. The authority to approve the surgery will be transferred from
the sex-reassignment committees to a special committee including a psychologist, a
psychiatrist, a urologist, an endocrinologist, a gynecologist and a representative of the
transgender community.
Female condoms available
at Nellies this weekend
WASHINGTON The D.C. Department of Public Health plans demonstrations
of the FC2 condom this weekend at Nellies (900 U St., N.W.).
During drag brunches from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday,
free samples of the FC2 (known as the female condom) and instruction
pamphlets will be given out.
Although designed for vaginal sex, the department is touting the condom as
an eective safer sex measure during anal sex as well.
Among its benets, the FC2 condom feels good, ts any size and is a latex-free
alternative to the traditional male condom, the department said in a statement
announcing the event.
For more information as well as free distribution sites throughout the District,
visit dcdoinit.com.
The D.C. Department of Public Health plans demonstrations of the FC2 condom this weekend at
Nellies.
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tness trend
A big way the tness industry evolves
and changes is through its trends and
fads. Here are some of the latest to keep
you in tip-top shape as beach season
quickly approaches.
Our time is precious and over the
past few years there has been an ever-
increasing trend to have better, more
e cient workouts in less time. As a result,
you will continue to see an increase in
circuit-style classes, the Tabata method
and HIIT (high intensity interval training)
oerings increase at your gym. If you arent
familiar with these types of methods, let
me break them down for you.
Circuit style classes generally involve
dierent stations where you move from one
exercise to the next within a certain time,
generally 30 to 45 seconds per exercise with
limited breaks between rounds.
Much like circuit training, the Tabata
method uses shorted intervals in which
youre working in short burst of energy
and pushing as hard as you can for 20
seconds, then breaking for 10 seconds.
Lasting about 25 to 30 minutes, HIIT
generally follows a two-to-one ratio for
exercises, meaning your recovery time
is twice as long as the time it takes to do
the exercise itself. For example, if you did
burpees for 30 seconds, you then would
recover for 60 seconds.
Although we often go to the gym to
relieve stress and tension, we also go
to improve brain function. Therefore,
you will also start to see trends that
incorporate and require cognitive
building skills.
So what do those exercises and trends
look like? One of the easiest ways to
achieve this trend is by doing exercises
that have unstable surfaces, such as the
bozu ball, swiss ball or even yoga, that
require you to balance and stabilize
while completing a particular exercise.
For instance, doing squats on two bozu
balls is signicantly more challenging
then doing them on the oor because the
brain has to think harder to both stabilize
your position and then complete the
motion of the squat.
In addition to using unstable surfaces,
you will also start to see group classes
that use multi-planar movements.
Instead of doing one exercise in place for
a period of time, you will do two exercises
in two dierent planes of motion. For
instance, doing walking lunges with bicep
curls simultaneously.
And who doesnt love a good game?
If you havent already, youll soon start
seeing classes that pair you with a partner
to do physical obstacles that also involve
strategy and answering certain questions
to move on to the next challenge. Think of
it like The Amazing Race.
Striking the perfect balance between
the dynamics of a large group tness
class and the one-on-one attention you
would get from a personal trainer, small
group training is now in. Not only is small
group training cheaper per session then
one-on-one personal training, it also has
the distinct advantage of being small
enough to get really great, personalized
instruction from the instructor or the
personal trainer to ensure that you are
doing the exercises correctly, something
that is often missed in the larger group
class setting.
In addition, small group training tends
to build a sense of community and
belonging, which in turn increases your
accountability with sticking to a small
group training regimen. And of course
any time you build a community and a
relationship with the people you work out
with, it will be considerably more fun and
you will work harder knowing that others
are doing it and push themselves right
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Friendly people, culinary
delights make for
memorable getaways
Rehoboth during the few weeks before
Memorial Day is a wonderfully quiet town
and long weekends on the eastern side
of the Bay Bridge are always relaxing. I
am lucky there are times I can work from
home and sometimes that means work-
ing from the beach. Its great to leave D.C.
when the sun comes up on a Thursday
morning and arrive at the beach in time
to be online and working by 9 a.m.
Recently there was an article in the
Washington Post reminding me again
how fortunate I am. Sarah Halzack, in
her column A not-so-exible denition
of exible work, had a graph that looked
at many of the possible variations on ex
time and work from home. It showed
that between 2008 and 2014 the number
of businesses that allowed employees
to work from home went from 50 to 67
percent and my o ce is one of those.
We have employees who work from
home part of the week and others work
from home occasionally if they need to
be there for family or other reasons. But
the graph suggests what is becoming less
common is companies allowing for sab-
baticals or career breaks. Halzack writes
In other words, it seems employers are
more willing to accommodate short-term
solutions in which staers make a minor
tweak to their schedules so they can, say,
duck out for their daughters piano recital
or avoid commuting during peak tra c
hours. But if youre seeking more of a
schedule overhaul especially one that
would reduce your hours, instead of just
reshu ing them it appears employers
are less willing to work with you.
That would seem to be the result of
businesses trying to do more with fewer
people and asking all employees to in-
crease their productivity. While that may
be an admirable goal it means each em-
ployee needs to be there and working as
often no one else is around to ll the gaps
when one employee is o for an extend-
ed period of time. Even in small o ces
like mine it is great to allow for exible
hours but they need to be handled on an
individual basis.
Reading the column while at the beach
made me realize again the benets of be-
ing able to spend some long weekends
there and enjoy it before the really busy
summer season begins. Working is de-
nitely less stressful with the front and
back screen doors letting in a nice breeze.
Stress levels come down when thinking
about heading out after ve to happy hour
for a glass of wine at the Blue Moon and
being served by either Matt or Chandler,
which sets a mellow tone for the evening.
When I was last at the Moon I got to
see Meghan, one of the owners, who is
working again after having her baby. She
brought ve-month-old Henry to the o ce
to help her and he is absolutely adorable.
My last long weekend spent at the beach
I went with friends to the Purple Parrot and
saw owners Hugh and Troy who have made
sure the place gets better each year. Friday
it was MIXX on Baltimore Avenue and then a
little fancier on Saturday for a superb meal
at Eden also on Baltimore Avenue. I was
there for Kentucky Derby weekend when
the Doyenne of Rehoboth Beach, Tony
Burns, had his annual Derby Party with a
couple hundred of his closest friends, the
best-looking people at the beach. They en-
joyed drinks and hors doeuvres served by
bartenders including the very handsome
Josh who will again manage Aqua Grille on
Baltimore Avenue when it opens this week-
end. Most everyone is waiting to see who is
back and who the new crew of waiters will
be working the Aqua deck. Breakfast one
weekend morning with my sister and sister-
in-law who live at the beach full-time made
for the perfect weekend.
Its terric to have really competent sta
that knows that even when I work from
the beach they can reach me at all hours.
In fact my deputy director has suggested
that sometimes the sta is happier when I
am out of the o ce for a few days.
Whether its for a few days of work
away from the o ce, or a weekend or
longer vacation, there is no place like Re-
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Imploring voters to cast
ballots based on party loyalty
no longer wins elections
Muriel Bowser has a very big problem.
Not only is the Democratic candidate
for D.C. mayor competing against a com-
pelling and credible independent chal-
lenger in the Nov. 4 general election,
some of her most ardent campaign sup-
porters are plaintively imploring voters
to support her utilizing an outdated and
counterproductive message.
They may think theyre helping her, but
attempting to coerce support with what
they dont appear to realize is an o-
putting rationale is more likely to have
the opposite eect. Their cocoon-bred
perception of what might most matter to
contemporary voters is way o the mark.
Whether Bowser wins or loses and
its looking like the outcome could go ei-
ther way she will inadvertently reveal a
new reality about the electorate.
District voters, as with counterparts
across the country, are increasingly less
concerned about party a liation than
other factors when deciding our elector-
al choices. This is especially true in local
elections.
Even Bowser supporters seem to un-
derstand this all too well. Recent entreat-
ies essentially begging party-registered
Democrats to support the party-designat-
ed candidate transparently belie the fear
they wont.
What these pleading partisans dont
comprehend, however, is that admonish-
ing party-a liated voters to back a candi-
date solely or primarily due to fealty to a
particular party apparatus isnt persuasive.
Instead, it merely emphasizes candidate
vulnerability and underscores that she may
have more than a small problem prevailing.
In other words, in a modern political
era in a rapidly evolving city with a sub-
stantial number of new residents and a
growing younger voting-age demograph-
ic, it reeks of desperation.
Loyalty to political parties continues
to weaken nationwide at an accelerating
pace. In D.C., where an antiquated closed
primary system precludes participation in
the typically determinative initial vote if not
registered with the overwhelmingly domi-
nant Democratic Party, nearly one-in-ve
registered voters have nonetheless chosen
the independent No Party designation
when signing up. In half of the citys politi-
cal wards the number is higher, including
in the fastest growing area of center-city
Ward 2 where fully one-in-four registra-
tions are independent.
Independents are the fastest growing
segment of U.S. voters. Una liated reg-
istrations have exceeded party-a liated
registrations in 11 of the 12 states with
competitive statewide elections this fall,
increasing 17 percent since 2008. Nation-
wide, the number of registered indepen-
dents has grown by 11.2 percent in the
past ve years, while the percentage of
registered Democrats and Republicans has
continued to drop. In California, the secre-
tary of state reported last month that both
Republican and Democratic party registra-
tions declined while no party indepen-
dent registrations increased with tens of
thousands of registered voters switching
away from both major political parties.
Fully 42 percent of all Americans now
consider themselves independents, up
from 36 percent in 2008, according to the
latest Gallup survey. A majority of those
under 35, at 54 percent, now self-identify
as independents not aligned with either
major party.
Further complicating the issue in D.C.
is that local candidates essentially mount
sole-source election eorts. The infra-
structure of political parties is decidedly
weak and general election campaigns are
basically independent undertakings. For
that reason alone, invoking a mythical
party machine or even a purported ad-
herence to vague party principles strikes
District voters as ridiculous.
In a city where most candidates es-
pouse common themes and hold similar
issue positions in a larger political con-
text, quibbling over party identication
seems largely beside the point. Its cer-
tainly no reason to blithely dismiss alter-
nate candidacies without consideration.
To the consternation of the Bowser
campaign, the recent appearance of
Democrats for David! signage in yards
and on social media indicates a poten-
tially widespread willingness of party
registrants to support At-Large Council
member David Catania over the Ward 4
representative.
Bowsers supporters make a mistake if
they believe she can rely on the prepon-
derance of registered Democrats to win
her way to the mayors o ce without
earning each vote.
Most of all, it doesnt comport with mod-
ern voter attitudes in D.C. or elsewhere.
Gulf States immune
to criticism from this
administration
By ALI AL-AHMAD & MATTHEW MAINEN
The United States must demonstrate
that when Secretary of State John Kerry
spoke of Americas commitment to defend-
ing the rights of our LGBT brothers and sis-
ters around the world, he was serious. No
stronger message can be sent by granting
asylum to former Saudi diplomat Ali Asseri,
who has been unable to return to Saudi
Arabia since being outed by colleagues at
the Los Angeles consulate in 2010.
Protecting the rights of foreigners un-
der the jurisdiction of their respective
states is a daunting task, but when those
foreigners nd themselves in the United
States, protection is relatively straightfor-
ward and imperative. Those from the Gulf
States, however, often nd that foreign
policy considerations can dangerously
encroach upon domestic decisions.
The United States rarely takes steps
against the Gulfs status quo, which in-
cludes refusing the presence of those
perceived as disrupting or otherwise fail-
ing to conform to the regimes archaic
social orders. This is perhaps best evi-
denced by the cases of three of Bahrains
most prominent civil rights activists: Has-
san Mushama, Abdul-Hadi Khawaja and
Abdul-Jalil al-Signace. The former two
were outright stripped of their U.S. visas
while the latters visa was not renewed.
All three now sit in jail with life sentences
and have fallen victim to torture.
Whereas some allies, such as Israel,
can expect prominent and harsh pub-
lic criticism, the Gulf States are virtually
immune. Substantial criticism is almost
exclusively buried in ponderous and
largely ignored State Department publi-
cations. This is intentional. For too long,
Washington has operated under a awed
belief that pushing for modest social re-
form in friendly despotic regimes will lead
to a rupture in relations. Even if this line
of reasoning had a modicum of credibil-
ity in the past, the Gulf States now nd
themselves so dependent on the United
States in balancing Iran that they cannot
aord retaliation. Just as successive ad-
ministrations have comfortably applied
pressure on Israel regarding matters re-
lated to its internal aairs, so too can the
Obama administration apply this strategy
elsewhere in the region. Making clear to
Saudi Arabia that sustaining a threaten-
ing environment for LGBT people will not
bring about an unfriendly coup.
In fact, an argument could be made
that the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in
Egypt can partially be attributed to a lack of
Western support for organizations espous-
ing liberal values. Granting Asseri asylum
would demonstrate to Saudi Arabia that it
can no longer expect most favored nation
status in avoiding censure. Rather than
doing this, however, the United States has
gone out of its way to deport Asseri, the
rst Arab and Muslim diplomat to come
out as gay. At his mid-February hearing in
Los Angeles, the U.S. government attorney
insisted on deporting Asseri to Saudi Ara-
bia and promised that she will appeal any
decision by the judge to grant him asylum,
a rare act in such cases.
When the judge was about to begin the
hearing, the government attorney claimed
that she was not ready as she was alleg-
edly missing some relevant documents.
This appears to have been a deliberate at-
tempt to delay the case at least one more
year. The court date was set more than
two years ago, enough time for the U.S.
government to be more than ready. The
United States simply does not want to
make a move that would embarrass the
Saudi monarchy, especially at a time when
relations are tense due to Obamas deci-
sion to pursue negotiations with Iran in
addition to failing to attack Syria.
It is no secret that consecutive American
administrations have been ignoring the
various human rights violations by the Sau-
di monarchy, but to ignore American laws
to please an autocratic monarchy that kills
gay people is beyond reprehensible.
Asseris case does not bode well for
Americans if their government places a
greater importance on pleasing a foreign
power than upholding domestic values.
This case has been a failure for Obamas
personal credibility on gay rights issues
VI EWPOI NT MAY 16, 2014 21
OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS
Obama fails to protect gay Saudi diplomat
ALI AL-AHMAD is director of the Institute for
Gulf Aairs. MATTHEW MAINEN is a policy
analyst at the Institute for Gulf Aairs.
Muriel Bowsers very big problem
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur
and community business advocate. Follow
on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC. Reach him at
[email protected].
While we, as a society, have made great
progress toward equality for LGBT people,
we still have a ways to go. This is particularly
evident when engaging with young LGBT
people who have been rejected by their fami-
lies, peers or communities as a result of their
sexual orientation or gender identity.
Casidy Henderson, 23, is a transgender Dis-
trict resident who immigrated to the United
States from Sierra Leone when she was seven
years old. She has been living as a woman for
two and a half years and has been on hor-
mones for 10 months. In her young life, she
has been repeatedly ostracized and torment-
ed as a result of her sexual orientation and
gender identity.
Casidy is a promising young woman who
could have easily fallen through the cracks,
if not for the support from several nonprot
organizations that work tirelessly to improve
lives and ensure that the individuals that they
work with leave their programs with the skills
to thrive.
The Wanda Alston Foundation, which op-
erates the Wanda Alston House, is one of
those programs. (Full disclosure: I serve on the
board of the Wanda Alston Foundation.) The
Wanda Alston House provides transitional
housing to homeless LGBTQ youth. Casidy
became homeless after being put out of her
Southwest Virginia Christian boarding school
due to her sexual orientation. At the time, Ca-
sidy was still living as a young man. Due to her
mannerisms, she was perceived to be gay and
was harassed by the other students.
Kids would pee on my pillowcase. They
would beat me up in the back of the school.
People would put bleach in my drinks and call
me derogatory names, Cassidy said. This
happened every day because I ate, slept, went
to school and went to church with them. I
couldnt reach out to sta at school because
I was gay. They would turn a blind eye when
the boys beat me up or dragged me down
the staircase. Cassidy says she was eventually
asked to leave the school because her Face-
book status said that she was gay.
I had to explain the situation to my family
of why I was kicked out and that I was gay. It
was obvious because I was eeminate, but it
was the rst time I said it, she said. Her fam-
ily had never been supportive of her sexual
orientation and, throughout her childhood,
some of her relatives were verbally and physi-
cally abusive. The boarding school gave Casidy
a one-way bus ticket to D.C., where she stayed
with her uncle for four months. After he put
her out, she stayed with friends for a few more
months. She found out about the Wanda
Alston House from a Transgender Health Em-
powerment employee who was handing out
iers and condoms outside of the Safeway on
Benning Road, N.E.
I found out about the Wanda Alston House,
lled out an application, and moved in three
days later, Casidy said. She stayed at the Wan-
da Alston House for 18 months. The house
operates as a home with a curfew, rules and
chores. I was free to be myself. I had other
peers who were trans. The whole LGBT com-
munity was in the house. Its really not a shel-
ter. Its a three-story house with a deck. We
had a therapist who came in once a week. We
would discuss issues and problems. We were
a team. That really helped me. It nurtured me
spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally.
Being in the house was a place for me to heal
myself. Being in that safe place was everything
for me. I never before had issues that could be
addressed and had a whole team work on it.
While in the house, Cassidy received her
GED and scored 200 points shy of a perfect
score. After leaving the house, she found an
apartment and, simultaneously, worked as a
housekeeper in a hotel and as an intern with
the Children and Youth Investment Trust Cor-
poration (CYITC) summer initiative.
Her work with CYITC gave her experience in
advocacy and social justice, which is why she
jumped at the opportunity to become a fel-
low with Code for Progress, whose goal is to
train and support new coders who can bring
historically under-represented perspectives to
the tech industry.
In April, Casidy was one of 12 people who
began the one-year program. According to
program descriptions, the curriculum will
focus on contemporary coding techniques,
human-centered database programming and
application development for 40 hours a week
during the 16-week training residency. The
program includes mentorship, a stipend, and
post graduation career support.
When I heard about Code for Progress, I
was like, I know how to advocate for justice,
but I was lacking the technical skills. Now I
can program computers, develop apps, cre-
ate websites, create databases and set them
up. Im empowered now and its only been a
month that Ive learned these things. We have
an awesome professor. She simplies things
and brings so much to the table.
As part of the fellowship, Casidy wants to
create an app that will aggregate all available
LGBT resources within a community. Im well
informed about dierent issues and Code for
Progress is giving me a vital piece of the puzzle
to make me a resource for my community,
she said. If all these agencies are speaking as
one huge body and sharing info, change is go-
ing to happen. If this app is successful, I want
to expand it to dierent cities.
Alston House, Code for Progress help trans woman thrive
22 MAY 16, 2014 LI FE I N THE I NTERSECTI ON
LATEEFAH WILLIAMS biweekly column, Life
in the Intersection, focuses on the intersection
of race, gender and sexual orientation. She
is a former president of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club. Reach her at lateefah4@
hotmail.com or follow her at twitter @
lateefahwms.
[email protected]
Smithsonian Institution
Ben Cole, Scott Parkinson, and Liesel Allen Yeager. Photo: Igor Dmitry.

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Our annual preview,
from a beach smoking ban to
Matt Haleys latest hotspot
By KEITH LORIA
The long-range summer forecast from the Farmers
Almanac predicts 2014 will be one of the hottest summers in
the past decade, so expect people to head out to Rehoboth
Beach in droves in the months ahead.
For those who do, some things may look a little
dierent as a number of changes have come to the
shops, restaurants and businesses in the gay-friendly
beach resort town.
One dierence is that smoking will no longer be allowed
on the beach and only on a few designated areas on the
boardwalk. While this may prove unpopular with some
beachgoers, Rehoboth was the last holdout of Delawares
major ocean resorts to ban smoking and City Commissioner
Stan Mills was determined to make it happen.
First Street Station is being renovated for the
rst time since it went up nearly 20 years ago, with
approximately 4,500 square feet of the northeast side
of the building being demolished to make way for three
new retail sites. Saying so long to the original space are
Gallery Espresso and Maggio Shields Real Estate Caf.
Three new stores will occupy the new space all with
street-entry access.
Other renovations to First Street Station include
the addition of a new roof, the installation of an HVAC
system and the removal of the front catwalk, allowing a
clear view to the courtyard.
Dance club Dive has opened at the site of the once-
popular L Bar at 622 Rehoboth Ave.
Yes, we are a dive bar, but we consider ourselves a
classy one, says Christian Randolph, general manager
of the new establishment and a former bartender at L
Bar. We are an everybody bar and welcome anyone. We
really see this as someplace that will be a favorite among
the Rehoboth faithful.
According to Patty Burkentine, membership representative
for the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce,
there are a number of new businesses and restaurants
opening this summer.
Perhaps the most anticipated new restaurant of
the season is Papa Grandes Coastal Taqueria at
Wilmington Ave., owned by Matt Haley who just won the
James Beard Foundations 2014 Humanitarian of the Year
award. Haley owns several popular restaurants in the
area, including Lupo di Mare. Papa Grandes will feature
salads, tacos, quesadillas and more and is scheduled to
open this month.
Cellar Door replaces Debacle at 20 Baltimore Ave.,
oering Southern cuisine with a Creole twist, according
to the indispensible Rehoboth Foodie. The SandCrab
Beach Bar will hold its grand opening on May 23 at 1
Baltimore Ave., situated on the ocean side of the Atlantic
Sands Hotel and Conference Center, and boasting a
swimming pool and sun deck.
The family-owned Ambrosia Restaurant & Wine Bar
opened at 19 Wilmington Ave., and oers Italian and
American cuisines; Ottos Sandwich Shop serves up
Philly-style subs at 4 North First St.; and Nonnas Sweet
Treatsis taking over the Rehoboth Avenue spot next to
Nicolas that was last occupied by Capriottis Sandwich
Shop, to dish out ice cream and delectable treats.
After several attempts, the Dewey Beer and Food Co.,
was granted permission to open a new brewpub at the
site of the former Bubbas Grill on Route 1, and it will be
up and running in time for summer.
Changes have come to some old favorites as well.
The former Cloud 9, a beloved LGBT restaurant and
lounge that closed in the fall of 2012, will nd its home
at 234 Rehoboth Ave., occupied by Lula Brazil, a new
coastal Brazilian restaurant and Latin-avor dance club,
owned by Meg Hudson (a former partner inWilmingtons
Domaine Hudson).
Meanwhile, the Greene Turtlewill nd a second home
on the beach at 52 Rehoboth Ave., once the home of Irish
Eyes, which closed after 27 years in Rehoboth.
Specialty stores are abundant with Burkentine listing
nearly three-dozen new shops opening up. Among them
are the Olive Orchard, with owners Roy and Laura
Eckrote bringing a ne selection of infused oils, a variety
of balsamic vinegars and honey; Blooming Boutique
at 216 Rehoboth Ave., owned by Michiko Seto, and
oering shoes, handbags and other apparel items; and
the jewelry store Shore Silver opening at 149 Rehoboth
Ave., by the Gambacorta family with a mission statement
that reads, Shore Silver will do its very best to provide
quality, aordable jewelry that will make you look good
at prices that will make you feel good.
Another newcomer is Miss Pixies By the Sea, a
vintage store oering hard-to-nd items at 40 Baltimore
Ave. Its a sister store to the D.C. location, a staple of the
burgeoning 14th Street corridor.
You never know what interesting item youre going to
nd, says owner Pixie Windsor, who oers a laundry list
of things like carnival ride seats, matchbox cars, vintage
glassware and old toys. You may nd something that
brings back an old memory or discover something that
will lead to a new one.
Across the street at 39 Baltimore Ave. is the fabulous
gay-owned R Squared home and design store featuring
stylish dcor and interior design services.
No car to get to Rehoboth? No problem. The upscale
bus service DC2NY has changed its name to BestBus
but the amenities remain top-notch: free Wi-Fi, bottled
water, power outlets at each seat, movies and more. Visit
bestbus.com for rates and schedules to Rehoboth.
Several events will be sponsored by CAMP Rehoboth,
the local LGBT community center, which is celebrating its
24th anniversary. Theres the Black & White Beach Ball on
May 31, a cruise party on July 18 and the popular Sundance
Auction on Aug. 30 and Sundance party on Aug. 31.
Of course, the main two beaches that attract an
LGBT crowd are Poodle Beach at the south end of the
boardwalk and Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State
Park, north of town.
And many gay-friendly Rehoboth staples are open for
the 2014 season, including Blue Moon (35 Baltimore
Ave.), where Queen of Rehoboth Pamala Stanley opens
the season on May 25; Aqua Grill (57 Baltimore Ave.),
which opens May 16; Purple Parrot (134 Rehoboth Ave.),
where the always-fun Biergarten is also open; Dos Locos
(208 Rehoboth Ave.), with its awesome margaritas; and
Caf Azafran (18 Baltimore Ave.) and its incomparable,
tres chic bartender Holly Lane.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY JOEY DIGUGLIELMO
ART S AND E NT E RT AI NME NT WA S HI NGT ONBL A DE . C OM V OL UME 4 5 I S S UE 2 0 MA Y 1 6 2 0 1 4 P A GE 2 5
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
Twenty-ve years. My daughter Katie.
Whos your LGBT hero?
I have two. Tim Ragan, one of the
owners of the Blue Moon where I work.
Tim is a very successful businessman
and has lived his life with his partner
Randy for over 30 years. He is a hero
of mine because success in public and
personal life does not come easy and
I have huge respect for the way hes
mastered both! Also the individuals who
participated in the Stonewall Riots in
New York. These individuals were the
catalyst that started the movement that
changed the perception of LGBT persons
in the USA.
Whats Washingtons best nightspot,
past or present?
Ziegfelds/Secrets
Describe your dream wedding.
Twenty to 30 friends and family
gathered to share a short ceremony
with me and my partner at the
National Cathedral in D.C. followed by
a HELLACIOUS party at Blue Moon in
Rehoboth!
What non-LGBT issue are you most

passionate about?
Literacy. If you cannot read and write
your chance of survival and success in
life is almost nonexistent.
What historical outcome would you

change?
I would have stopped 9-11. America
and the world were changed forever that
day.
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
The cell phone.
On what do you insist?

Honesty and loyalty.
What was your last Facebook post or

Tweet?
I posted Shania Twains video of
Dance With The One That Brought You
to my partner Johns FB page. It was my
way of telling him I was thinking of him
and that hes the only one for me!
If your life were a book, what would
the title be?
Mona Life In and Out of Lipstick Was
Never A Drag
If science discovered a way to change

sexual orientation, what would you
do?
Run like hell!
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
Somebody bigger than me has got to
be looking out for me. Otherwise Id be
dead.
Whats your advice for LGBT
movement leaders?
Keep on going! We have to leave this
world better than we found it.
What would you walk across hot coals

for?
My mothers cooking.
What LGBT stereotype annoys you

most?
Everyone who does drag wants to be
a woman.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?

To Wong Foo
Whats the most overrated social

custom?
Shaking hands
What trophy or prize do you most

covet?
The applause and smiles of an
audience every time I perform.
What do you wish youd known at 18?

I wish I had known that I could have
a career performing. I love what I do
and wish I had started the art of female
impersonation as early as possible.
Why Washington?
You tell me Id rather be at the
beach!
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
[email protected]
Although Kevin Buice says he loves performing and wishes he had started
his drag career earlier, his alter ego was almost an afterthought.
Working in restaurant management, some friends at Partners (now Rigbys
Bar & Grill) in Rehoboth Beach, Del., were talking about ways to bolster their
brunch about 10 years ago.
I said, You should have a drag queen, and they said, OK, youre on this
Sunday, the 49-year-old Atlanta native says. I said, I dont do drag. They
said, You do now.
Buice, who performs as Mona Lotts every Thursday and Friday night at the
Blue Moon (bluemoonrehoboth.com) year round (except when its closed
in January), says, it became obvious very quickly that entertaining was
something I was supposed to do.
Splitting time between Washington and Rehoboth, Mona also performs
regularly at Freddies Beach Bar, Ziegfelds/Secrets, and other gay bars. She
has a basement in D.C. and a storage unit in Rehoboth where she keeps more
than 100 wigs and probably 500 gowns. Mona never likes to be seen in the
same gown more than twice a year, Buice says with a laugh.
Mona has her own personality, I would say, Buice says. I know that
sounds like mental illness, but I nd its much easier to say things, do things
and be more outgoing as her. Kevins actually a pretty shy person. Mona is
very extroverted.
Buice and partner John Foley have been together 13 years. Buice was
married to a woman years ago and has a daughter, Katie, 24. He enjoys
singing, reading, movies and time with friends in his free time.
I love meeting new people, he says. If youre in Rehoboth, denitely come
by and say hi.
26 MAY 16, 2014 QUEERY: 20 QUESTI ONS FOR KEVI N BUI CE
PHOTO COURTESY OF BUICE
KEVIN BUICE/MONA LOTTS
Kindle, iPad or ink and
paper, theres no shortage
of summer reading
material slated for release
By TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
You made your reservations months ago.
This was a vacation youve been
planning for, well, it seems like forever.
One of those once-in-a-lifetime trips is
what youve always dreamed about and
youve bought all new clothes and even a
new suitcase for it.
So why would you take just any old
book on your vacation this summer?
Instead, why not look for something new
by an author you love?
MAY
Conservative writer Ben Carson has
a new book out about Americas future.
Theres a new book out, co-written by
Bill Geist, too. In fact, youll nd quite a
few memoirs out toward the end of May,
as well as novels by Terry Hayes, Tom
Robbins, Robert Ludlum and Joseph
Finder. And Bob the Street Cat has a
new book out, too, and fans will want it.
JUNE
Summertime reading bolts out the
door like a teenager o curfew with new
novels by Mary Alice Monroe, Dorothea
Benton Frank and Je Shaara; a
business book by William Poundstone
and one on commodities; a book about
Sally Ride by Lynn Sherr; and Hillary
Rodham Clintons much-anticipated
memoir. And thats just the rst week.
Later in June, look for new novels by
Diana Gabaldon, Jennifer Weiner,
Janet Evanovich, Linda Fairstein, Ridley
Pearson, James Patterson, Jude Deveraux
and Dean Koontz. Youll nd a book about a
dog that ew during World War II (and why).
Read about Justice Antonin Scalia. Pick up
some new Will Shortz puzzle books in June.
And learn how to use your manners when
you have to swear.
For the kids, look for a new Dork
Diaries installation; an encyclopedia
of animated characters; a few new
mysteries for middle-grade readers; a
new book about Charlie the Ranch Dog;
and a book about farting sh.
JULY
Just because summers half over
doesnt mean your reading list is. Before
the reworks even begin, look for new
novels by Jojo Moyes, Susan Wiggs,
J.A. Jance, Jacqueline Winspear and
Amy Sohn. Theres a new book coming
out about Marilyn Monroe and Joe
DiMaggio, a new book that debunks
myths about sex, a new book by Ja Rule,
a skinny book about crossword puzzles
and why we love them, a self-help book
on wallowing the right way and a cool
true-crime book about how amateurs
have been solving cold cases and bringing
killers to justice.
Later in July, youll nd more
favorites: novels by Brad Thor, Iris &
Roy Johansen, Anne Rivers Siddons,
Terry Brooks, Catherine Coulter, Brad
Taylor, Conn Igguldon, Stuart Woods,
James Lee Burke, Ace Atkins and Julie
Garwood; a new memoir by singer Rick
James; a biography on Michelangelo; a
new book about families and race; a tell-
all about the Clintons political life; and a
memoir of faith and football.
The kids will love nding new
Guardians of the Galaxy books, new
joke books to while away the summer,
the latest Fancy Nancy installment and a
new graphic novel by Neil Gaiman.
AUGUST
Youre not done yet. Theres still plenty
of summer and plenty of time to read left.
The rst part of August will see a new
book by Andrew Cuomo, a new novel by
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, a new
W.E.B. Gri n tome, a new book about
crime-scene prolers and a book about
the woman behind the Mona Lisa.
Also in August, look for new books
by Carl Weber, William Kent Krueger,
Debbie Macomber, Kelly Armstrong,
Elaine Hussey, Randy Wayne White,
Tami Hoag, Paul Coelho and Kathy
Reichs.
Get the kids in back-to-school mode
with a new childrens book by Malala
Yousafzai; a new Cupcake Diaries
installment; ghost stories; and a kids
book about paying it forward.
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Discovery Awaits!
Tegan and Sara to play 9:30 Club
Indie duo Tegan and Sara bring their Lets Make Things Physical tour to 9:30
Club (815 V St., N.W.) Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.
The twin sisters latest album Heartthrob reached number two on the
Canadian charts and includes the singles Closer and I Was a Fool. They have
toured alongside notable musicians Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Neil Young
and many more. Later in the year they will join pop singer Katy Perry on her
Prismatic World Tour.
Both shows are sold out. For more information, visit 930.com.
GMCW presents homage to Great White Way
The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington performs A Gay Mans Guide to
Broadway with special guest Tony Award winner Laura Benanti at the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F St., N.W.) Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.
The chorus and Benanti will perform songs from popular Broadway musicals
including Gypsy, Wicked, Kinky Boots! and more.
Tickets range from $25-78. For details, visit kennedy-center.org.
Waters gets Filthy again
Legendary director and photographer
John Waters presents his one-man show
This Filthy World at the Birchmere (3701
Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va.)
tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Waters gives a humorous lecture on
his career memories and inuences
while touching upon his views on pop
culture. Waters is best known for his
lms Hairspray, Cry Baby and Pink
Flamingos all of which feature his
hometown Baltimore.
Tickets are $45. For more details, visit
birchmere.com.
Gauthier to play Jammin Java
Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier
performs at Jammin Java (227 Maple Ave.,
E. Vienna, Va.) Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
Gauthier, a lesbian, is promoting her
latest studio album Trouble and Love.
Popular artists such as Tim McGraw, Blake
Shelton and Jimmy Buett have covered
her music, a mix of folk and country.
Tickets are $20. For more information,
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Capital TransPride plans
day-long event Saturday
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
[email protected]
It may still be May but Pride season
is in full swing. This weekend Capital
TransPride is in the spotlight with its
eighth annual event, which runs most
of the day Saturday at National City
Christian Church in Thomas Circle, which
also hosted last year.
Organizer Holly Goldmann, back for a
fourth year of planning the event, says
several informational presentations are
planned throughout the day.
She says one of the main things
Washingtons transgender community is
asking about is details about the bulletin
Mayor Vincent Gray issued for the District
in February requiring health insurance
companies that do business in D.C. to
provide full coverage for their employees
who want gender reassignment surgery,
hormones and other treatments deemed
medically necessary.
Were getting a lot of questions because
most of the surgeries are plastic surgery
related but places that do that kind of
work dont take insurance because its
considered cosmetic. Its like that all over
the country, Goldmann says. We we have
a big panel on that in the afternoon.
Panelists scheduled to appear include
psychotherapist Thomas Coughlin and
Amy Nelson from Whitman-Walker
Health, Sterling Washington from the
Mayors O ce of GLBT Aairs, and Philip
Barlow from the D.C. O ce of Insurance,
Securities and Banking.
That will be a big focus this year,
Goldmann says. People are eager to
learn more about this insurance stu.
We have trans men whove waited years
to get chest surgeries because no one
is quite sure if its deemed medically
necessary and I dont even know if the
insurance people know. I believe theyre
working with doctors right now. Im sure
well have a lot of Q&A on that.
A morning panel is devoted to issues
of transitioning from legal name changes,
rst steps in treatment and more.
The keynote speaker will be author
Justin Schleifer, whose book Fractured,
tells of his own journey through addiction
and transitioning. Hes slated to speak
starting at about 2:45 p.m.
The Capital Pride Engendered Spirit
awards will be given to Amy Nelson, a
supervising attorney at Whitman-Walker
Healths Legal Services Program where
she leads a transgender legal practice,
and Alexa Rodriguez, a promoter for Miss
Maryland Latina and a board member of
the Latino GLBT History Project.
Lunch from Chipotle Mexican Grill will
be served. A $10 donation is requested
and pre-event registration is strongly
suggested so organizers know how much
lunch to order. Go to capitalpride.org/
transpride to register.
Attendance was slightly down last with
about 85 attending, Goldmann says. She
expects somewhere between 100-150
this year. TransPride is an o cial Capital
Pride-sponsored event and Goldmann says
organizers there have been wonderful to us.
For now, this is the only o cial event
Capital TransPride organizers do though
Goldmann says theres been talk of possibly
doing more events, though nothing o cial
is set beyond Saturdays event.
Local transgender activist SaVanna
Wanzer founded Capital TransPride in
2007. Goldmann says in the wake of
Transgender Health Empowerments
demise, local trans resources are
especially needed in Washington.
Its a really good day to be with other
trans and trans-friendly people, she
says. Nobody has to worry about the
pretenses of trying to pass or feel normal.
Its just a day to be yourself and be around
other people like yourself.
CAPITAL TRANS PRIDE
Saturday
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
National City Christian Church
5 Thomas Circle, N.W.
$10 suggested donation
Registration requested
capitalpride.org/transpride
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Last years Capital Trans Pride event.
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THRU J UN 1. SI GNATURE THEATRE. 703- 820- 9771.
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Mack the Knife is back in town! The MAX Theatre transforms into Londons
gritty underworld in this 1928 parody of A Beggars Opera.
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MAY 22. WPAS. KENNEDY CENTER. 202- 785- 9727.
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With his romantic bent and beautifully honed technique, this chart-topping
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PERUVI AN GOLD ANCI ENT TREASURES UNEARTHED
THRU SEP 2. NATI ONAL GEOGRAPHI C. 202- 857- 7000.
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learning through the ceremonial gold, silver, ceramics, and textiles created by
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34 MAY 16, 2014 THE GUI DE TO ARTS & CULTURE
THEATRE
Fiasco Theaters The Two Gentlemen
of Verona. Thru May 25. Folger Theatre.
202-544-7077. folger.edu.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee. Thru May 17. Fords
Theatre. 800-982-2787. fords.org.
Shear Madness. Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Cock. Thru Jun 22. Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Midsummers Night Riot. May 16-
Jun 5. Things You Shouldnt Say Past
Midnight. Thru Jun 7. Keegan Theatre.
703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
Freuds Last Session. May 21-Jun 29.
Theater J. 800-494-8497. theaterj.org.
Living Out. Thru May 18. GALA Hispanic
Theatre. 202-234-7174. galatheatre.org
The Wizard of Oz. May 20. Publick
Playhouse. 301-277-1710.
arts.pgparks.com.
The Piano Lesson. Thru Jun 1. Olney
Theatre. 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Tango Turco. Thru May 18. Teatro
de la Luna. Gunston. 703-548-3092.
teatrodelaluna.org.
The Fantasticks. Thru Jun 1.
Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
Three Men in a Boat. Thru Jun 8. Synetic
Theater. 703-824-8060.
synetictheater.org.
Swing Time The Musical! Burke
Theater. swingtimethemusical.com.
Rulebreaker Rep: Charm & Bloody
Poetry. Thru May 31. Taety Punk.
CHAW. 800-838-3006. taetypunk.com.
Road Show! Thru May 31. WIT. DCAC.
202-462-7833.
washingtonimprovtheater.com.
The Love of the Nightingale. Thru May
25. Constellation Theatre Company.
Source Theatre. 202-204-7741.
constellationtheatre.org.
Nero/Pseudo. Thru Jun 1. WSC Avant
Bard. The Shop - at Fort Fringe.
866-811-4111. wscavantbard.org.
Elling. Thru May 18. Washington Stage
Guild. Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050.
stageguild.org.
Three Men in a Boat. Thru Jun 8. Synetic
Theater. 703-824-8060.
synetictheater.org.
DANCE
NEW MOVES: NSO Symphony + Dance.
May 16-May 17. NSO. Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Step It Up DC 2014. May 16. Dance
Place. Edgewood Arts Building.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Abraham.In.Motion. May 17-May 18.
Dance Place. Howard University-Aldridge
Theater. 202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
MUSI C
Neil Sedaka. May 16. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
WNO: The Magic Flute. Thru May 18.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Stefan Jackiw, violin & Anna Polonsky,
piano. May 21. WPAS. Kennedy Center.
202-785-9727. wpas.org.
Los Master Plus. May 16. Artisphere.
703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Operetta Evening II - Embassy of
Hungary. May 16. Chamber Music . La
Maison Franaise. May 22. The Embassy
Series. 202-625-2361. embassyseries.org.
Sarah Chang. May 17-May 18. National
Philharmonic. Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
nationalphilharmonic.org.
Classical Showcase. May 18. Cathedral
Choral Society. WNC. 202-537-2228.
cathedralchoralsociety.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. Garry
Winogrand. Thru Jun 8. Modern German
Prints and Drawings from the Kainen
Collection. Thru Jun 29. The Monuments
Men and the National Gallery of Art. Thru
Sep 1. Degas/Cassatt. Thru Oct 5. Andew
Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In. Thru
Nov 30. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. NEXT at the
Corcoran: Class of 2014. Thru May 18.
Rineke Dijkstra: The Krazyhouse. Thru
Jun 15. American Journeys - Visions
of Place. Thru Sep 21. 202-639-1700.
corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. K@20 Kreeger
.Thru Jul 31. Thru Apr 1. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Archives. Making Their Mark:
Stories Through Signatures. Thru Jan 5.
202-357-5000. archivesfoundation.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Meret
Oppenheim: Tender Friendships. Thru
Sep 14. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
The Phillips Collection. Made In The
USA: American Masters From The Phillips
Collection, 1850-1970. Thru Aug 31.
202-387-2151. phillipscollection.org.
GALLERI ES
Strathmore. A Shared Universe: The Art
of Comic Books. Thru Jun 8.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Artisphere. Jessica van Brakle: Industrial
Paradise. Thru Jun 7. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
BlackRock. Vivid: Paintings by Susan
Makara and Leslie Nolan. 301-528-2260.
blackrockcenter.org.
Flashpoint Gallery. Judy Rushin &. May
16-Jun 21. 202-1305. culturaldc.org.
Gallery plan b. Paintings & Drawings by
Bernardo Siles. Thru Jun 8. 202-234-2711.
galleryplanb.com.
Goethe-Institut. The Blue Note
Photographs of Francis Wol. Thru Jul 3.
202-289-1200. goethe.de.
Neptune Fine Art. Je Chyatte: Straight
from the Studio. Thru Jul 19.
202-338-0353. neptuneneart.com.
Target Gallery. Identication. Thru May
26. 703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
By JONATHAN HOWARD
My love aair with Bryan Voltaggio
began when he appeared with his
brother on Top Chef. His creative and
playful take on food always impressed
me and more importantly it always
looked delicious.
Back when Range opened, I wrote a
well deserved, glowing review. When
Aggio (5335 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.) came
online in February, I was excited to see
what Chef Voltaggio would create. This
Italian-themed restaurant-within-a-
restaurant concept inside of Range is an
exciting development and I was no doubt
was hoping to be blown away.
After rumors on Twitter (many started
by the Voltaggio team), Aggio opened
within the walls of Range on Valentines
Day, killing two birds with one precisely
thrown stone. Voltaggio now has a place
to serve Italian and the ability to make
use of some underutilized space within
the expansiveness of Range. The Range
kitchen was built to handle multiple
concepts, so the 82-seat addition would
not stress the operation nor does it seem
to be creating any undue stress on the
sta of either restaurant. Aggio is truly a
gem with dark wood, perfectly dimmed
lighting and more of a rened atmosphere
compared to Range, with which it
complements rather than competes.
After numerous attempts to carve out
a night in my schedule to enjoy Aggio, I
nally had time on a Saturday late in the
evening. We were seated with the wine list
and told that our waiter would be with us
momentarily. Unfortunately, as seemed to
be the issue throughout the night, it took a
bit of time for our waiter to appear. While
we waited we perused the wine menu but
were slightly unsure of what to order since
we had not yet been presented with what
was on the dinner menu.
However, in case of wine emergency,
have no fear; Master Sommelier Kathy
Morgan is on the sta at Aggio to help
you decide what wine will be the ideal
complement to your meal. Morgan
became the 105
th
Master Sommelier in
North America and the 19
th
woman to
earn this rare distinction in 2010. There
are actually two Master Sommeliers on
site with Morgan and Master Sommelier
Keith Goldston at Range, which is a
tremendous rarity, but it guarantees you
that any wine recommendations are likely
to be outstanding.
After several moments, our waiter
appeared with our dinner menus and
some fennel pollen breadsticks. There
were two ways to dine that evening; you
could either order al la carte or choose
the entire tasting menu. Our 9 p.m.
reservation made it di cult for us to
choose the tasting menu, so we decided
to order a few dierent items each o the
a la carte options. I chose the tuna with
castelvetrano olives and a blood orange
sugo, the lamb ragu with whole wheat
lumache and oak-smoked pecorino,
and the beef cheeks with saphron and
bone marrow. My companion selected
the crab minestrone with blue crab, the
meatballs braised in ragu pomodoro and
the Berkshire pork. As expected these
were not your traditional Italian dishes,
instead a Voltaggio incarnation where
the ingredients and names are familiar
but the resulting dish is a creative and
unexpected delight.
Once we placed our orders the waiter
returned with an amuse bouche of savory
funnel cake fried to perfection with a
pungent bite of pecorino. We were then
presented with a warm focaccia with
whipped mortadella and uy ricotta.
The breads were almost enough to spoil
our appetites but I managed to nd
room for my fresh tuna that melted into
an explosion of fresh citrus avor with
each bite. Equally delectable was the crab
minestrone. The lamb ragu was a hearty
and delicious dish that I devoured in
seconds and the meatballs, which were
the largest of the plates, were so moist and
tender that even though I was beginning to
feel full I kept nding myself with a forkful
of meatball and perfectly al dente noodles
approaching my mouth. The beef cheeks
were perfection and the pork presented
two ways was moist and avorful.
Not a single dish was a disappointment.
They were beautifully prepared and
presented and bursting with avor.
Aggio is not just an extension of Range
but an entirely new and self-reliant
establishment that would be successful
with or without its counterpart. I knew
that the chef of my dreams would impress
me with his dishes and that my love aair
with Bryan Voltaggio would continue. I
left Aggio fully satiated and with a smile
on my face.
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TODAY
Washington Blade celebrates the start
of summer at its Rehoboth Summer
Kicko 2014 party with special guest
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper at Blue Moon
(35 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.)
today from 5-7 p.m. For more details, visit
facebook.com/washingtonblade.
The Washington D.C. Scandals
Rugby Football Club holds a screening
of award-winning documentary The
Rugby Player at U.S. Navy Memorial (701
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) tonight at 7 and
9 p.m. The documentary tells the story of
Mark Bingham, a gay rugby player who
was a passenger on United Flight 93.
Tickets are $15. For more information,
visit rugbyplayer.eventbrite.com.
The Trevor Ambassadors holds A Night
Out For Trevor at Hotel Palomar (2121 P
St., N.W.) tonight from 7-9:30 p.m. There will
be an open bar, hors doeuvres and music by
DJ Khelan Bhatia. Tickets are $100 in advance
and $125 at the door. For more details, visit
thetrevorproject.org/events/a-night-out.
MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.)
presents Gays in the Military, a book
launch party and signing for Vincent
Ciannis book Gays in the Military, tonight
from 6-9 p.m. Ciannis book documents
his travels throughout the United States
as he interviewed and photographed gay
and lesbian U.S. military veterans and
active service duty members. For more
information, visit movalounge.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 17
The American Military Partner
Association holds The Inaugural AMPA
National Gala at the Liaison Capitol Hill
Hotel (415 New Jersey Ave., N.W.) tonight
at 6:30 p.m. The gala honors LGBT service
members, veterans, partners, spouses,
allies and special guests. Reception is
from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and dinner and
programs begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $125. For more information, visit
militarypartners.com/gala.
The Academy of Washington holds
its 52nd Annual Golden Boy awards
at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) today at 4
p.m. The awards honor drag performers
in the Academy. Doors open at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for Academy members
and $20 for guests. For more details, visit
thewashingtonacademy.com.
The Gaithersburg Book Festival is on
the City Hall Grounds (31 South Summit
Ave., Gaithersburg, Md.) today from 10
a.m.-6 p.m. The annual festival features
appearance by many best-selling
and award-winning authors including
Alice McDermott, Anthony Marra,
Eric Jerome Dickey and many more.
There will be panel discussions, book
signings, interactive writing workshops
and activities for children. Admission
is free. For more information, visit
gaithersburgbookfestival.org.
LGBT advocate Angie Harvey brings her
Work2Work: A Growing Folks Retreat
Tour to the Human Rights Campaign
(1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.) today
from 8:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. The seminar covers
self-esteem, letting go, relationships and
purposeful living. For more details, visit
angieharveyonline.com.
Capital Pride hosts Trans Pride at National
City Christian Church (5 Thomas Circle, N.W.)
today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The day includes
workshops, presentations and networking
opportunities from those who provide
services and support for the transgender
community. Admission is a $10 donation
that includes lunch. For more information,
visit capitalpride.org/transpride.
Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
presents Live! The Realest MC, an
ensemble dance work that explores
gender roles in the black community and
societys view on acceptance in hip-hop
celebrity culture, is at the Ira Aldridge
Theater at Howard University (2455 6th
St., N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday
at 4 p.m. Tickets range from $10-30. For
more details, visit danceplace.org.
RuPauls Drag Race season six
contestant Ben DeLaCreme performs at
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) tonight at 10:30
p.m. Doors open at 10 p.m. Cover is $8
from 10-11 p.m. and $12 after 11 p.m.
Drinks are $3 before 11 p.m. Admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For more
information, visit towndc.com.
SUNDAY, MAY 18
The D.C. Chamber Orchestra holds
a free concert at Church of the Holy
City (1611 16th St., N.W.) today at 3 p.m.
The program includes performances of
Czech Suite in D Major, Overture to II
Signor Bruschino and Symphony No.
104 in D Major. Donations to the Organ
Restoration Fund are welcome. For more
details, visit dcchamberorchestra.org.
Chick Chat, a lesbian 50-and-over singles
group, celebrates spring and Earth Day
with a trip to the U.S. National Arboreturn
(3501 New York Ave., N.W.) today at 2 p.m.
To RSVP, email [email protected].
Georgetown Lutheran Church (1556
Wisconsin Ave., N.W.) celebrates its 245th
anniversary today at 10 a.m. with a service
and luncheon. The service begins at 10 a.m.
and will be led by Rev. Richard H. Graham and
Rev. Janice Mynchenberg. The service focuses
on the history of the church with hymns and
the Lords Prayer in German. After the service,
there will be a dinner of bratwurst and other
German dishes. For more information, visit
georgetownlutheran.com.
Stonewall Kickball holds Get Yer Drag
(Ball) On!, a kick-o event for Stonewall
Kickballs Drag Ball 2014 at JR.s Bar and
Grill (1519 17th St., N.W.) today from 3-5:30
p.m. There will be a drag ball team draft and
performances by hostess Birdie LaCage,
William Dennis, Je Larivee and Cedric
Lawson. For more details, visit jrsbar-dc.com.
MONDAY, MAY 19
Busboys and Poets (1025 5th St.,
N.W.) holds a screening of Be Steadwells
original short lm Vow of Silence
tonight from 6:30-9:30 p.m. The lm tells
the story of Jade, a composer, who takes
a vow of silence to win back her true
love. There will also be a discussion with
the lmmaker and cast. The screening is
part of Busboys and Poetss Zami: A Circle
of LGBTQ Cultural Performances and
Conversations. For more information,
visit busboysandpoets.com.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that aect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
TUESDAY, MAY 20
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
hosts its weekly FUK!T Packing Party
from 7-9 p.m. tonight. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org or greenlanterndc.com.
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts free and
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The Tom Davoren Social Bridge
Club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dignity Center (721 8th St., S.E.) for social
bridge. No partner needed. For more
information, call 301-345-1571.
PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Family
of Lesbians and Gays) holds a cocktail
party at Penthouse Pool Club (1612 U St.,
N.W.) tonight from 6-9 p.m. DJ Shea Van
Horn will provide music. Individual tickets
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$1,000. For more details, visit pagdc.org.
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Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.) tonight
from 7-10 p.m. There will be food from
restaurants in the area and ra e prizes.
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perform. Tickets are $60 and $75 at
the door. For more information, visit
capitalpride.org/heroes.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
Midtown (1219 Connecticut Ave., N.W.)
hosts Unleashed D.C. Happy Hour for
Black Pride from 7 p.m.-midnight. Admission
is free before 9 p.m. and $5 after. For more
details, visit midtown-dc.com.
Gays and Lesbians Opposing
Violence (GLOV) hold a meeting at the
D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.) tonight
from 7-8:30 p.m. GLOV works to reduce
violence against LGBT individuals through
community outreach, education and
assisting members of anti-LGBT violence.
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Its no longer your
home, its a product
By SAMMY DWECK
The saying goes all things old are new
again. June Cleavers kitchen is once
again au courant, if you can get away with
calling it mid-century modern. But until
such a revival, old styles are just, well, old.
The inventory in downtown D.C. has
been decidedly tight, but price and pre-
sentation are still paramount when listing
a property. Just beyond the Beltway in
tony Potomac, inventory is more abun-
dant. I am currently preparing a property
for market in Norman die Farm Estates, a
well-manicured enclave of about 30 hous-
es convenient to Potomac Village that was
built around 1989. At the time the subdi-
vision was constructed, brass faucets and
light xtures were all the rage. Today,
they strike modern buyers as stale.
In preparing a property for market,
there is an inherent conict between the
emotions of the seller and what must be
done to appeal to buyers. I always explain
to my sellers that this place that hosts all
of their memories and worldly posses-
sions is no longer their home it is now
a product. Selling a home is like dating
rst impressions count and so you put
forth your representative the very best
version of you. Still, even for sellers who
understand this intellectually, the feel-
ings that come with separation from their
long-time homes can cloud their visions
for what impression needs to be made
with a buyer.
In preparing to compete with 16 houses
in the immediate price range my sellers
will be in, I brought in an expert interior
designer who recommended several cos-
metic updates to their home. The home
has a terric oor plan and has been
lovingly maintained by its owners, who
raised four children in this house. In an
era when many people feel more comfort-
able raising children in town than they did
in previous years, a six-bedroom house
in Potomac still has a substantial appeal.
Many parents consider Potomacs school
system to be world class and you simply
cannot get that much space or land closer
in to Chevy Chase for the same price. Po-
tomac Village has seen some shops come
and go lately (RIP Chicken Out) but parking
is still a contact sport in the town center.
Custom homes are still being built on large
lots o of River Road, meaning the houses
going to market have to compete not only
with each other but also with the wildest
dreams of the modern buyer and the oor
plans their architects have prepared.
Even after having completed a stun-
ning kitchen renovation a few years back,
my sellers are faced with the challenge
of putting away family photographs,
repainting the kids rooms to abrogate
them of their beautiful and dynamic per-
sonalities, and neuter some period de-
tails to tide the new owners over before
they undertake a more substantial reno-
vation. It is an emotional hurdle that real
estate agents have a hard time navigating
with their sellers, but an imperative one
for a successful sale.
Buyers need to envision themselves in
your home. If there is too much of you in
it, theyll focus on your past rather than
their future. My wise sellers understand
that to sell for top dollar in 2014, they
have to move upholstered sofas the kids
grew up on into storage and bring in the
type of staging furniture and art that will
dazzle the discerning buyer with dozens
of options at his disposal.
These updates are an investment but
they have a wild rate of return at the clos-
ing table. Creating a success story for a
sale is both an art and a science. Smart
sellers take the reality they live in and
adapt to it, instead of expecting the mar-
ket to adapt to their reality.
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Inc. is a licensed real estate agent specializing
in residential re-sales in the D.C. metro area.
He was the Evers & Co. Agent of the Month in
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By MARK LEE
Local entrepreneur and CrossFit Praxis
gym owner and ftness coach Joe Free-
man has long been focused on construct-
ing things.
First it was roads and bridges, followed
by residential buildings. Now its bodies.
Freeman opened his unique
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When the now-49-year-old Virginia
Beach native graduated from Radford
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stint. Freeman would subsequently sign
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ia governors, frst as federal liaison and
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ects. I literally spent eight years on the
massive Wilson Bridge replacement and
expansion, Freeman recalls of the period
leading up to his departure from govern-
ment service in 2002.
Freemans private sector transition led
to real estate development in the Dupont
and Logan neighborhoods. As managing
partner of Freeman Development Group,
he continues to specialize in a full range of
activities from property acquisition and
project fnancing to design coordination
and construction supervision to sales mar-
keting and property management shep-
herding smaller boutique residential hous-
ing projects from concept to completion.
Similar to many business owners,
Freeman was inspired to launch his ft-
ness facility from personal experience. A
stereotypical gym rat, he too often felt
stuck on the treadmill and at the water
fountain, waiting for access to weight ma-
chines. He became increasingly bored
with his workouts, desiring more inten-
sity. A friend suggested switching to one
of then only two local CrossFit venues.
It wasnt long before Freeman set out to
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place in a prime location.
A diverse range of men and women of
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workouts. Certifed full-time and part-time
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include a warm-up, stretching, monitored
skill development and a high-intensity
Workout of the Day combining interval
training, gymnastics and weightlifting.
Individual performance is scored at
each session to encourage competition
and track progress, notes Freeman. You
might fnd a middle-aged mom next to a
D.C. frefghter next to a Howard Universi-
ty student next to someone training for a
marathon, he points out, with everyone
doing the same workout with difering
weights and at variable intensity levels.
People have heard that CrossFit is pop-
ular among Navy SEALS and professional
athletes, Freeman says, but sessions in-
clude those spanning ages 20 to 68, with
workouts scaled to their abilities. Mem-
bers add muscle, shed fat, build strength,
enhance agility and increase mobility, he
explains, youll be able to apply achieve-
ments to any sport or activity.
Its going to change your mood, your ener-
gy, your performance at work, Freeman says
of CrossFit training. It really works and its re-
ally fun, he says, and there is a great com-
munity aspect to it. People who go through
the shared sufering of short intense work-
outs develop bonds that build friendships
and push them to achieve their goals.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and
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[email protected].
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