Volume 44, Issue 27 - July 5, 2013

One expert calls HRCs goal
completely unrealistic
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Amid celebration over the Supreme Court rulings
against the Defense of Marriage Act and Californias
Proposition 8, plans are already in place to extend
the victories further as the Human Rights Campaign
has pledged to win marriage equality in all 50 states
within ve years.
Following the announcement of that goal, which
was made by HRC President Chad Grifn on the
steps of the Supreme Court immediately following
We will ght aggressively on all fronts in all states, said HRC President CHAD GRIFFIN last week.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Many on edge after lesbian killed,
two more anti-trans attacks

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
One transgender woman was shot and another
was sexually assaulted in separate incidents in D.C.
early Saturday morning, June 29.
The two attacks came less than 24 hours after
about 50 LGBT activists met to discuss ways to
respond to a rash of violent incidents against LGBT
people in the city since June 21, including the June
22 murder of a lesbian who was shot to death in
what police said was a botched robbery.
Police said the shooting death of Malika Stover,
35, in the 1300 block of Stevens Road, S.E. didnt
appear to be linked to her sexual orientation.
But transgender activist Earline Budd, who
organized the Friday night, June 28 community
response meeting to address the recent incidents,
said Stovers slaying stunned those in the LGBT
community who knew her.
This is really putting all of us on edge, Budd
told the Blade. Youre seeing all of these incidents
happening in such a short period of time.
The non-fatal shooting and the unrelated sexual
assault of the two transgender women on Saturday,
June 29, were the fth and sixth violent assaults
against a total of four transgender women, one gay
man dressed in drag, and a lesbian, Stover, since
June 21.
In the June 21 incident, transgender woman
Bree Wallace, 29, was stabbed multiple times in an
abandoned house at 3038 Stanton Rd., S.E.
D.C. police have since arrested 23-year-old
Michael McBride of Southeast D.C. for the attack,
charging him with assault with intent to kill. Police
told the Washington Post the stabbing was triggered
by a dispute between Wallace and McBride, who
knew each other.
Its been a series of horrible incidents in the past
few weeks in terms of whats going on against the
transgender community, said Hassan Naveed,
co-chair of Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence
(GLOV).
And tonight we really built momentum to
combat the hate violence in this city, he said, in
commenting on the June 28 meeting at the LGBT
Center. We can see the energy in the community
and people really coming together to discuss these
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President Obama talks
marriage rights during
visit to Senegal.
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WOMANS WORLD
Cher makes (another)
comeback just in time
for New York Pride.
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HEAVEN SENT
Gay Md. pastor
celebrates courts
marriage rulings.
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employer about benets
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com

The large number of federal government
employees in the D.C. metropolitan area
will ensure that many same-sex married
couples living in the region, including those
living in Virginia, will soon receive full federal
benets and rights that come with marriage
in the wake of the Supreme Courts decision
last week to overturn the Defense of
Marriage Act.
According to local attorneys
familiar with family law, the Obama
administration has taken immediate
steps to direct the U.S. Ofce of
Personnel Management to provide all
federal marriage benets to government
workers and their same-sex spouses.
Certainly for federal civil servants there
will be a clear effort from the administration
to allow people who marry anywhere to
take advantage of their federal civil service
benets regardless of where they currently
live, said Takoma Park, Md., attorney Susan
Silber, whose law rm has represented
lesbian and gay couples on matters
pertaining to family law.
So thats huge for our metropolitan
area, she said. And it will be huge for
people who live in places like Virginia and
West Virginia and Pennsylvania where
many federal workers live.
Silber and local attorney Michelle
Zavos, who, like Silber, represents LGBT
clients in the D.C. metro area, said same-
sex couples can expect support in their
quest to obtain both state and federal
marriage benets from state ofcials in
D.C., Maryland and Delaware, where
same-sex marriage is legal.
But the two attorneys said most of those
benets wont come automatically and
same-sex married couples in the three
jurisdictions must come forward to apply for
the benets.
This is something they have to do
proactively, Zavos told the Blade. And
what I would say is federal workers,
especially, need to contact their Human
Resources Department immediately
to nd out what they need to do. They
cannot sit on this.
Zavos noted that similar to any married
employee, both federal and private sector
employees need to inform their employer
through the personnel or human resources
department that they are married and will
qualify for benets such as health insurance
for their spouse.
In the case of the federal government,
enrollment in such benets often becomes
available only during an open enrollment
period once a year. However, OPM ofcials
have said the federal personnel agency
was expected to schedule another open
enrollment period in the coming weeks
in light of the Supreme Courts decision
overturning DOMA.
Silber, Zavos and other attorneys familiar
with Virginia said they were watching
closely as Obama administration ofcials
assess ways to extend federal marriage
benets to same-sex couples who legally
marry in a state that recognizes same-sex
marriage but live in states that do not
recognize such marriages.
In the week since the Supreme Court
ruling on DOMA, legal experts have said
some federal benets linked to marriage,
such as Social Security survivor benets, are
tied to the state where a couple lives rather
than the state where the couple married.
Claire Gastanaga, an attorney who
serves as general legislative counsel for the
statewide LGBT group Equality Virginia,
said the question of whether a federal
marriage benet is available to same-sex
married couples living in Virginia must be
decided by the federal government, not by
Virginia state ofcials.
Its really a question of how they choose
to interpret the federal law, Gastanaga
said. There are a thousand different federal
laws. Some of them refer to the place of
celebration [of the marriage] and some refer
to the domicile of the couple, she said.
Some of those requirements are
statutory, some are regulatory and some
are policy, she added. So theres lots to
be ironed out at the federal level before we
know the answer to that question.
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D.C. man sentenced to 7 years in anti-gay stabbing

A D.C. Superior Court judge on June 28 sentenced District resident Ali
Jackson, 20, to seven-and-a-half years in prison for the June 2012 stabbing of
a 16-year-old gay male outside the citys Howard Theatre.
A statement released by the Ofce of the United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia says prosecutors classied the incident as a hate crime
based on evidence that Jackson made threatening statements and anti-gay
slurs at the time of the attack.
Violence fueled by hate tears at the fabric of our society, said U.S.
Attorney for D.C. Ronald Machen in the statement. As this prison sentence
demonstrates, in the District of Columbia, we have zero tolerance for violent
crimes driven by ignorant prejudice.
Jackson pled guilty in January to a charge of assault with intent to kill in
connection with the stabbing incident. The sentence handed down against
him on June 28 by Judge Patricia Broderick came after two others involved in
the incident pled guilty in March to a charge of simple assault.
Police and prosecutors said Ali Jacksons sister, Alvonica Jackson, 26, and
her boyfriend, Desmond Campbell, 34, held the victim by his arms and neck,
preventing him from eeing as Ali Jackson stabbed him with a knife three
times in the left arm, the left side of his back, and the left leg. Alvonica
Jackson and Campbell also hurled slurs at the victim during the attack,
according to the U.S. Attorneys Ofce statement.
Alvonica Jackson was sentenced earlier this year to 360 days of incarceration
with all but 30 days suspended. She had also been charged with second-degree
theft for stealing money at the Howard Theatre. Campbell was sentenced to
180 days in jail with all but 30 days suspended. The suspended part of the
sentences for both is contingent on their complying with the terms of two years
of probation following their release from jail, to which they were also sentenced.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
obituary
DONALD DESPERTT, 30

Donald Allen Despertt, a senior advertising
coordinator at the Washington Post who
was involved with a separate business that
produces entertainment events, including
LGBT and AIDS fundraising events, died in
Washington on June 17. He was 30.
In recent years, Donald Despertt served as a
volunteer event organizer for D.C. Black Pride,
one of the citys largest LGBT events, in his
role as chief operating ofcer at Omega Entertainment, an event planning
company, according to his friend Michael Stratton.
Despertts interest in business and entrepreneurship surfaced in a May
1999 article in the Washington Times when he was a junior at D.C.s Theodore
Roosevelt High School. The article noted that he began training for a career
as an entrepreneur in the sixth grade and started his own baking business
when he was 15.
Biographical information posted on his LinkedIn page says he won
the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the National
Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship in 1999. One year earlier, the
same organization named Donald Despertt rst place winner in its Business
Plan Competition contest.
He graduated from Roosevelt High as class valedictorian in 2000 before
beginning his undergraduate studies at Georgetown University in marketing,
operations and information management. He later served as advertising
manager for The Hoya, the Georgetown University student newspaper.
In 2010 and 2011 Despertt served as director of mens promotion for the
White Attire Affair fundraising event for Al Sura, a D.C. charitable foundation
that gives money to AIDS service organizations.
He was a wonderful person who did all he could to help community
organizations that helped people, said Abur-Rahim Briggs, president of Al
Sura.
A viewing and funeral service were scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July
3, at Peace Baptist Church at 712 18th St., N.E. Interment was scheduled to
follow the service at D.C.s Glenwood Cemetery.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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constitution,' said Virginia Sen. ADAM EBBIN of
efforts to extend marriage rights to couples in
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mlavers@washblade.com
WILMINGTON, Del. A Delaware
lawmaker who came out during a debate
over a same-sex marriage bill earlier this
year and her partner on July 1 became
the rst couple to take advantage of the
states gay nuptials law.
State Sen. Karen Peterson (D-Stanton)
and her partner, Vikki Bandy, converted
their Delaware civil union into a marriage
at the New Castle County Clerk of the
Peaces ofce in Wilmington.
Its exciting, both historically and
personally, Peterson told reporters after
she and Bandy exchanged vows in a
private ceremony. I never thought in our
lifetimes we would be getting married.
Rehoboth Beach residents Chris
Beagle and Eric Engelhart on July 1
became the rst gay couple in Sussex
County to convert their civil union into
a marriage when they exchanged vows
at CAMP Rehoboth in Rehoboth Beach
during a ceremony that Sussex County
Clerk of the Peace John Brady ofciated.
Joseph Daigle, II, and Daniel Cole of
Wilmington later in the day became
the rst same-sex couple that had not
previously entered into a civil union in
the state to tie the knot in Delaware.
Attorney General Beau Biden and New
Castle County Executive Tom Gordon
are among those who spoke at Daigle
and Coles wedding that took place
inside the Marian Cruger Cofn Gardens
at the Gibraltar Mansion in Wilmington.
Today we are witnesses to a
historic event for Delaware and for
our community and quite frankly our
future, Biden said.
Daigle and Cole spoke with reporters
after they exchanged vows.
This was one of the most exciting
moments of my life, Daigle said. I am
so happy to be married to Dan.
New Castle County Clerk of the
Peace Ken Boulden, who ofciated both
Peterson and Bandy and Daigle and Coles
weddings, said 108 same-sex couples in
Delaware received marriage licenses on
July 1. The state did not waive the 24-hour
waiting period for any other gay or lesbian
couples to tie the knot on the rst day they
could legally marry in Delaware.
Sherry Berman and Deb Hamilton of
Lewes, who have been together for 24
years, received a marriage license at
the Sussex County Clerk of the Peaces
ofce in Georgetown on July 1. They will
exchange vows on the beach in Lewes
on Friday while their family is in the area
for the Independence Day holiday.
Theres more credibility for us as a
couple, Berman told the Blade before the
states same-sex marriage law took effect.
Alexander Perez and Brad Poulter of
Wilmington, who have been together
for eight years, received their marriage
license at the New Castle County
Clerk of the Peaces ofce shortly after
Peterson and Bandy converted their
civil union into a marriage.
The men plan to tie the knot in
Wilmington on July 13.
Its great to be living in a state that
recognizes equality, realizes everyone is
equal, Poulter said.
Eleven states and D.C. now allow
same-sex marriage. Gays and lesbians
in Minnesota and Rhode Island will
begin to legally tie the knot on Aug. 1.
The U.S. Supreme Court on June
26 found a portion of the Defense of
Marriage Act unconstitutional and struck
down Californias Proposition 8 that had
banned same-sex marriage. Gays and
lesbians in the Golden State began to
once again exchange vows on June
28 after the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals lifted its stay on gay nuptials in
response to the justices Prop 8 ruling.
2 more trans women attacked in violent month in D.C.
issues and acting on this, said Naveed.
Among those attending the meeting
was D.C. Police Capt. Edward Delgado,
director of the police division that
oversees the departments Gay and
Lesbian Liaison Unit, and two GLLU
ofcers. D.C. Council member Tommy
Wells also stopped by the meeting.
Im completely open to learning
from you, said Wells, who chairs the
Councils Committee on the Judiciary
and Public Safety. We make progress
and then sometimes we take two steps
back, he said in referring to efforts
to curtail violence against the LGBT
community.
One of the more tense moments of
the meeting came when Earl Hooks,
a public relations representative for
Manny & Olgas pizzeria chain, answered
questions about a 2 a.m. incident on
June 23 in which a gay man in drag was
attacked at the Manny & Olgas at 1841
14th St., N.W.
The incident, which was captured on
a video that went viral online, involved
two women who could be seen on the
video dragging Miles Denaro, 24, across
the oor by his hair as they punched
and kicked him in the head and body.
Denaro said he went to the pizzeria to
take out some food after performing in
drag under his stage name Heidi Glum
at the nearby Black Cat nightclub.
An unidentied man taking the video
is heard laughing and shouting along
with other customers in the Manny &
Olgas restaurant as the two women
assaulted Denaro and as blood could
be seen dripping over his face from a
head wound. According to Denaro, as
many as ve or six employees stood by
watching and didnt take steps to break
up the altercation or call police. He
said the two women who assaulted him
called him tranny and faggot.
Im here right now to apologize
for anything that is harmful to this
community, Hooks told the meeting.
Gay activist Nick McCoy, who helped
organize the meeting, said he contacted
Manny & Olgas and invited the owners
to send someone to the meeting to talk
about the incident.
Several activists, including D.C.
Center Executive Director David
Mariner, pressed Hooks to explain why
the employees apparently failed to take
steps to stop the attack.
Our policy is to not touch anyone
who comes into the store, he said.
From what I understand, a call was
made to the police.
Police sources, however, have said no
call was received from Manny & Olgas
at the time of the incident.
Delgado told the Blade at the
meeting that police have obtained
warrants for the arrest of the two women
on a charge of simple assault. He said
the women had not been apprehended
as of the time of the meeting.
Denaro told the Blade he wasnt
seriously injured.
In addition to Budd, speakers at the
meeting included Naveed of GLOV;
Rick Rosendall, president of the Gay
and Lesbian Activists Alliance; Nico
Quintana of the D.C. Trans Coalition;
Ruby Corado of Casa Ruby; Sterling
Washington, director of the Mayors
Ofce of GLBT Affairs; and Cyndee Clay,
executive director of Helping Individual
Prostitutes Survive (HIPS).
Ofcer Juanita Foreman of the GLLU
gave a presentation on steps citizens
can take, including members of the
LGBT community, to avoid danger while
walking on the streets.
Mariner said the D.C. Center would
make available to the community a
compilation of proposals developed
at the meeting to address anti-LGBT
violence in the city.
The following summary of the six
incidents involving attacks against
members of the LGBT community
between June 21 and June 29 is based
on information released by D.C. police.
As of early this week police had not
classied any of the incidents as a hate
crime, although a source familiar with
police thought the incident at Manny &
Olgas would be listed as a hate crime:
1. Transgender woman Bree Wallace,
29, was attacked and stabbed multiple
times in an abandoned house at 3038
Stanton Rd., S.E. about 1 a.m. Thursday,
June 21. A suspect was arrested and
charged with assault with intent to kill.
2. Malika Stover, 35, identied by
Earline Budd as an out lesbian known
in the LGBT community, was fatally shot
about 2 a.m. Saturday, June 22, in the
1300 block of Stevens Road, S.E. Police
say she suffered from multiple gunshot
wounds and the motive appeared to
be robbery.
3. Gay male drag performer Miles
Denaro, 24, was attacked and beaten
by two female suspects about 2 a.m.
Sunday, June 23, inside Manny & Olgas
pizzeria at 1841 14th St., N.W.
4. A transgender woman was shot in
the buttocks in the 500 block of Eastern
Avenue, N.E., about 6 a.m. Thursday,
June 27. Police say the motive appears
to be robbery.
5. A transgender woman was sexually
assaulted by an unidentied male after
accepting a ride in the suspects car
while walking in the 300 block of 61st
Street, N.E. about 3:30 a.m. Saturday,
June 29. Police listed the incident as a
rst-degree sexual assault.
6. A transgender woman was shot and
sustained non-life-threatening injuries
while walking in the area of 5th and K
Street, N.E., about 4 a.m. Saturday, June
29. Police said the shooting took place
while two male suspects attempted to
rob her.
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Ninth Circuit dismisses
anti-gay challenge, lifts
stay on marriage rights
By CHRIS JOHNSON
The jubilation following two Supreme
Court decisions in favor of marriage
equality continued on Friday as plaintiffs
in the lawsuit against Californias
Proposition 8 became the rst in the
Golden State to marry after the demise
of the ban on same-sex marriage.
The lesbian couple in lawsuit Kris
Perry and Sandra Stier was rst to
marry in California and did so at 4:45 pm
in a San Francisco City Hall ceremony
ofciated by California Attorney General
Kamala Harris.
Shortly thereafter at 6:15 pm, the
gay male couple Paul Katami
and Jeff Zarrillo married in Los
Angeles in a ceremony over which Los
Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
ofciated during his last day in ofce.
During the ceremony for Perry and
Stier, Harris noted the long road on
which the couple had journeyed since
they led their lawsuit in 2009 to restore
marriage equality to California. Their
son, Elliott Perry, served as a witness.
Four years ago, Kris and Sandy
embarked upon a journey that most
couples do not experience, Harris said.
By joining the case against Proposition
8, they represented thousands of
couples like themselves in the ght for
marriage equality.
San Francisco City Hall stayed open
until 8 pm to issue marriage licenses and
will reopen from 9 am to 5pm Saturday
and Sunday while the city celebrates
June as Pride month.
Same-sex weddings resumed in
California in the same city hall where
nearly a decade ago then-San Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom jump started
the marriage equality movement by
handing out marriage licenses to same-
sex couples before the court ordered
him to stop.
The weddings were able to
commence in California thanks to the
U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals lifting its
stay on the injunction that U.S. District
Judge Vaughn Walker put in place
in 2010 prohibiting the enforcement
of Prop 8. The lifting of stay was the
consequence of the U.S. Supreme Court
determination that anti-gay groups lack
standing to defend Prop 8 in court.
In between the ceremonies for lesbian
and the gay male couple, the plaintiffs
held a conference call with reporters
to talk about the jubilation they felt
over nally being able to marry. They
were joined by Chad Grifn, president
of the Human Rights Campaign, and
American Foundation for Equal Rights
attorney Ted Boutrous.
Grifn said we are all more
American on the day marriage equality
resumed in California and emphasized
gay nuptials in the Golden State are
here to stay.
Marriage has nally returned to the
great state of California, and no one
no judge, no election and no politician
can take it away, Grifn said.
Asked by the Washington Blade how
it feels to nally be married after the
completion of the lawsuit, Perry said
she needs to wait until tomorrow for it
to register.
Right now, we feel victorious and
thrilled and relieved, really, to be at
the end of this long journey, and now
nally able to move forward as a regular
married couple just like everybody
else, Perry said.
Katami said he doesnt much more
to add as he prepared for his wedding
ceremony, but noted the feeling of
nally being able to marry was satisfying.
I can tell you this: equal feels
different, Katami said. We woke up on
Thursday and this morning feeling like
full citizens that will be recognized by
our state, and recognized by our federal
government. And we know that in just a
few short minutes, Jeff and I will be able
to call each other husband ofcially.
Pa. lawmaker to introduce marriage bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. A gay Pennsylvania lawmaker on June 27 announced
he plans to introduce a bill that would extend marriage rights to same-sex
couples in his state.
State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) made the announcement the day
after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act
unconstitutional and struck down Californias Proposition 8. He also spoke
about the measure he and state Rep. Stephen McCarter (D-Montgomery
County) plan to put forth this summer hours after state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe
(R-Butler County) blocked him from speaking in support of the DOMA and
Prop 8 rulings on the oor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Its a big task, no question about it, but we needed to start, Sims told the
Washington Blade.
Senate committee to vote on ENDA
WASHINGTON Building off momentum from major decisions at the
Supreme Court in favor of marriage equality, a Senate committee is set to hold
a vote July 10 on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Washington
Blade has learned.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee has scheduled
the markup for the LGBT anti-bias legislation two weeks to the day after the
Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act and Californias
Proposition 8.
Scheduling the vote is the rst step for Senate HELP Committee Chair Tom
Harkin (D-Iowa) in fullling the promise he announced to move ENDA out of
committee this year.
Fla. advocates launch marriage campaign
TAMPA, Fla. Florida LGBT rights advocates have launched a campaign
to overturn the states constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Equality Florida and Freedom to Marry last month announced the creation
of the Get Engaged campaign that, among other things, will highlight the
growing support for nuptials for gays and lesbians in the Sunshine State.
The groups have also begun to seek possible plaintiff couples in a same-sex
marriage lawsuit in Florida.
Quinn announces LGBT supporters
NEW YORK New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on June 30
unveiled a list of prominent LGBT advocates and others who have endorsed
her mayoral campaign.
Edith Windsor, who successfully challenged the Defense of Marriage Act before
the U.S. Supreme Court, gay actors Neil Patrick Harris and Cheyenne Jackson and
Melissa Sklarz, president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York are among
those who have backed Quinns effort to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Quinn unveiled a list of 1,700 LGBT supporters during a press conference before
the citys annual Pride began with Windsor and her lawyer, Robbie Kaplan.
The support I have received from the LGBT community has been humbling
and inspiring, Quinn said. I do not intend to let them down.
Macklemores Same Love climbs charts
SEATTLE A hip hop duos single that endorses marriage rights for same-
sex couples continues to climb the charts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme
Court decision that found DOMA unconstitutional.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis last July released Same Love that features
lesbian singer Mary Lambert ahead of the referendum on Washingtons
same-sex marriage law.
The New York Times reported Same Love rose to number 28 on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart on June 26, the same day the justices announced their decisions.
The single was also the fth most popular song on the Rap Songs chart.
The newspaper reported the video for Same Love had nearly 53 million
views on YouTube as of June 30.
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OPM, HHS enumerate new
benets for gay couples
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Gay federal employees in legal same-sex
marriages will be eligible immediately for
health and pension benets in the aftermath
of the Supreme Court ruling against Section
3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, according
to a memo from the U.S. Ofce of Personnel
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and it is impossible to answer every
question that you might have, Kaplan,
a lesbian, writes. Nevertheless, I want to
assure you that the U.S. Ofce of Personnel
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with the Department of Justice to ensure
swift and seamless implementation of the
courts ruling.
The ve new benets identied in the
memo are:
healrh insurance rhrouh rhe Feceral
Healrh Employees Benelrs (FEHB) plan,
lile insurance rhrouh rhe Feceral
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Feceral Lon Term Care nsurance Froram
(FLTCF),
reriremenr Lenelrs,
anc rhe aLiliry ro suLmir claims
for medical expenses through exible
spending accounts.
For each ol rhe lour insurance Lenelrs
in the memo, gay federal employees must
elect to make a change within the window
of 60 days between June 26, 2013 and
August 26, 2013 to enroll. With respect to
health, dental and vision insurance, the next
opportunity would be at the start of open
season later this year.
For employees who alreacy have healrh
coverae uncer a FEHB plan, coverae will
Lein immeciarely. For rhose who con'r,
benets will be effective on the rst day
of the rst pay period after the enrollment
request is received.
To be eligible for retirement benets
for their same-sex spouses, gay federal
employees have two years until after the
Supreme Court decision, or June 26, 2015,
to inform OPM they have a legal marriage
that qualies for recognition and elect and
changes to benets.
The OPM memo is the rst of many
pieces of guidance expected from federal
agencies in the wake of the Supreme
Courts decision to strike down the Defense
of Marriage Act. After the court ruling,
President Obama said he instructed U.S.
Attorney Eric Holder to work with other
Cabinet members to implement the end to
the Defense of Marriage Act.
In a related development, gay people
living in nursing homes will have the same
guaranteed access to their partners and
spouses as gay patients in hospitals receiving
Medicare and Medicaid, according to new
guidance obtained by the Blade.
In guidance dated June 28 to state
survey agency directors, the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid claries that
President Obamas 2010 memorandum
guaranteeing that patients can have a
same-sex partner visit them in the hospital
also means residents in long-term care
facilities, or nursing homes, must be given
full and equal visitation privileges.
Residents must be notied of their
rights to have visitors on a 24-hour basis,
who could include, but are not limited to,
spouses (inclucin samesex spouses),
domestic partners (including same-sex
comesric parrners), orher lamily memLers,
or friends, the guidance states.
The guidance, signed by CMS Director
of Survey & Certication Thomas Hamilton,
says the guidance takes effect immediately
and should be communicated within 30
days to all survey and certication staff,
their managers and state or regional ofce
training coordinators.
Survivor benets in
question even with
court ruling against DOMA
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Sen. BarLara Boxer (DCalil.) is callin on
the Social Security Administration to provide
survivor benets for married same-sex
couples wherever they move in the country
in the wake of the Supreme Courts decision
striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.
In a letter dated July 1, Boxer asks
Social Security Administration Acting
Commissioner Carolyn Colvin to use
administrative authorities to extend
benets to the fullest extent possible
following the Supreme Court decision
striking down Section 3 of DOMA.
All federal agencies should endeavor
to provide swift and equal access to
programs and benets for all same-
sex couples, regardless of their state of
residence, using existing administrative
authorities, Boxer said.
Social Security survivor benets are
among the benets that are in question
for legally married same-sex couples post-
DOMA. Social Security law looks to the state
where a couple lives, not where a couple
is married. That means a gay couple that
marries in New York Lur moves ro Florica
may not be eligible if they apply for those
benets there.
In the event that the Social Security
Administration believes it cant offer
those benets administratively, Boxer
asks the agency to notify Congress so
lawmakers can advance a legislative
solution to the issue.
Boxer, one of 14 U.S. senators who voted
against DOMA in 1996, said shes spoken
with same-sex couples and heard about the
harm caused by withholding Social Security
survivor benets.
I have met so many surviving spouses
and family members of same-sex
relationships who struggle needlessly after
the passing of their family members, Boxer
writes. Access to Social Security benets
can often times mean the difference
between keeping your home and losing it,
or feeding your children and watching them
go hungry.
In her letter, Boxer says she understands
the Social Security Administration has
already taken some action. The senator
says she learned the agency took
immediate steps to prepare for changes
and issued emergency instructions
to eld ofces directing them to accept
applications from gay couples and hold
them until further guidance.
Like Boxer, LGBT advocates have been
calling on the Obama administration to
interpret the ruling against DOMA broadly
so married gay couples will have federal
benets no matter where they move in the
country.
During his trip to Africa, President
Obama seemed sympathetic to calls when
responding to a question about DOMA
implementation during a news conference.
Its my personal belief but Im
speaking now as a president as opposed to
as a lawyer that if youve been married
in Massachusetts and you move someplace
else, youre still married, and that under
federal law you should be able to obtain
the benets of any lawfully married couple,
Obama said. But Im speaking as a
president, not a lawyer.
After the DOMA ruling, Obama said
he directed U.S. Attorney Eric Holder to
work with Cabinet ofcials to prepare
for implementing benets for same-sex
couples. Changes are expected to be made
on a rolling basis as quickly as practicable.
Mark Hinkle, a Social Security
spokesperson, noted the process Obama
has set up in response to the Boxer letter.
The president has directed the Attorney
General to work with other members of his
Cabinet to review all relevant federal statutes
to ensure this decision, and its implications
for federal benets and obligations
including benets administered by this
agency is implemented swiftly and
smoothly, Hinkle said. We look forward to
working with the Department of Justice to
do so.
Hinkle added the Social Security
Administration will respond directly to
Boxer with regard to the letter.
Boxer seeks full extension of Social Security benets
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Secretary oI Health & Human Services
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS had sought to expand
a hospital visitation rights memo to include
nursing homes.
Agencies lay out post-DOMA plans
Sen. BARBARA BOXER (D-CaliI.) is calling on
Social Security to implement Iull beneIts Ior
married gay couples.
First to win approval
for marriage-based
green card application
By CHRIS JOHNSON
For Julian Marsh, being the rst U.S.
citizen to have a marriage-based green-
card application approved for a same-
sex spouse is beyond anything we
could ever imagine.
Marsh and his spouse, Traian Popov,
talked about the elation they felt upon
learning their I-130 application was
accepted on Friday just two days
after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is
unconstitutional in an interview Sunday
with the Washington Blade.
I call that like winning a lottery; its like the
luck of the draw, Marsh said. Im sure there
were other [applications] there that people
could have picked up and processed, but,
for whatever reason, they picked up ours. I
feel real happy they did.
The DOMA Project, which handled
the ling for the Fort Lauderdale couple,
is claiming them as the rst gay couple
to have their marriage-based green card
application in the aftermath of the end
of DOMA, which prohibited the federal
recognition of same-sex couples.
Before the Supreme Court ruled last
week the anti-gay law was unconstitutional,
DOMA was the sole reason cited by
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
for denying applications submitted by
numerous legally married gay couples.
Marsh, an internationally acclaimed DJ,
said the green-card approval represents
the extent to which times have changed
for LGBT people over decades leading
to the Supreme Court decision striking
down DOMA.
It has invigorated us, shows us that love
can win and we can push boundaries,
Marsh said. I go back to the days when if
you went into a bar, youd probably have
eggs thrown at you. Youd have to go
through the back door. I remember back
in the 1970s, thats where I kind of started,
life was not like this at all.
Popov, a Bulgarian national and doctorate
student pursuing a degree in conict
analysis and resolution, said hes ecstatic
not just for himself, but the estimated 28,500
gay bi-national couples.
Because of what we have now, U.S.
spouses can petition and eventually get a
green card for them if theyre willing to stay
in the United States, which is a right that
every U.S. citizen should have, Popov said.
The couple doesnt have yet have a green
card; that process takes about six to nine
months after the application is approved.
After meeting in 2011, the couple
married in Brooklyn in 2012 and led for the
green card in February with no intention of
being the rst gay couple to win approval.
Marsh and Popov learned via email on June
28 their application was approved, which,
coincidentally, was Marshs birthday.
USCIS didnt immediately respond to
a request for comment over the weekend
about the approval or to conrm whether
the agency was accepting I-130 green card
applications from married bi-national same-
sex couples.
Lavi Soloway, co-founder of The
DOMA Project and a gay immigration
attorney who handled the couples
case, said in a statement the approval
represents the Obama administrations
commitment to recognizing married
same-sex couples equally under the law
in the aftermath of DOMA.
This historic rst green-card approval
conrms that for immigration purposes the
Supreme Court ruling striking DOMA will
extend recognition to same-sex couples
in all 50 states, as long as they have a valid
marriage, Soloway said.
Whats next for the couple? They say
they want Florida to enact a change in law
that would enable the state to recognize
their union. The Sunshine State has a
constitutional amendment banning same-
sex marriage and marriage-like unions.
The least we would want right now is
Florida to recognize same-sex marriages
within the state even if they dont allow
them here at least recognize them, Marsh
said. Were legally married in this country,
and were legally married in New York. If a
straight couple got married and moved
here, theyd be legally married. We demand
that same right.
And Marsh criticized U.S. Sen. Marco
Rubio (R-Fla.). In the same day last month,
Rubio said he would have walked away from
any immigration bill that has language that
would have helped gay bi-national couples
and said he opposes the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act.
What we want to say to Marco Rubio is
what are you hiding Marco? Marsh said.
Why are you being so anti-gay? Look at
all the other politicians who are anti-gay!
Guess what they turned to be themselves?
Thats what weve got to say to Marco
Rubio: Take a look in the mirror, Marco! Im
not joking.
Soloway drew a contrast between Rubios
treatment of his own constituents and the
Supreme Court decision bringing relief to
Marsh and Popov.
The Supreme Court ruling afrmed that
committed and loving bi-national lesbian
and gay couples in Florida and across the
country deserve to be treated with respect
and equal recognition under the law by the
federal government, Soloway said. In
start contrast to Sen. Rubios disparaging
tone rejecting the dignity of lesbian and
gay Americans, the Supreme Court ruling
and the green card approval have brought
justice to Julian and Traian.
Gay bi-national couple makes post-DOMA history
washingtonblade.com
The Irst gay couple to receive an approval Ior a green card petition, JULIAN MARSH (right) and
TRAIAN POVOV.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DOMA PROJECT
Putin signs anti-gay bill into law
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a bill into law that bans
the promotion of homosexuality to minors.
The Associated Press reported Putin signed the measure under which
individuals will face nes of between 4,000 and 5,000 rubles ($124-$155) and
government ofcials would face nes of between 40,000 and 50,000 rubles ($1,241-
$1,551) less than a week after Russias upper house of Parliament approved it.
Organizations will also face a ne of up to 1 million rubles ($31,000) or
suspension of their activities for up to 90 days. Foreigners will also face up to
15 days in jail and deportation.
The Russian Duma on June 11 passed the bill in a unanimous vote.
I was sure it would be passed, Nikolai Alekseev of Gay Russia, an LGBT
advocacy group, told the Washington Blade during an interview from Moscow
after the Duma vote. It will now be signed by the president, who is very
much using this ght against homosexuals in his campaign to attract voters.
Putin signed the bill into law against the backdrop of growing concern over
anti-LGBT discrimination and violence in Russia.
Two men in Volgograd and on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russias Far East
in recent weeks have been killed during what local authorities have described
as anti-gay attacks.
Police in St. Petersburg on Saturday arrested 40 LGBT advocates and a
handful of the estimated 200 nationalists who challenged them during a gay
rights rally. Authorities on May 24 arrested Alekseev and 29 other gay activists
who tried to stage a Pride celebration outside Moscow City Hall.
The State Department, the European Union and retired tennis champion
Martina Navratilova are among those who have criticized Russian lawmakers
and Putin over their opposition to LGBT rights in the country.
Alekseev and a growing number of other LGBT rights advocates have also
called for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 World
Cup that will also take place in Russia.
[They are] a very good opportunity to raise particular concerns, Alekseev
told the Blade earlier this month. One of the ways for many countries would
be to boycott these international sporting events because they take place in
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LGBT rights advocates around the
world joined their American counterparts
in celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court
rulings that found a portion of the Defense
of Marriage Act unconstitutional and struck
down Californias Proposition 8.
This is a fantastic outcome from the
U.S. Supreme Court, said Kieran Rose,
chair of the Gay and Lesbian Equality
Network, an Irish LGBT rights group.
The ruling is a pivotal moment in the
achievement of equality for lesbian and
gay people in the U.S. and the decision
will echo across the world.
A commission charged with reforming the
Irish Constitution in April overwhelmingly
approved a recommendation to extend
marriage rights to same-sex couples.
Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore last
Friday said a referendum on the issue would
take place in 2014.
The British House of Lords continues
to debate a proposal that would extend
marriage rights to same-sex couples in
England and Wales.
Andy Wasley, spokesperson for
Stonewall, an LGBT advocacy group in
the U.K., told the Washington Blade his
organization hopes well be celebrating
too within the next few weeks.
Its heartening to see a more
enlightened attitude toward the rights of 19
million lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans
from the Supreme Court, he said. Were
delighted for those in California who can
now dust off their wedding plans and look
forward to their special day.
Alex Al Mndez Daz, a lawyer who
represented three same-sex couples in
the Mexican state of Oaxaca whom local
authorities denied marriage licenses in 2011
and 2012, agreed.
The Mexican Supreme Court in
February released its ruling that found the
Oaxacan law against same-sex marriage
unconstitutional.
The three couples whom Mndez
represented who petitioned the Mexican
judicial system to ensure local authorities
would protect their constitutional rights
exchanged vows shortly after the countrys
highest court announced its decision.
Chihuahua and Baja California del Norte
that includes the city of Tijuana are among
the ve other Mexican states in which same-
sex marriage efforts are also underway.
The decision from the court is
great news, Mndez told the Blade.
Without a doubt it represents an
advance and at the same time it is the
realization of the international trend for
equality and not to discriminate against
the LGBTTTIQ community.
Canada, Argentina, Iceland, France,
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Norway, Denmark, Sweden and South
Africa currently allow same-sex marriage.
Gays and lesbians will be able to tie
the knot in Uruguay and New Zealand
in August.
Brazils National Council of Justice last
month said registrars cannot deny marriage
licenses to same-sex couples. Gays and
lesbians in neighboring Colombia last
Thursday began to apply for civil marriage
licenses, even though it remains unclear
whether a 2011 ruling from the countrys
highest court allows registrars and judges to
issue them.
Louisa Wall, the New Zealand
parliamentarian who introduced her
countrys same-sex marriage bill that
received nal approval in April, told the
Blade she is incredibly proud of LGBT
rights advocates in the U.S. for their
persistent, progressive and inclusive pursuit
of equality under the law.
I am also buoyed by the reaction to
the decision by President Obama and his
directive to ofcials to identify laws that this
decision is relevant to and to expeditiously
implement the necessary changes to
guarantee legal equality for all couples,
Wall added.
Says rulings a victory for
American democracy
By CHRIS JOHNSON
During his high-prole trip to Africa that
ended Tuesday, President Obama said he
believes the Supreme Court ruling against
DOMA should be implemented broadly to
provide gay couples the federal benets of
marriage wherever they live in the country,
although his administration is still examining
the legal implications of the ruling.
Obama made the remarks last week
during a joint news conference with
Senegal President Macky Sall that took
place in the presidential palace in Dakar.
The reporter asked Obama to respond
to the DOMA ruling and the state of
gay rights in Senegal, where same-sex
relations are still criminalized.
With respect to DOMA, Obama said
the ruling was not simply a victory for the
LGBT community, its a victory for American
democracy and noted he had a phone
call with New York widow and lawsuit
plaintiff Edith Windsor after the decision
was announced.
I believe at the root of who we are as
a people, who we are as Americans is the
basic precept that we are all equal under
the law, Obama said. We believe in
basic fairness. And what I think yesterdays
ruling signies is one more step toward
ensuring that those basic principles apply to
everybody.
Amid calls from LGBT advocates for
the Obama administration to interpret the
decision as broadly as possible to ensure
all federal benets are available to married
same-sex couples, Obama said his belief
is that the maximum amount of benets
should ow.
Its my personal belief but Im
speaking now as a president as opposed to
as a lawyer that if youve been married
in Massachusetts and you move someplace
else, youre still married, and that under
federal law you should be able to obtain
the benets of any lawfully married couple,
Obama said. But Im speaking as a
president, not a lawyer.
Obama said prior to the decision, he had
already instructed White House counsel
to work with lawyers across every federal
agency to start getting a sense for the
implications of administratively applying
a rule that says federal benets apply to
all married couples gay or straight.
Anticipating the result, Obama gave
assurances the implementation of whatever
benets are available would happen as
quickly as possible.
In response to the question about the
criminalization of homosexuality in Senegal,
Obama said the issue didnt come up
in bilateral conversations as he spoke
more broadly about his opposition to
discrimination in any form.
But when it comes to how the state
treats people, how the law treats people,
I believe that everybody has to be treated
equally, Obama said. I dont believe
in discrimination of any sort. Thats my
personal view. And I speak as somebody
who obviously comes from a country in
which there were times when people were
not treated equally under the law, and we
had to ght long and hard through a civil
rights struggle to make sure that happens.
Perhaps acknowledging the culture of
Senegal, where 96 percent of the population
practices Islam, Obama maintained he
respects the customs and traditions of
different countries.
The issue of gays and lesbians, and
how theyre treated, has come up and has
been controversial in many parts of Africa,
Obama said. So I want the African people
just to hear what I believe, and that is that
every country, every group of people, every
religion have different customs, different
traditions. And when it comes to peoples
personal views and their religious faith,
et cetera, I think we have to respect the
diversity of views that are there.
In his response to the question, Sall
struck a different tone, saying his country
wont decriminalize homosexuality as he
maintained his country is tolerant and
doesnt believe in discrimination.
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the decisions, state advocates as well
as other national groups are engaged
in plans to bring marriage equality to
the 37 states where gay couples are still
unable to wed.
Speaking with the Washington Blade
at the court after he made the pledge,
Grifn said achieving that goal would
involve a combination of several routes,
including additional litigation.
It will take legislative work, it will
take ballot work, it will take Congress
and it will ultimately take the federal
courts again to bring full equality to
every single corner of this country,
Grifn said. But there is no ground we
will leave unturned. Today we will ght
aggressively on all fronts in all states.
Grifn said hes basing the timeline
for his plan on the length of time it took
to overturn Prop 8, which took ve years
from the time Prop 8 passed at the
ballot in 2008.
There are already new lawsuits in the
works in the wake of the rulings that
struck down DOMA, the anti-gay law
prohibiting federal recognition of same-
sex marriage, and Prop 8. Although
many hoped the latter case would be
the one to bring marriage equality to all
50 states, the ruling instead that came
down was limited in scope to California.
Jon Davidson, legal director of
Lambda Legal, told the Blade his group
is planning new lawsuits to advance
marriage equality, but isnt yet ready to
talk details.
We do have plans to le additional
marriage cases in federal court, and are
preparing those now, Davidson said.
We are not in a position to share which
states at the moment.
Appearing on CNN on Sunday, David
Boies, one half of the legal dream team
hired by the American Foundation for
Equal Rights that successfully led the
lawsuit against Prop 8, said, there
isnt any state were giving up on and
suggested new litigation is coming.
Our goal is to have marriage
equality thats guaranteed by the U.S.
Constitution, enforced in every single
state in the union, Boies said.
But Davidson also cautioned gay
couples against ling additional
lawsuits because of the time and cost
involved as well as whether the litigation
is strategically appropriate.
The Perry case, for example, cost
each side several million dollars to
litigate, Davidson said. Often,
numerous expert witnesses are required.
And, if brought in the wrong place, at
the wrong time or without adequate
preparation, suits can set back our
communitys progress by creating bad
precedent that could create barriers to
equality nationwide.
Some are skeptical about HRCs
timetable. Among them is Larry Sabato,
a political scientist at the University of
Virginia, who said meeting that goal is
completely unrealistic.
I cannot imagine same-sex marriage
passing in my lifetime (plus a couple
decades or more) in many southern and
border states, plus some of the Rocky
Mountain and Midwest states, Sabato
said. Any state with a decent-sized GOP
majority in at least one state legislative
house will be enough to kill the effort.
Only a handful of states have the citizen-
sponsored ballot initiative option.
Sabato said another lawsuit akin to
the 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia would
be the best route to achieve nationwide
marriage equality but seeing that
come to fruition in ve years is doubtful.
That is a completely unrealistic
schedule, given the obstacles in the
states, Sabato said. And I doubt the
Supreme Court will take up another
major marriage case that quickly.
Meanwhile, several lawsuits are already
pending that have the potential to not
only extend marriage equality in certain
states, but advance to the Supreme Court
for an ultimate resolution extending
same-sex marriage nationwide.
The most high-prole among them is the
challenge to Nevadas constitutional ban
on same-sex marriage, Sevcik v. Sandova,
which was led by Lambda Legal and is
pending before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals. That case is on a parallel track
with Jackson v. Abercombie, a challenge
to Hawaiis ban on same-sex marriage that
was led by private attorneys.
Judges placed a stay on the cases as
the more advanced DOMA and Prop
8 cases were proceeding through the
judiciary, but that stay is slated to expire
on July 18.
Davidson had an ambitious outlook
for the timeline for the Nevada case
and said its teed up to potentially be
the next to reach the Supreme Court.
We will be ling our appellate brief
with the Ninth Circuit in September,
Davidson said. We expect to argue the
case to that appellate court sometime
in 2014 and possibly have that case in
front of the Supreme Court in 2015.
Also, as Buzzfeed reported, a U.S.
district court in Michigan ruled on
Monday to let a federal challenge
to the state constitutional ban on
same-sex marriage proceed in the
wake of the Supreme Courts decision
against DOMA. That challenge will be
interesting to watch because the Sixth
Circuit has a reputation for being a
conservative court.
Eyes on Illinois, N.J.
But the best prospects for advancing
marriage equality remain in the
legislative arena as advocates in two
states Illinois and New Jersey work
to muster enough votes to pass bills
that would legalize gay nuptials.
In Illinois, supporters of same-sex
marriage are hoping the extension of the
legislative session to Aug. 31 will permit
them enough time to build support after
gay State Rep. Greg Harris didnt bring
the bill to a vote because he didnt think
the measure had enough support.
Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality
Illinois, told the Blade hes hoping
the extension of the House session
will provide enough time for a successful
vote on the bill sometime this fall.
The bill has been granted an
extension in the House through Aug. 31,
with the possibility of further extensions,
if needed, Cherkasov said. We hope
that the bill will pass the full House
vote during the veto session which
is scheduled to take place this fall.
In New Jersey, lawmakers are working
to build support to override Republican
Gov. Chris Christies veto of marriage
equality legislation in the wake of his
comments calling the Supreme Courts
decision against DOMA incredibly
insulting and another example of
judicial supremacy.
Calling Christies remarks insulting,
State Sen. Barbara Buono, the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
challenging Christie in the upcoming
election, told the Washington Blade on
Friday she thinks the override is just a
few votes short in the Senate.
This governor has to release the
Republicans in the Senate and the
Assembly, Buono said. I think that we
could easily get an override if he would
release them. These are people who live
in fear of retribution and retaliation of this
governor. If the governor would release
them, we would have an override easily in
the Senate; all we need are three votes.
But should the override be
unsuccessful, Buono said shell make
marriage equality in New Jersey a
campaign issue and pledge to make a
marriage equality bill the rst one that
she signs if elected.
In both Illinois and New Jersey,
litigation is pending before state courts
to advance marriage equality should
legislative efforts fail. Another Lambda
lawsuit, Darby v. Orr, is pending before
the Circuit Court of Cook County. In
New Jersey, Lambda is expected to le
on Wednesday a motion for summary
judgment in its state case, Garden State
Equality v. Dow, which also includes a
federal equal protection claim.
Yet another lawsuit in New Mexico
state court pursuing marriage equality
was led by the American Civil Liberties
Union and the National Center for
Lesbian Rights.
The case, which is pending before
Albuquerques district court, was led
after city ofcials in Santa Fe issued
guidance saying the state already has
marriage equality because the statute
governing marriage in the state is
gender neutral. In response, New
Mexico Attorney General Gary King said
the statute is vulnerable to challenge.
Oregon activists seek 2014 ballot
initiative
Ballot initiatives are also expected
to advance marriage equality in more
states as the nation prepares for mid-
term elections. The foremost among
those is the planned ballot initiative in
Oregon to win marriage equality in the
state in 2014.
Peter Zuckerman, media manager for
Basic Rights Oregon, said the ofcial
date to start the necessary 116,284
signatures to place the initiative on the
ballot is happening later this month.
On July 20 we launch the campaign
to collect the 116,284 signatures, which
is the next step to qualify for the ballot,
Zuckerman said. If all goes as planned,
Oregonians will vote for the freedom to
marry in November 2014.
If Oregon LGBT activists win at the
ballot, their efforts would institute
marriage equality by reversing a state
constitutional amendment that Oregon
voters approved in 2004.
Meanwhile, in Nevada, the state
assembly in May approved an
amendment that would undo the
states constitutional ban on same-
sex marriage. The process to ratify
amendments in the state requires the
measure to pass in two consecutive
state legislatures and at the ballot
during the next election.
To assist in repealing these bans and
other barriers to marriage equality, the
ACLU announced last week it hired
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt,
a supporter of marriage equality who
signed the friend-of-the-court brief
against Prop 8, and former GOProud
executive director Jimmy LaSalvia as
part of a nationwide campaign. The
ACLU has pledged to spend $10 million
through 2016 as part of this effort.
LaSalvia told the Blade many states are
conservative leaning, which will require
supporters of marriage equality to
undertake an extra effort to work with
conservatives to achieve success.
The path to winning marriage in 50 states in ve years
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Praise for courts marriage rulings
While many in the LGBT community celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court
striking down DOMA and effectively nullifying Proposition 8, advocates also
condemned the Courts decision on a key provision of the Voting Rights Act
the previous day.
Carrie Evans, executive director of Equality Maryland, praised the courts
pro-gay rulings telling the Blade, Today the married lives of same-sex
couples in Maryland were made whole. We can now access the more than
1,000 protections the federal government provides to married couples.
And with the ruling in the Perry case, marriage equality returns to California
bringing us to 13 states and the District of Columbia (more than 93 million
Americans) that have marriage equality. We will continue our quest in the
remaining 37 states until all loving and committed couples in the U.S. have
access to marriage equality.
But she added, Although today may be a good one for the LGBT community,
we must remember the court rendered decisions that have made it more difcult
for other groups, such as African Americans, Latinos, the First Nations and women
to exercise their rights and freedoms. Equality Maryland remains committed to
working with our allies to ensure these injustices are rectied.
Hippo among Outs top 200 bars
Club Hippo, Marylands largest gay bar, was listed among Out magazines
200 best gay bars in the world. Compiling nominations, suggestions
and polled friends and experts around the world, Out lists the best 200
representing a variety of types to appeal to anybody from a pierced and
leather-clad cub to a skinny, go-go boy wannabe. The editors acknowledge
this will spark debate.
For the Hippo, OUT says, No visit to Baltimores gay scene is complete
without Hippo, an institution since its founding in 1972 and for generations
of ageless decades has kept the boys glued to their bar stools, gripping
pool cues and transxed by attractive and fun-loving Charm City citizens.
It should be noted that several months ago the Hippo renovated its saloon
section and the pool tables were removed.
Also making the list is The Lodge from Boonsboro, Md., which attracts
patrons from the Baltimore-D.C. area and beyond. Says Out of The Lodge,
The Lodge is the place to go dancing in Frederick, Maryland on
weekends, at least. Though they do occasionally open Monday for special
holiday events, time at The Lodge is restricted to Thursday-Saturdays, which
is alright, because you can pack a lifetime into one evening spent here.
Baltimoreans who enjoy D.C. clubs will notice Duplex Diner and JR.s on
the list as well as Rehoboth Beachs Blue Moon.
King and Queen of Pride pageant on tap
Although Pride is over, one more event needs to still play out. The pageant
to determine Baltimores King and Queen of Pride will take place at Club Port
(4330 E. Lombard St.) on July 13 at 8 p.m. Both the Club Port and the GLCCB
are sponsoring the event. Applicants must be 21 or older and applications
can be picked up at the two venues.
Shawnna Alexander will emcee the pageant, which will include
entertainment from the reigning Queen of Pride and King of Pride, Sue Nami
and Marshall Roberts, respectively.
There is a $5 cover charge. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.
STEVE CHARING
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Colorado activists focus next on health care
DENVER LGBT activists in Colorado have health care, workplace and gay youth
issues on their list next according to an article this week in the Denver Post.
A study from the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved said LGBT
residents account for about 2.6 percent of the states population (about 135,000
people) and are twice as likely as straights to earn less than $35,000 per year and are
twice as likely to be unemployed. Gay activist group One Colorado surveyed 1,300
LGBT state residents and found that 15.8 percent were uninsured compared with 14
percent of the overall population while 27 percent of trans residents were uninsured,
the Post reported.
One Colorado is working with the Colorado Medical Society and the Denver
Medical Society to survey doctors on their attitudes toward treating LGBT patients,
the Post reported. Later this year, the three groups will develop better training for
medical professionals, which they hope will be duplicated nationwide. The national
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association will hear about the plan during its annual
conference in Denver in September.
Govt data lacking on LGBT needs: study
BOSTON An article in the Atlantic that explores LGBT health issues over the
last 40 years said higher rates of alcoholism, cancer, depression, smoking, suicide
and violence stem in large part from not having reliable government-collected data
on LGBT Americans.
Having government-level research acknowledge the existence of sexual
minorities has been incredibly controversial, said Dr. Gregory Herek, a professor
of psychology at the University of California. He recalled that the earliest attempt
to include data on LGBT citizens, in the 1990 Hate Crimes Statistics Act, was
vehemently opposed by anti-gay Sen. Jesse Helms and his counterpart in the
House, Rep. William Dannemayer. They didnt want the numbers used by the gay
agenda to promote the size of the LGBT population, Herek was quoted as saying
by the Atlantic. They didnt want the groups to be able to say heres how many of
us there are.
A report released in January by the National Institutes of Health LGBT Research
Coordinating Committee revealed exceptionally thin NIH resources committed to
investigating the well-documented health disparities among LGBT Americans.
The NIH report found that in scal 2010 (the most recent year for which data were
available at the time of analysis) only 5 percent of the institutes LGBT health projects
were focused on alcoholism; 7.7 percent on cancer; 2.7 percent on depression; 1.4
percent on smoking and health; 1.4 percent on suicide; and 6.3 percent on violence.
The overwhelming majority of projects 81.5 percent dealt with gay men and
HIV/AIDS, particularly on ways to reduce HIV transmission.
The slowly expanding scientic literature on LGBT health is evidence of researchers
expanded interest in the eld. But its another matter to nd funding to support the
work, researchers told the Atlantic, a situation they said is slowly improving overall.
New York gay groups to receive grants
BUFFALO, N.Y. The New York Department of Health AIDS Institute granted
nearly $250,000 in state funding grants to two western New York agencies that
provide LGBT health and human services, Edge on the Net reported this week.
The Pride Center of Western New York Inc. and Gay & Lesbian Youth Services
of Western New York Inc. each will receive $123,449 for a one-year contract period
beginning in October, the article said.
The grants were among 41 awards totaling approximately $5.2 million to
support health and human services for LGBT individuals, families and communities
throughout the state, the Edge article said.
Cancer burden greater for gays: HRC
LAS VEGAS A recent Human Rights Campaign report found that LGBT
cancer survivors reported struggles with stigma, fear and support in their
health care, according to mydesert.com, a Gannett news agency based in
Las Vegas.
The report found that the history and/or fear of discrimination stopped
some from coming out to their doctors during treatment and made them
more cautious. The majority of those who had come out to their medical
team, 58 percent, did so to correct assumptions, with no form or outlet to
express their orientation otherwise. Most of those who did come out did not
tell the entire medical staff, only the primary care physician and/or surgeon
and oncologist, the HRC report said.
Their locations often affected how welcome they felt, partly due to legal
reasons and how conservative or liberal the region was, the article said. Some
were uncomfortable or afraid in religious institutions, afraid their care would
be inadequate if their doctors found out about their orientation, HRC wrote
in the report.
Some said they had experienced discrimination in treatment.
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men and lesbians to get the health care
and supportive services they needed.
In the 1970s, when Whitman-Walker
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the LGBT communities was extremely
rare. Whitman-Walker provided services
for those living with HIV/AIDS and
expanded to include specialty services
for transgender men and women and
ultimately for anyone in our community.
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that could help other lesbians facing
the overwhelming challenges of
life-threatening illnesses. Over the
following 23 years, Mautner embraced
that mission, also evolving over time to
include health education and advocacy
to improve the health of lesbians and
bisexual women.
Now, both organizations have made
the decision to continue their evolution
together. And the entire community will
benet from that decision.
One way the community will benet
is that Mautner Projects clients will
continue to have access to their existing
services, including health education
and support services. Going forward,
they will also have access to Whitman-
Walkers full range of high quality health
care services, including primary medical
care, gynecology, mental health
services, dental care and legal help.
Women have been an integral part
of Whitman-Walker since the very
beginning. The collaboration with the
Mautner Project is a natural extension
of that history into the future. We can
expand our commitment to providing
the highest quality of care possible to
lesbians and bisexual women in the
community by expanding our service
base to more women. And it gives
Whitman-Walker a chance to talk about
all the great services that are here for
women, many services of which the
community remains unaware.
But, beyond any benet for the
organizations is the benet for the
community.
By bringing together two of the pre-
eminent LGBT health care organizations
in the District of Columbia, we will
be able to serve our community
better, more efciently and more
effectively. Through the combination of
employees, volunteers, patients, clients
and supporters, we will be able to reach
further into our shared community with
our message that the health care you
need and deserve is available.
That has always been the goal of both
organizations: to make our community
healthier, stronger, safer and happier. We
are excited about this rst step to working
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It was in 1988 that a friend of mine
introduced me to Dr. Walter Jekot, an
HIV doctor practicing in Los Angeles.
Dr. Jekot knew I was semi-retired at
24 and asked if Id consult with him
to help market his sports medicine
practice in West Hollywood. The bulk
of his patients were gay men, mostly
bodybuilders and a few athletes. Why
not, I thought. Partying every night was
starting to get kind of boring anyway.
One Saturday afternoon, a couple of
months into working with Dr. Jekot, two
men wearing suits came into his ofce
and closed the door. They stayed for
more than three hours. After they left, I
went in to ask Dr. Jekot what was going
on. As I asked my rst question, he just
looked up and stared at me. He was
ghost white. Whats wrong, I asked.
Sit down, Dave, he replied. There is
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He said the men were his attorneys.
I am being prosecuted by the federal
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Then he told me his story.
After the 1988 Olympics in Los
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a court hearing that would be broadcast
live around the world. The government
wanted to nd out if Johnson could be
prosecuted for cheating because he
allegedly took anabolic steroids during
the 1988 Olympic Games. During the
trial, Johnsons doctor said that Dr. Jekot
had dispensed anabolic steroids to the
U.S. Olympic athletes during the same
Olympic Games.
Within 15 minutes every news agency
in the world was beating down Dr.
Jekots door, trying to get a comment,
demanding an interview. A week later, the
assistant attorney general of the United
States announced on live television that
the Department of Justice was going
after Dr. Jekot with every legal resource
available to the federal government.
I sat there stunned. I felt betrayed.
I got up and started to leave, but he
blocked the door. Wait, he asked.
There is something else.
First, he apologized for not telling me
sooner. He said he was scared and didnt
know whom he could trust, including his
own attorneys. Did you do it, I asked.
When he said no, I sat down again.
He wanted to tell me something, he
said, about a discovery he made, but I
had to promise not to tell anyone else.
I declined. He told me anyway: I have
discovered that anabolic steroids and
growth hormones can help AIDS patients
by reversing the wasting process.
Wasting is the involuntary loss of
body weight the entire gay community
had seen time and again.
Having a sports management
background, I had spent years warning
our athletes about the ills of steroids. I
was skeptical. In fact, I didnt believe him.
Why should I? But some strange force
kept me in that chair listening. I wanted
to know more about the discovery that
might help AIDS patients.
A month later I asked for and received
written permission to have access to the
medical records of 13 AIDS patients who
were being treated with anabolic steroids
or growth hormones for AIDS-related
wasting. I also asked to be permitted to
interview each patient. All agreed.
It was 1989. After sitting down with
each of the 13 patients, I became
convinced anabolic steroid treatments
worked. I had no idea why or how, but
something was keeping these patients
alive. They had energy and looked
healthy and t.
Thus began my quest to have the
most unpopular and denounced drug
in the world become accepted as the
therapy to reverse wasting syndrome
and bring people back to life. I believe
this was, in fact, the rst Lazarus Effect
treatment. Within three years, anabolic
steroids became standard treatment to
reverse AIDS-related wasting.
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sinstitute.org.
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Her love is a reminder to
embrace disabled members
of LGBT community
Like many I know, Ive been on a high
since the Defense of Marriage Act was
struck down by the Supreme Court.
Hero is a word too often thrown around
loosely. Yet, Edith Windsor, 83, who
fought against DOMA all the way to the
nations highest court, is a true hero.
Windsor sued the federal govern-
ment after being told that she owed
more than $360,000 in inheritance taxes
after Thea Spyer, her spouse of more
than 40 years, died. Spyer, a psycholo-
gist, was diagnosed with multiple scle-
rosis in 1977. As the season of LGBT
Pride ends, and July, the month when
Disability Pride is celebrated in many
cities across the country, Windsor and
Spyers loving relationship has a partic-
ular resonance for those of us who are
queer and have disabilities.
Some may think this is a downer. Why,
you might ask, bring up disability when
we want to bask in the glow of DOMAs
defeat? Perhaps, youre wondering,
what do folks with disabilities have to be
proud of? Contrary to these misgivings,
Im not trying to bring you down. Im
telling you this to open your eyes to a
vibrant, but largely invisible and uncel-
ebrated, part of the queer community.
The story of Windsor and Spyer,
whose love was celebrated when they
got married in Canada in 2007 and
again when New York recognized their
marriage, is a stellar reminder that LGBT
people with disabilities not only exist,
but love, work, marry, and, even (you
might want to sit down while reading
this!) have sex.
I dont want to sugarcoat what it
means to have a disability or to love
someone with a disability. As Spyers MS
progressed, she went from walking with
a cane to using two crutches to being
in a wheelchair. Windsor retired early
from her job to care for Spyer. Yet, as
the couple discovered, despite these
often painful, difculties, disability and
a joyful, loving relationship arent mutu-
ally exclusive.
The MS didnt keep Windsor and
Spyer from enjoying sex and intimacy.
In the documentary Edie and Thea:
A Very Long Engagement, the cou-
ple (Spyer in her wheelchair) is shown
dancing. I had read a lot of books
and talked to people at Berkeley about
this business of independent living for
the disabled, Windsor said in a New
York Times Magazine interview, There
were warnings about what not to give
up and how to handle it. I read all of
that, and I knew what not to give up.
Often, people believe that folks with
disabilities are asexual (or sexual in an
exotic, strange way). Id like to be bro-
adminded enough to date a woman in
a wheelchair, a queer, well-meaning,
able-bodied friend once said to me,
but who knows what she might do.
(She would have watched the movie,
sipped her drink or whatever else one
does on a date, I wanted to say.)
Sometimes were intellectualized.
Once, I, legally blind, was in a lesbian
bar in New York City. Seeing my white
cane, a woman exclaimed, I love Hel-
en Keller! She did great work! But what
are you doing in a place like this?
At times, disabled people are seen as
folks who need to be healed. I respect
religion. But faith-healing in the 21st
century? Last month, at Whole Foods, a
man said to me, Your eyes make you
look bad. Let me pray for you!
The modern disability rights move-
ment was started in Berkeley, Calif. and
New York City in the late 1960s and early
1970s. People with disabilities began to
insist that were fully evolved, loving,
sexual, human beings.
Nearly one in ve (51.2 million) Amer-
icans has a disability and from three to
ve million people are LGBT and have a
disability, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau. As we celebrate the heroism of
Edith Windsor, lets embrace the people
with disabilities in our community.
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A tribute to our hero, Edith Windsor
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EDITH WINDSOR
Cost to businesses likely
to trigger call for
national uniformity
Although anticipated, the victory was
sweet when it came.
The Supreme Courts 5-4 ruling last week
striking down the 17-year-old Defense of
Marriage Act blocking federal recognition
of same-sex nuptials was cause for celebra-
tion.
Although only a limited and partial afr-
mation of marriage equality, the demise of
DOMA will bring real relief to the estimated
130,000-plus same-sex married couples and
the partners who will choose to wed. The
decision also propels forward full civil equal-
ity for all LGBT Americans and conveys a
palpable sense of inevitability to that effort.
Now comes the hard part. An elabo-
rate process of revising federal rules will
take time and cost business an inordinate
amount of effort and money due the failure
to declare marriage a constitutional right
as well as counseling caution for couples
considering matrimony.
Worse, not everyone will be equal under
the law, easily for a decade or longer.
Implementation of current circum-
stances will be complex. More than 1,100
federal marriage-related benets need
modication by a multiplicity of agencies
overseeing massive manuals of govern-
ment bureaucracy. A small number of
critical revisions granting some of the most
important benets, likely affecting IRS and
Social Security designations for those mar-
ried but living in states that do not recog-
nize those unions, may require congressio-
nal approval to change.
While federal intent to interpret the
DOMA ruling to benet the largest num-
ber of couples in the broadest measure was
conrmed by President Obama last Friday,
there are limits to White House executive
authority. Fixing both federal and state laws
will continue over the months and even
years ahead, and will necessitate adjudicat-
ing legal challenges.
For businesses, the extraordinary burden
and expense associated with administer-
ing a constantly evolving set of inconsistent
rules will be massive. Tending to compli-
cated regulatory schematics classifying
different employees in varying locales in
disparate ways has already created a new
industry to provide guidance in the wake of
the expected ruling.
Enterprise support has helped fuel the
expansion of marriage equality among
states. Business knows well the importance
of equitable treatment for talent recruit-
ment and employee satisfaction.
It wont be long until divergent policy ad-
ministration affecting private sector wages
and benets will lead to sharply intensied
corporate calls for nationwide conformity on
marriage. Government will hope to avoid
suffering the anger of those tasked with ar-
cane management of unequal application.
Over time, this will lead to reevaluation
of state marriage laws based on economic
competitiveness and encourage national
reform toward a universal right to marry.
For many wed couples, especially
among the preponderance of dual em-
ployed spouses with similar incomes at
both lower and higher levels, the marriage
tax penalty will signicantly increase taxes
owed. Many of the newly recognized be-
trothed will also enter higher tax brackets.
Most will confront a number of additional
nancial concerns and complications.
For that reason, personal nance pro-
fessionals counsel a go slow approach.
Careful consideration of ramications is
becoming the new imperative. Acquiring
marriage rights long taken for granted by
heterosexuals requires thinking a little more
like they have learned to do.
As gay District resident and Finesse Tax
Accounting owner Michael Fine cautions,
single clients tend to make out better than
married couples ling jointly in high-income
places like D.C. Although never med-
dling in affairs of the heart, Fine encour-
ages couples contemplating marriage to
rst know the implications and understand
how to structure a shared nancial life be-
fore tying the knot.
He suggests that, for the moment, cou-
ples join with the community and bask in
the afterglow of a very signicant victory
while recognizing that it will take years to
resolve the inherent discrimination embed-
ded in the law. Fine says the outcome on
those specics will be important to nancial
planning and that the interim will be con-
fusing and frustrating and difcult.
Until marriage equality is fully embraced,
that will remain true both in our homes and
for business.
Biz burden may speed x to marriage complexities
As process unfolds, city needs
strong, independent leader
As we celebrate the nations indepen-
dence we should also celebrate that in
2010 the voters of the District approved
having their attorney general be indepen-
dently elected. Today the AG is appoint-
ed by the mayor. However there are many
issues remaining regarding how that of-
ce will function and they are being de-
bated in Council member Tommy Wells
committee. I urge Wells to take the advice
contained in a letter sent to him by former
Mayor Anthony Williams and Georgetown
law professor Peter Edelman, among oth-
ers, and support Bill 20-134, the Elected
Attorney General Implementation and
Legal Service Establishment Amendment
Act of 2013.
The amendment was written with ad-
vice from experts by the current AG, Irv
Nathan, who at this time has said he will
not be a candidate for the ofce next year.
Actually no one has announced for the
position yet. In deference to open disclo-
sure I have urged former Council member
Bill Lightfoot to consider running for the
position. Bill 20-134 was sent to the Coun-
cil by the mayor to clarify how the new
independent AGs ofce could function in
a way that would give future mayors the
ability to continue to control the agencies
they are responsible for.
The issues addressed in the letter sup-
port the mayors plan for a smooth transition
to an independent AG. The proposed leg-
islation calls for a separate Mayors Ofce of
Legal Counsel to oversee in-house agency
attorneys and changes the chain of com-
mand for agency attorneys.
Back in February, the Legal Times Blog
reported that, Under Grays plan, agency
legal divisions would no longer report
to the attorney generals ofce. Instead,
agency general counsel would report to
their agency heads. The Mayors Ofce
of Legal Counsel, which would include a
director appointed by the mayor and a
small group of lawyers, would coordinate
agency legal departments and provide
legal advice to the mayor and executive
branch. Members of the attorney gener-
als ofce who primarily work for an agen-
cy would move to that agency. Accord-
ing to the attorney generals ofce, that
change would affect about 140 employ-
ees, including an estimated 100 lawyers.
The bill would also add a new provision
to the D.C. Code stating that none of the
changes would affect the attorney-client
privilege between the attorney generals
ofce and agency personnel.
What the mayors bill suggests is that the
attorney generals ofce should, in essence,
use the model that the federal government
uses and it is a model that states like New
York also use. The alternative is having attor-
neys working in mayoral agencies respon-
sible to the mayor being responsible to
another independently elected ofcial. One
can only imagine the chaos that might en-
sue if the AG has a different political agenda
than the mayor and wants to inuence the
attorneys against the policy of the agency in
which they work.
Nothing in the bill changes the fact that
the attorney general continues to have the
nal say for the executive branch on ques-
tions of constitutional and statutory inter-
pretation in the District.
Wells committees draft report says,
Removing agency counsels ability to
provide sound legal advice without fear of
retribution will do nothing to stem the em-
barrassments of incompetence, corruption
and graft the District government contin-
ues to suffer. It goes on to say, having all
agency lawyers report to the attorney gen-
eral ensures there is an independent voice
focused on what the law requires, not what
the Mayor wishes. What Wells disregards
is that the independently elected AG is just
another political ofce and in itself will do
nothing to stem incompetence, corruption
or graft.
There are already three individuals in-
cluding Wells who have announced they will
run for mayor next year. The next mayors
term will begin concurrently with the term of
the new independently elected AG in Janu-
ary 2015. It would be wrong to have the next
mayor start his/her term with one hand tied
behind their back, which is what Wells view
of the AGs ofce would accomplish.
I urge the Council to back the bill submit-
ted by the mayor so that we can intelligently
move forward with a transition to a strong
and independently elected AG.
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OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS
Preparing for D.C.s rst elected attorney general
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for
the Blade.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and
community business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @
MarkLeeDC. Reach him at OurBusinessMatters@
gmail.com.
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Froresranr church in wesrern Marylanc when Grace
nirec Church ol Chrisr insrallec him.
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a samesex weccin_ when a _ay couple rhar marriec
in D.C. renewec rheir vows curin_ a ceremony rhar
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also servec as rhe heacquarrers lor rhe Evan_elical
Felormec nirec Church ol Chrisr's ellorrs in supporr ol
rhe relerencum on Marylanc's samesex marria_e law
rhar vorers approvec lasr NovemLer.
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as hare mail lrom rhe Army ol Goc, a _roup rhar
acvocares lor violence a_ainsr aLorrion provicers anc
_ays. A samesex marria_e opponenr oursice rhe
Supreme Courr cescriLec him as "a cis_race" anc saic
he "was _oin_ ro hell" Lelore rhe |usrices issuec rheir
DMA anc Frop 8 rulin_s.
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rhe ma|oriry ol people whom he meers are whar he
cescriLec as supporrive. "You're _oin_ ro have enemies
on rhe conservarive Chrisrian sice."
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rhe Blace, Ap_arTaylor relerencec a person he knows
whom he saic was unaLle ro make enc ol lile cecisions
lor his parrner anc receive "all rhe ri_hrs we shoulc
have as marriec couples."
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cevalue someone's relarionship rhar way."
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as "increciLly imporranr" lor him anc his husLanc on
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knowin_ rhar rhey were prorecrec "lor rhe lrsr rime in
my marria_e."
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me rhar can'r make enc ol lile cecisions lor him anc
make sure his wishes are known," Ap_arTaylor saic.
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away srull rhar we have earnec anc _orren ro_erher.
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Supreme Courr rulin_s
Rev. ROB APGAR-TAYLOR married his partner in Massachusetts in
2004 and praised last weeks court rulings.
PHOTOCOURTESY OF APGAR-TAYLOR
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
For about four years now. The hardest
person turned out to be my incredible
mother. She is an amazing woman and has
been a rock for me, but is coming to terms
with it on her own.
Whos your LGBT hero?
So many people, but my heroes are
those around me who have gone through
the tough times and fought the incredible
ghts in their own lives as individuals. My
pastor, Dean Snyder, and Jeffrey Johnson
(founder of D.C. Gay Flag Football League)
especially.
Whats Washingtons best
nightspot, past or present?
I have to give a shout out to Doug
Schantz who owns and operates Nellies
Sports Bar, because its an incredible place
for sports, socializing and a great time.

Describe your dream wedding.
In a country church with a gospel choir,
tons of owers and every seat lled with all
of our loved ones. I think the relationship
is more important than what the service is
like, for sure.

What non-LGBT issue are
you most passionate about?
Raising awareness and breaking the
stigma around mental health issues like
depression and anxiety.

What historical outcome
would you change?
In more modern times, the
assassinations and deaths of President
John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert
who were two of the greatest leaders and
thinkers our country has ever known.

Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
Having met several former Presidents
(Bushes 41 and 43 and President Clinton)
in my former political work; and meeting
Joan Rivers a few years back at a White
House Correspondence Brunch. She was
absolutely hilarious.

On what do you insist?
Structure and cleanliness. But foremost,
being candid and honest to everyone,
always.

What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have entertained angels
unaware. Hebrews 13:2

If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
Not sure a title would be appropriate.
After all, they say, You cant judge a book
by its cover, right?
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
First, I would be in disbelief. And then
I would change nothing, because God
made me the person that I am and I
cannot ask for more than that.

What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
I believe in my Christian faith and a
loving God who accepts and loves all
people regardless of their sexuality or color
or position in life. In that, I believe in and
hope for everlasting peace after this life.
Whats your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
Dont ever become like the opposition.
Like Nixon said, If you hate your enemies,
you can destroy yourself.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
For my family, my parents, sisters,
brother-in-law and my niece. And for my
D.C. family, people like JJ and Randy, who
are my rocks. Randy especially, has walked
on coals for me, guratively, as a friend and
that means the world.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
That you have to lose your masculinity to
be a gay man.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Far From Heaven

Whats the most
overrated social custom?
I think our ve-day work week in America
would do well to become a four-day work
week, like much of Europe. It would be
healthier and better for our longevity and
stress levels.

What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
Id love to win a political election
someday, if that counts as a prize.

What do you wish youd known at 18?
That it truly does get better and that
while my life wouldnt always be easy, every
step I take is worth the good ght. And
that God has a plan that is bigger than my
own.

Why Washington?
The culture, the scenery, the history and
the people.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Ryan Newcomb knows what its like to work in environments that arent
so gay friendly. Though he wasnt out at the time, he worked as an intern,
then an appointee in the Department of Homeland Security under President
George W. Bush. He also worked for the Boy Scouts of America, a position
that while he admires much of what the organization does did get to
be a problem for him over time.
It obviously was an organization that was not OK with my sexuality,
the 27-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, native says. I hope it will change one
day and Im excited to see the strides it has made recently because its an
incredible organization that inspires a lot of kids to lead good lives.
The Bush admiration started earlier he remembers then-Gov. Bush
visiting his sixth grade class, a seminal encounter that inspired him to follow
and pursue politics. He says it rocked the boat a bit in his Democratic-
leaning family. Newcomb says he wishes Bushs gay policies had been
different but at the same time, Im proud of having that on my resume.
After four years away, Newcomb came back to Washington in 2010 and
works now as area director for Maryland and D.C. for the American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention (afsp.org). Although its not LGBT specic, Newcomb,
whos gay, says its time to break the stigma associated with suicide.
People need to know its OK to seek help and that this is not
something to be ashamed of, he says.
Newcomb is single and lives in Chevy Chase, Md., with his two dogs,
Dallas and Reagan. He enjoys traveling, reading, spending time with his
niece and music of all kinds in his free time.
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Actress Davies stars again
in Joplin-themed concert/
theater mashup
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Few music lovers relatively
speaking had a chance to see Janis
Joplin live considering she died in 1970.
Its tempting to say that One Night
With Janis Joplin, the gay-penned (by
Randy Johnson) tribute show playing
now at Arena Stage, is the next best
thing to the now-impossible notion of
going to a Joplin performance.
And while the show is that, its also
not just a cheesy rock tribute show of
the type we see given in honor of classic
rock acts all the time. Its its own musical/
theatrical experience with singer/actress
Mary Bridget Davies in the title role
earning raves for her uncanny ability
at not just channeling but recreating
Joplins trademark gutbucket vocals.
The show was a hit at Arena last fall when
nearly 20,000 people saw it in Washington.
Its had successful engagements in
Portland, Cleveland and Pasadena, Calif.,
and will open on Broadway at the Lyceum
Theatre in October.
Davies (34, straight and Helen Hayes
Award-nominated for the role), whom
we interviewed last year as well, took a
few minutes with us by phone last week
from her home in Cleveland to riff on
everything from how the show has varied
in different cities to why the Joplin allure
remains undiminished decades after her
untimely death. Her comments have
been slightly edited for length.
WASHINGTON BLADE: How was the
run at Arena versus other places youve
played the show?
MARY BRIDGET DAVIES: Arena
Stage runs like such a well-run ship.
Nothing was ever a problem there. It
was like summer camp for theater and
we just had a really good time. Im
completely excited to come back.
BLADE: Some critics have said it seems
like you were born to do this. Do you feel
some cosmic destiny with Janis?
DAVIES: Its weird, yeah, sometimes I
do feel like shes around. There are some
accidental parallels too frustrated
attempts at college she was just so free
and I get to enjoy some of that. I mean,
yes, Im up there saying lines, Im not
just winging it, but she just had that wild
abandon and I get to do that every night.
BLADE: Has the show changed since
last fall?
DAVIES: Yes, its been evolving and
getting tighter. Were not like this tired
old circus chorus walking in circles.
Weve had several little breaks so each
time we come back excited to do it
again. And I think well enjoy it even
more this time because the terrain is
more familiar now.
BLADE: Have the crowd reactions
varied much from city to city?
DAVIES: I was very, very nervous in
Pasadena because its L.A., so anyone
who was anyone came to the show. I
mean, like, Cher was there one night.
There was a lot of industry vibe there
that gave it kind of a scary urgency. At
Arena before, I would say we had the
most forward people. People would try
to get on the stage and dance. I kinda
looked at the crew like, Uh, what am
I supposed to do here? They would
wrangle them off like in the Van Halen
video. Its kind of attering that they
were so moved they wanted to get up
and jam but it does blur the lines a little.
Secretly I was kinda OK with it as long
as you dont try to rip the mic out of my
hand and say, Its my friends birthday.
BLADE: Is it ever hard to nd the balance
between crowd interplay and performing it
as a straight-up dramatic piece?
DAVIES: Yes. Like in Milwaukee we had
this much smaller space with a modied
thrust stage. It was almost more fun on
one hand but also more intimidating
too. If you had a bruise or something,
they could see it, it was that close. As
a performer you really shouldnt let the
crowd dictate the proceedings but there
is something of that fourth wall break
because this isnt a straight-up dramatic
piece or a musical. People dont always
realize that. Theyll be on their phone or
act like theyre home watching TV. One
dude went to sleep. Im like, Are you
kidding me? This is really hard! Another
guy held a tablet on his lap and taped
the entire show.
BLADE: I know technically thats
a no-no, but still, from a historical
perspective, think how awful it would be
if nobody had bootlegged any of Janiss
shows. Wed have so much less to go
on. As long as somebody isnt trying to
prot off of it, isnt there some value in
stealth recording?
DAVIES: Oh yeah, in terms of my
research and as a fan, I get that. The
rock and roll part of me thinks thats
cool but then on the other hand with
the copyright issues, you have to
respect that too. You dont want some
30-second barrage out of someones
purse showing up on YouTube.
BLADE: As great a run as youre
having with this, is there some part of
you thats concerned about your entire
persona and identity getting swallowed
up by the myth of Janis?
DAVIES: I have people come up to
me and say, Arent you that Janis girl?
I wear it as a badge of honor. I think Ive
been able to maintain a balance. I just
released my own album which Arena
has been very kind to let me sell at the
shows and I was nominated for a blues
music award. And I take my down time to
try to stay current within the industry. But
youre right, it can be a double-edged
sword. There may come a time when
my hearts not in it but for now Im proud
to be the Janis girl. If they were saying,
Hey, arent you the Ashlee Simpson
girl? Id be a lot more worried.
BLADE: Is part of the reason the
shows been such a hit is that people
simply crave hearing Janis sing and this
is as close as it gets at least for a live
experience?
DAVIES: Yeah, I think there is some
of that. It can be pretty overwhelming
at times. People still go see Big Brother
(Joplins old band) in droves, especially in
Europe. People are crying. She died 43
years ago and people are still throwing
themselves at my feet. Sometimes Im
like, Whoah, I dont know how to handle
that. I think people just miss her so
much, theyll take her any way they can
get her. Other people come in rather
skeptical but I always say, thats ne. Go
ahead and come in skeptical because
then the end up leaving very happy.
ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
By Randy Johnson
Arena Stage
Mead Center for American Theater
Runs through Aug. 11
$40-$99 for various performances
Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.
arenastage.org
MARY BRIDGET DAVIES as Janis Jopin in One Night With Janis Joplin. This photo is from the shows
run at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. The show is currently at Arena Stage in Washington.
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MUSI C JULY 05, 2013 2
PHOTO BY JIM COX; COURTESY OF ARENA STAGE
Title role in Seuss adaptation
latest for versatile local thesp
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Rick Hammerly never considered
himself a childrens theater type of guy.
Small animals and kids have never
been two of my favorite things, he
readily shares. So why is the longtime
Washington actor donning a tall, striped
hat and fur pants to play the title role in
Dr. Seusss Cat in the Hat for crowds
of dgety youngsters at Adventure
Theatre MTC seven shows a week?
Well, Michael Bobbitt (Adventure
Theatres producing artistic director) is
wonderfully sneaky, says Hammerly,
who is gay. A year ago last spring we
were doing 1776 at Fords Theater and
Michael planted the seed, suggesting
that Id be right for Cat in the Hat.
During the following months, every now
and then he subtly encouraged me that
this was something Id love to do. But I
wasnt entirely convinced.
Finally last winter, at Bobbitts request,
Hammerly went to Glen Echo Park to
see Adventure Theatres Winnie the
Pooh. I was seated next to a family,
he says. Watching how their youngest
kid reacted so positively to what
was happening on stage completely
charmed me. To be a part of childrens
formative theater experiences strikes
me as a something really important.
And cmon, Hammerly says. You
dont pass on playing this part. The cats
an icon.
Adapted from the classic book by
British director Katie Mitchell, Dr.
Seuss Cat in the Hat is entirely faithful
to the original, beloved text. Word
for word, its the same story of the
mischievous cat that drops in on Sally
and her brother (played by Jessica
Shearer and Tyler Herman), convincing
them that a rainy day at home need not
be boring. In no time hes balancing a
gold sh on the end of an umbrella and
theyre ying kites indoors.
Looking back, Id remembered Cat
in the Hat as more Pollyannaish. I was
mistaken; in fact, the cat is kind of bitchy
and lives for a good time. Its very easy for
me to go to that place, Hammerly says.
If theres any moral to the story, Id say
its to have a helluva good time as long
as you clean up and dont get caught.
Prior to taking the part, Hammerly
had been warned that young audiences
are completely uncensored.
Unlike some adult audiences that
sit in icy, silent judgment, these kids let
you know what theyre feeling. I was
afraid that their calling out might be too
distracting and break my concentration.
But their talking and anticipation of
dialog many know the text by heart
have proven very energizing. Its an
exhilarating, interactive experience.
After each performance (three on
Saturday, three on Sunday and one
Monday morning), Hammerly makes
a beeline to the theaters lobby where
he mingles with the audience. Look,
I dont want to take any of these kids
home and raise them, but theyre truly
adorable. Then again, its still early in
the shows run. Ask me in September
and I might say something different.
Hammerly received his bachelors
degree in drama and anthropology from
the University of Virginia. In 2006, he
completed his masters degree in lm
and video production at the American
University and formed his own company,
Idle Rich Productions. He is also founder/
producing artistic director of Factory 449,
a Helen Hayes Award-winning company
dedicated to the collaborative process of
creating theater as event.
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30 JULY 05, 2013 THEATER
RICK HAMMERLY
Through September 2
Dr. Seusss Cat in the Hat
Adventure Theatre MTC
7300 MacArthur Blvd (Glen Echo Park)
Glen Echo, MD 20812
$1
301.34.2270
Adventuretheatre-mtc.org
ALEX VERNON, leIt, as the Ish, and RICH HAMMERLY as the Cat in Dr. Seusss Cat in the Hat.
PHOTO BY BRUCE DOUGLAS; COURTESY OF ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC
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Not having tough talks to
avoid hurt is a futile effort
DEAR MICHAEL,
My girlfriend Rachel recently proposed
to me. Although I answered yes, Im
really not sure if I should marry her. Shes
very sweet, is always considerate, gets
along great with my friends and family
and makes me laugh. But I constantly
feel like she wants more from me than
I want to give her. I dont just mean sex
and affection, although thats part of it.
She always wants to be together, she
always wants me to conde in her and
she always wants to share everything
with me. As a result, I sometimes feel
smothered. I want to tell her to back off
but I dont want to hurt her.
Rachel always says that she wants us to
be best friends, lovers and soul mates. I
love her but also need my own space,
my own identity and time with other
people. Is there something wrong with
me for wanting this? And is it possible to
have a great relationship without being
glued to my partner?
MICHAEL REPLIES:
One big question: Do you think
your discomfort is just about Rachels
behavior or is this also about your
own uneasiness with closeness in a
relationship? Consider whether youve
had this feeling in previous relationships
and how close the other person can get
before you to want to back off. If this is a
familiar experience, you may have some
work to do on yourself.
In any case, you and Rachel are in the
same boat: You each have one idea for
how close you should be, while your
partner has another, and both of you
are trying to get your way. Rachel moves
toward you and expresses the hope
that you are soul mates, while you feel
smothered and back off. But neither of
you is speaking directly about the real
dilemma you are facing: How to be both
a couple and two individuals with two
different ways of being.
For a relationship to work well, you
need to nd a balance. How much
do you lean on your partner and how
much do you rely on yourself? How
much do the two of you function as a
single unit versus pursuing your own
interests and friendships? There is no
one right answer to questions such as
these and your own answer is likely
to shift depending on what is going
on in your life. For example, when
youre in a tough situation, you may
lean more on your partner or pull
away. And of course, your girlfriend
will certainly have different ideas
about such matters, because she is a
different person.
Too much togetherness does not allow
space for individuals to be individuals.
Because no two people always think or
want to act alike, pressure to be close
all the time leads to tension and strife.
Similarly, ongoing dependence or
neediness can become a weight on the
relationship, resulting in resentment and
distance between the partners.
Im not suggesting that you and
Rachel should not be close and
connected, of course; without closeness
and connection, there can be no
solid relationship. I am saying that
relationships work best when both
partners usually are strong, dont lean
too much on each other and can take
care of themselves.
Why not break the gridlock and
talk with Rachel about what is going
on? Keeping silent will not give you a
chance to address and deal with your
feeling smothered. And wanting not to
hurt Rachel is a futile endeavor. It simply
is not possible to have an intimate
relationship without ever hurting your
partner or being hurt by her. Because
the two of you, like any two people in a
relationship, are different, its inevitable
that you will have strong differences that
at times will gravely upset each other. If
you want your partner to really know
you, you will have to tell her things that
may hurt her. And vice-versa.
If you decide to start a discussion with
Rachel, remember that there is no one
right way to be in a relationship. You
each have your own preferences, so you
each will have to develop the clarity to
know what you are willing to live with
and what you are not willing to live
without. And please keep in mind that
conversations about differing desires
are tough. So if you get stuck or scared,
consider seeking out a skilled couples
therapist who can help you to have
some difcult and clarifying talks.
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who works with gay couples and individuals
in D.C. He can be found online at
personalgrowthzone.com. All identifying
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Connick brings tour to Wolf Trap tonight
Harry Connick Jr. plays Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna, Va.) tonight at 8
p.m. The show will feature Connicks piano skills and vocals in a musical blend
of swing, pop and New Orleans-inspired jazz. Hes touring behind his new
self-penned album Every Man Should Know, which dropped last month.
Connick has had a multi-faceted career as an entertainer, winning three
Grammys, two Emmys and two Tony nominations. He is also known for
playing Grace Adlers husband on the gay-themed sitcom Will & Grace.
Admission ranges from $35-65. For more details and to purchase tickets,
visit wolftrap.org.
Capital Fringe Festival kicks off Thursday
The Capital Fringe Festival starts
on Thursday and will continue
through July 28. The festival features
live performances and shows by local
actors whose work is promoted by
Capital Fringe, a local performing
arts non-prot organization.
Thursdays opening shows include
Kubrilesque, directed by Crystal
Swarovski, at the Gala Theatre at
Tivoli Square (3333 14th St., N.W.) at
8 p.m. The show parodies different
Stanley Kubrick lms in a variety of
burlesque pieces.
The Capital Fringe Festival will
have other shows that feature LGBT
themes including Haute Mess,
directed by Ian Allen and starring
punk drag queen, Lucrezia Blozia. It
premieres at 11:30 p.m. on July 14 at
Fort Fringe (612 L St., N.W.), and is
a humorous critique of the fashion
industry. La Voce to Me and One
Night in New York! are a couple
of the festivals other shows that
examine the LGBT experience.
For more information on Capital Fringe Festival events and to purchase
tickets and passes, visit capitalfringe.org.
Lumen8Food workshops
all week in Anacostia
Lumen8Food, part of the
Lumen8Anacostia arts festival, runs
from Monday to Saturday, July 13. The
festival, which ends on Aug. 10, also
includes, fashion, art and lm events.
Lumen8Anacostia is organized by
ARCH Development, a 25-year old
non-prot that promotes arts in the
community. Lumen8Food kicks off
Saturday night from 6:30-8 p.m. with
CayBris Cupcakery cake decorating
workshop at Hive 2.0 (2027 Martin
Luther King Jr. Ave., S.E.).
There are ve other culinary events
during the week, including a workshop
at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Anacostia
Arts Center (1231 Good Hope Rd., S.E.)
with Carla Hall from Bravos Top Chef
and ABCs The Chew.
For more information on Lumen8Food
and other Lumen8Anacostia events,
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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival
continues on the National Mall through
Sunday. This years festival features
Hungarian Heritage, One World,
Many Voices: Endangered Languages
and Cultural Voices and The Will to
Adorn: African American Diversity, Style
and Identity.
Attendees can enjoy a variety of events
today from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Activities
include Siletz music and dance at 11 a.m.
in One World, Many Voices, Roma
musical heritage show at 1 p.m. in the
Hungarian Heritage section and a 5 p.m.
runway show for The Will to Adorn.
Cultural events continue from 11 a.m.-
9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11 a.m.-
5 p.m. on Sunday. For more details on
the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visit
festival.si.edu.
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Last week, Team D.C. hosted the
ninth annual Night OUT at the
Nationals as roughly 4,000 members
of the LGBT community came out to
watch the Washington Nationals beat
the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-5.
Next up in the Night OUT series is
Night OUT at the Kastles on July 22
as the Washington Kastles take on the
Philadelphia Freedom at 7 p.m. The
Kastles just drafted Martina Hingis, who
will be inducted into the International
Tennis Hall of Fame on July 13. Tickets
are $12 and can be found at teamdc.org.
The North American Gay Volleyball
Association recently awarded the
2014 NAGVA Championships to
Washington D.C. The event will run from
May 23-25, 2014 and will be contested
at the Washington Convention Center.
The Championships will be co-hosted
by Capital City Volleyball and New
York-based Gotham Volleyball and is
expected to draw about 135 teams
with more than 1,000 players. NAGVA is
online at nagva.org.
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Club will be hosting the 22nd annual
Maryland Swim for Life on July 13 on
the Chester River. The event features
1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-mile races. Also this
year, the swimmers are partnering with
the DC Triathlon Club to offer a 2.4 mile
Triathlon Challenge.
Proceeds from Swim for Life support
a number of small local organizations
such as Heart to Hand, Quality of
Life Retreats, Metro TeenAIDS and
the Chester River Association. More
information on the event along with
volunteer opportunities can be found at
swimdcac.org.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Softball League will be hosting the
NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series
from Aug. 26-31 at three separate
complexes in the area. The tournament,
the largest annual LGBT sporting event
in the world, will welcome 170-plus
teams participating in more than 600
softball games.
In total, they are expecting more
than 4,000 athletes and fans visiting
Washington for the weeklong
tournament. More information on
the event is at dcseries2013.com. The
League can be found at capssoftball.org.
The inaugural Freedom Sports
Festival will kick off on July 18-21 with
six sports being contested all within
the D.C. city limits. Local LGBT sports
teams will come together to host
tournaments in beach volleyball, golf,
racquetball, kickball, ballroom dancing
and basketball. Registration for the
tournaments will open soon and will be
posted at teamdc.org.
The Festival will open at the Team
D.C. Champions Awards and College
Scholarship reception on July 18
at George Washington University.
Former NFL player Wade Davis will be
the guest speaker. Tickets are available
at teamdc.org.
The festival will conclude with Pride
Splash & Ride at Six Flags America
on July 21 from 10:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
The event will feature a private water
park party from 7-10:30 p.m. Tickets are
available at capitalpride.org.
Members of the D.C. Gay Flag
Football League just returned from
a strong showing in Pride Bowl VI in
Chicago which ran from June 27-30.
The tournament featured 28 teams
from across the United States with the
Washington Generals nishing runner-
up, the D.C. Commanders nishing
third and the D.C. Admirals placing
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for Gay Bowl XIII from Oct 10-14. The
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contested from July 31 to Aug. 11
in Antwerp, Belgium in 33 different
sports. A contingent from D.C. will
be attending and a uniform has been
organized for the opening ceremonies.
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Anything Goes. Thru Jul 7. The Book of
Mormon. Jul 9-Aug 18. Shear Madness.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Richard OBriens Rocky Horror Show.
Jul 10-Aug 4. Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
The Second City Presents: America All
Better!!. Jul 10-Aug 4. Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
Angel Street. Thru Jul 14. Olney Theatre.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Rabbit Hole. Thru Jul 21. Keegan
Theatre. Church Street. 703-892-0202.
keegantheatre.com.
Caesar and Dada. Thru Jul 14. WSC Avant
Bard. Catholic University, Callan Theatre.
703-418-4808. wscavantbard.org.
The Third Breast. Jul 10-Aug 4.
Ambassador Theater. Mead Theatre Lab at
Flashpoint. 703-475-4036. aticc.org.
MUSIC
Harry Connick, Jr.. Jul 5. Doobie
Brothers. Jul 6. Los Lobos & Los Lonely
Boys. Jul 9. She & Him - Special Guest:
Camera Obscura. Jul 11. Wolf Trap.
703-255-1868. wolftrap.org.
Jazz in the Garden: Ernest EC3
Coleman and Friends. Jul 5. National
Gallery of Art. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Mount Vernon Nights: Frank Solivan
and Dirty Kitchen. Jul 6. Workhouse Arts
Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
Free Summer Outdoor Concert: Daryl
Daviss Roots Music Revue. Jul 10..
Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
MUSEUMS
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of
Art + Design. David Levinthal: War Games.
Thru Sep 1. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Images of Armed Conict and Its
Aftermath. Thru Sep 29. NOW at the
Corcoran Ellen Harvey: The Aliens Guide
to the Ruins of Washington, D.C.. Thru Oct
6. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. John L. Dreyfuss
Inventions. Thru May 1. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Gallery of Art. Pre-Raphaelites
and the Book. Thru Aug 4. Edvard Munch:
A 150th Anniversary Tribute. Thru Aug 11.
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 -
1929: When Art Danced with Music. Thru
Sep 2. Ellsworth Kelly: Colored Paper
Images. Thru Dec 1. 202-737-4215.
nga.gov.
National Geographic. Beyond the Story:
National Geographic Unpublished 2012.
Thru Jul 12. Real Pirates: The Untold
Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to
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Exploration. Thru Jun 8. 202-857-7000.
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Museum of Women in the Arts. Bice
Lazzari: Signature Line. Thru Sep 22. Awake
in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey
Niffenegger. Thru Nov 10. American
People, Black Light: Faith Ringgolds
Paintings of the 1960s. Thru Nov 10. New
York Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia
Booker. Thru Mar 1. Making her Mark:
Publishers Bindings by Women. Thru Nov
1. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
GALLERIES
Artisphere. Amy Hughes Braden:
Demographic + Aaron Hughes: Sampling.
Thru Aug 3. Arijit Das: Cloud Mapping.
Thru Aug 18. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Capitol Skyline Hotel. The Condence
Booster. Thru Jul 28. 202-488-7500.
wpadc.org.
DCAC (DC Arts Center). External Memory.
Thru Jul 14. 202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
Gallery plan b. Photography: Process and
Perspective. Thru Jul 21. 202-234-2711.
galleryplanb.com.
Gallery Underground. Earth Songs and
Visions. Thru Jul 6. Mystery. Jul 5-Jul 27.
571-483-0652.
arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery. From the Outside.
Thru Aug 17. 202-483-8600.
smithcenter.org.
Schlesinger. Denise Philipbar Conscious
Evolution, Installation. Thru Jul 21.
703-845-6156. nvcc.edu.
Robert Brown Gallery. Summer Splash
II. Thru Jul 27. Chinese Deco of the 1920s
& 1930s. Thru Jul 27. 202-338-0353.
neptuneneart.com.
Strathmore. No Strings Attached. Thru
Aug 17. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
The Art League Gallery. Jennifer Brewer
Stone: Fantasy of the Real. Jul 5-Aug 5.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
Torpedo Factory Art Center. Visiting
Artist Program 2013. Thru Aug 31.
703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
Washington Printmakers Gallery.
Detritus. Thru Jul 28. 301-273-3660.
washingtonprintmakers.com.
Workhouse Arts Center. Urban Decay 4.
Thru Jul 28. 360 Degrees of Post-Traumatic
Stress. Thru Aug 18. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
Zenith Gallery. Fresh. Thru Aug 31.
202.783.2963. zenithgallery.com.
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Film Screening: Bearing Witness. Jul 6.
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art
+ Design. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Poetry and Prose Open Mic. Jul 7. The
Writers Center. 301-654-8664. writer.org.
Meerkats 3D. Thru Aug 24. National
Geographic. 202-857-7000. nglive.org.
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Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m.
There is no cover charge and admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For
details, visit towndc.com.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts its
monthly So You Think Youre a Drag
Queen? contest tonight to nd the
regions newest drag talent. Doors open
at 10 p.m., and the competition starts at
10:30. Cover is $5 from 10-11 and $10
after 11 for guests 21 and over, and $10
all night for guests 18-20. For details,
visit towndc.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 6
Phase 1 of Dupont (1415 22nd St.,
N.W.) hosts its weekly Booty Beach
Ladies Dance Party. The winner of the
partys bikini and board shorts contest
will receive cash and prizes. Doors open
at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $5. Visit
phase1dc.com for more information.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts a
Rumba Latina party tonight from
10 p.m.-3 a.m. The theme is boys in
heels. Admission is limited to guests 21
and over and there is no cover charge.
For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for the
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation
at the Falls Church PetSmart (6100
Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, V.A.) from
11:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Visit burgundycrescent.
org for more information.
The WKP Jazz Trio perform from 9:30
p.m.-12:30 a.m. tonight at Black Fox
Lounge (1723 Connecticut Ave., N.W.).
Admission is free. For more details, visit
blackfoxlounge.com.
SUNDAY, JULY 7
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
hosts karaoke tonight from 9 p.m.-
midnight. Cover is $3 and there will
also be pool, video gaming systems
and cards. For more information, visit
bachelorsmill.com.
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
today from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is
$24.95 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. For
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
The Big Gay Book Group meets
tonight at 7 p.m. at Suite 200, 1155 F St.,
N.W. The book for discussion is Full
Service: My Adventures in Hollywood
and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, by
Scotty Bowers and Lionel Friedberg. For
more details, visit biggaybookgroup.
com.
Adventuring, a gay and lesbian
outdoor group, tours the site of the
Battle of Bladensburg today. The battle
was the biggest engagement during the
War of 1812 with the British. Participants
will meet at the West Hyattsville Metro
Station (Chillum, Hyattsville, M.D.)
at 9 a.m. For more information, visit
adventuring.org.
MONDAY, JULY 8
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts its
weekly Mondays a Total Drag [Show]
party tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. An
episode of RuPauls Drag Race screens
at 9, and then a live drag show will be
featured. Admission is 18 and older and
free. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
hosts a Youth Working Group meeting
tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. The group is
committed to improving the lives of
local LGBT youth. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org.
TUESDAY, JULY 9
Whitman-Walker Health and Trans
Legal Advocates of Washington host
a Name and Gender Change Clinic
tonight from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Whitman-
Walker Health (1701 U St., N.W.) for
assistance in legal name changes and
changing gender on various legal
documents. A fund for low-income
individuals who need service will be
provided. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org or Whitman-walker.org.
Dupont Italian Kitchen (1637 17th St.,
N.W.) hosts a bi-women discussion
group tonight from 7-9 p.m. Visit
dccenter.org for more details.
The Book of Mormon premieres
tonight at the Kennedy Center (2700 F
St., N.W.) at 7:30 p.m. The musical won
nine Tony awards in 2011 and features
gay themes. Tickets range from $43-250.
For more information and to purchase
tickets, visit kennedy-center.org.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
Heist (1802 Jefferson Pl., N.W.) hosts
its weekly open bar party tonight from
10-11 p.m. There is no cover charge and
admission is limited to guests 21 and
over. For details, visit heistdc.com or the
Heist DC Facebook page.
Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.) hosts
drag bingo during happy hour tonight
from 5-7:30 p.m. All drinks are half
price and there will also be pool, video
gaming systems and cards. Admission is
free. For details, visit bachelorsmill.com.
The Dupont Drawing Group meets
tonight at 7 p.m. at The Church of
the Pilgrims (2201 P St., N.W.) to draw
from a live model. The session is self-
directed with no formal instruction and
no materials are provided. For more
information, visit paulreuther.com.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
at 7:30 p.m. tonight for social bridge
at the Dignity Center (721 8th St.,
S.E.). No reservations are needed, and
newcomers are welcome. Call 703-407-
6540 for more information.
THURSDAY, JULY 11
MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.)
hosts GLBT College Night this
evening, with a vodka open bar for
guests who have a college ID from 9-10
p.m. Admission is free and 18 and older.
Visit movalounge.com for more details.
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
hosts a meeting for the D.C. Crystal
Meth Working Group tonight from
6:30-7:30 p.m. The group advocates
education and treatment surrounding
the use of methamphetamine. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
Burgundy Crescent volunteers
tonight for Food & Friends (219
Riggs Rd., N.E.) at 6 p.m. The group
will help with food preparation and
packing groceries for people living
with AIDS in the Washington area.
Visit burgundycrescent.org for more
information.
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or similar retirement plans, and allow a
surviving spouse to rollover inherited re-
tirement funds into their own retirement
accounts and thereby avoid having to
take required minimum distributions until
age 70 1/2.
The DOMA decision thus affords a
number of benets to same-sex cou-
ples and, in general, most will be able
to simplify their estate plans. Same-
sex couples should review their estate
plans and may want to revisit the own-
ership structure of their assets.
Considering the foregoing, many
same-sex couples may now wish to
marry. It is important that these couples
are aware of the nancial implications of
marriage and enter into the appropriate
premarital agreements, if necessary.
As a nal word of caution it should
be noted that the Supreme Court deci-
sions left a number of questions largely
unanswered. The IRS has already said
it will move swiftly to provide revised
guidance in the near future, but it did
not provide any details on how it would
approach resolving these issues.
One big unknown will be the effect
of the laws across state borders. Spe-
cically, what will happen to same-sex
couples who are married in one juris-
diction and who move to a jurisdiction
that does not recognize same-sex mar-
riage? The Supreme Courts decision
did not address Section 2 of DOMA,
which allows states to deny recogni-
tion to same-sex marriages of other
states. Presumably, couples that move
to such a jurisdiction may see their en-
tire estate planning strategy less effec-
tive since they could potentially remain
subject to large state tax bills upon
the death of a spouse under state law.
Similarly, the decisions do not address
civil unions or domestic partnerships.
Same-sex couples that are registered
as partners but who are not married
under state law will not be able to avail
themselves of any of the estate plan-
ning benets of having a legal spouse
under federal law.
Planners are hopeful that many of
these questions will be answered in the
short term as the IRS and the Obama
administration continues to address
and update the federal laws affected
by these decisions. If you have ques-
tions regarding your own planning or
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spouse, please contact one of our es-
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