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Activists hail Gray’s stunning win over Fenty

But mayor carries
precincts with high
concentrations of
LGBT voters
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
The large contingent of
LGBT activists that backed City
Council Chair Vincent Gray’s
candidacy for mayor called his
victory in Tuesday’s Democratic
primary a highly positive de-
velopment and predicted Gray
would emerge as one the city’s
most gay-supportive mayors.
But early election returns
showed that Mayor Adrian Fen-
ty won in most of the voter pre-
cincts with a high concentration
of LGBT residents.
Final but unofficial returns
released early Wednesday by
the D.C. Board of Elections and
Fenty by a margin of 53 percent
to 46 percent.
Jeffrey Richardson, presi-
dent of the Gertrude Stein Dem-
ocratic Club, the city’s largest
LGBT political group that en-
dorsed Gray, said many activ-
ists favored Gray because he
demonstrated a stronger com-
mitment to work with and listen
to the problems and concerns
of the LGBT community.
“What I believe happened is
Vince Gray resonated with and
connected with the idea that we
not only need a mayor who is go-
ing to bring us results but who
has a heart for the community
and has shown that heart and
is willing to be connected to the
community and to hear from the
citizenry,” said Richardson.
Both Gray and Fenty have
strong records of support on
LGBT issues. Gray voted for
and Fenty signed the city’s his-
toric same-sex marriage law.
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key

Ethics showed Gray defeating Continues on page 12 D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray defeated incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty by a comfortable margin this week.

Ready to vote on ‘Don’t Ask’

localnews
Gay bishop GENE ROBINSON helping Dupont Circle church raise
money for construction project. PAGE 4
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weekend’s gay night at KING’S DOmINION.
Tensions mount as Senate
prepares to debate repeal
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has
announced plans to proceed with major defense
budget legislation containing “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” repeal language as questions linger about
whether there are enough votes to move forward.
Reid officially announced plans to proceed
with the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill
and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on Tuesday during his
press conference in the U.S. Capitol.
The majority leader said the defense authori-
zation bill is “especially important” this year be-
cause the legislation will be a vehicle to address
issues that he called “long overdue,” including
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“I think we should choose common sense over
discrimination,” Reid said. “We’re going to match
our policy with our principles and finally say that in
our country, everyone who steps up to serve our
country should be welcome.”
Still, Reid acknowledged opposition in moving
forward with the legislation and said he thinks he
would have to file cloture to proceed with the bill.
“I would hope we can move to it without having
to file cloture on a motion to proceed, but the way
things have been going, having had to file cloture
on filibuster to more than 100 different pieces of
legislation, I probably will have to file cloture on
that,” Reid said.
Jim Manley, a Reid spokesperson, told the
Continues on page 10
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LOCALNEWS
Wone civil trial postponed
Judge cites juror
vacations, moves
case to summer 2011
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A judge presiding over the
upcoming civil trial against three
gay men implicated in the 2006
murder of D.C. attorney Robert
Wone changed the trial date from
June 13 to Sept. 12, 2011.
In an order handed down
Sept. 10, D.C. Superior Court
Judge Brook Hedge said start-
ing what is expected to be
a lengthy trial in June would
“present possible issues with ju-
ror selection in light of possible
Robinson raising money for Dupont church
Gay bishop calls St.
Thomas his ‘home
away from home’
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
The Episcopal Church’s first
out gay bishop joined more than
100 members and guests in a
Sept. 11 reception at D.C.’s St.
Thomas’ Parish near Dupont Cir-
cle to promote plans for rebuilding
the church’s sanctuary, which was
destroyed by fire 40 years ago.
Eugene Robinson, who was
elected bishop of the Episcopal
Archdiocese of New Hampshire
in 2003, called the LGBT-wel-
coming church “my home away
from home.” He said he would
play an active role in fundrais-
ing efforts to cover the costs for
the new church building.
“This congregation reaches
out to all of God’s children without
shame, without apology,” he told
the gathering during the recep-
tion, in which a model and sever-
al drawings of the proposed new
building were displayed.
In an interview after the re-
ception, Robinson told the
Blade that St. Thomas’ long
history of embracing progres-
sive causes, including LGBT
equality and its status as one of
the first D.C. area churches to
perform blessings of same-sex
unions, were examples of how
the church in many ways has
changed for the better.
“You know, asking an LGBT
preplanned vacations.”
She noted in her order that
attorneys on both sides of the
case agreed to the change,
acknowledging it would be dif-
ficult to line up jurors in the sum-
mer for a trial expected to last
several months.
The three defendants in the
case — Joseph Price, Victor Za-
borsky and Dylan Ward — were
found not guilty in a criminal trial
in June. They had been charged
with obstruction of justice, con-
spiracy to obstruct justice and
evidence tampering in connection
with Wone’s murder. No one has
been charged with the murder.
Wone’s wife and family mem-
bers filed a $20 million wrongful
death suit against the three men
shortly after prosecutors indicted
Gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson (left) and Matthew Jarvis, the lead architect
of the new St. Thomas building, who is also gay, attended a meeting on Saturday to
unveil plans for the church.
person to go back to the church
that has been the source of so
much pain and abuse is a little like
asking an abused spouse to go
back to her husband,” he said.
“The fact of the matter is
in many places the church is
changing. And the church re-
alizes that for years it got it
wrong about LGBT people,” he
said. “And what I love about St.
Thomas’ Parish is that it is really
leading the way in that kind of
radically inclusive message.”
The original St. Thomas’
Church, a distinctive English
Gothic structure, first opened
in 1893 at 18th and Church
streets, N.W. Among its most fa-
them on the criminal charges. A
judge later ordered the civil case
to be put on hold until after the
completion of the criminal trial.
Since the time of their acquit-
tal in the criminal trial on June
29, the defendants’ lawyers
have been contesting a request
by lawyers for Mrs. Wone to
have certain evidence from the
criminal trial released for use in
the civil case. Among the evi-
dence sought by Mrs. Wone’s
attorneys are e-mail and phone
records from the defendants.
Wone was found stabbed to
death in a guest bedroom in the
house where the three men lived
on Swann Street, N.W., near Du-
pont Circle. They said they be-
lieved an intruder killed Wone
after entering the house from a
Photo by Colleen Demody
mous parishioners were Presi-
dent Franklin Roosevelt and first
lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Current church officials
say that by the late 1960s, the
church had become known
as a welcoming place for resi-
dents and visitors in the di-
verse, changing neighborhood
of Dupont Circle, where gays,
hippies, and anti-Vietnam War
protesters, among others, had
settled in the then-inexpensive
apartments and townhouses.
The church’s mix of new
and longtime residents of the
Dupont Circle area reacted
with sadness and resolve in
August 1970, according to
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
Kathy Wone, the widow of Robert
Wone, filed a $20 million wrongful
death suit against three local gay men.
rear door while they were asleep
in their respective bedrooms.
Police and prosecutors pre-
sented evidence disputing the
“intruder” theory in the case
and charged that the three men
knew the identity of the killer
current members, when the
church was destroyed by a fire
that authorities listed as arson.
The exterior stone structure
remained standing, but city
building officials declared it an
imminent safety hazard, forc-
ing the congregation to suffer
the additional trauma of paying
for the demolition of their cher-
ished place of worship.
The perpetrator or perpetra-
tors of the arson were never
identified.
For the past 40 years the
congregation has worshiped in
an adjacent building on Church
Street, which members con-
verted from the original church
hall to a new sanctuary. The
site of the demolished church
building was transformed into
a park, with the ruins of one of
the church walls left standing
as a monument to the congre-
gation’s will to persevere.
“We are a community of
radical hospitality,” St. Thom-
as’ rector, Rev. Dr. Nancy Lee
Jose, said in a statement. “That
means we invite everyone not
only to belong, but to partici-
pate fully in all levels of parish
life and leadership.”
The contemporary new
structure will consist of an
8,500-square-foot sanctuary
seating 275 people, accord-
ing to literature released by the
congregation. It will be built
on the park where the original
church stood and will incorpo-
rate within its walls the “Gothic
High Altar” from the ruins of the
old church, which will serve as a
and conspired to prevent police
from solving the case.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz, who
presided over the criminal case,
stated in a written decision that
prosecutors did not prove beyond
a reasonable doubt that Price,
Zaborsky, and Ward committed
the offenses with which they were
charged. In a development that
startled some legal observers,
Leibovitz said in her decision that
the government did prove beyond
a reasonable doubt that an intrud-
er didn’t commit the murder.
Some legal observers have
said her carefully crafted de-
cision could be helpful to the
Wone family in the civil case,
where the threshold for finding
guilt is not as stringent as it is in
a criminal case.
Leibovitz rendered the ver-
dict after the defendants waived
their right to a jury trial and re-
quested that Leibovitz decide
on their guilt or innocence.
chapel, the literature says.
Matthew Jarvis, 33, the lead
architect of the building, who
is gay, said his design was in-
spired by the church’s history
and the diversity of its members.
“The essence, if there is one,
is that it embodies openness,
transparency, and inclusivity in
a physical building to match the
theology of the people,” he said.
CORRECTIONS
An article in the Sept. 10
edition, “Down to the wire
for Fenty, Gray,” incorrectly
reported that Ward 6 Coun-
cil candidate Kelvin Robin-
son favors a referendum on
same-sex marriage in the
city. Robinson initially op-
posed marriage equality but
now says he supports it and
“will not do anything to re-
strict or repeal it.”
An article in the Sept. 3 edi-
tion, “Who says gay men
don’t read?” incorrectly re-
ported that Tom Wischer
co-founded the Bookmen
DC gay book club. Wischer
attended its first meeting in
1999 but was not a founder
of the organization. For more
information about Book-
men DC, visit bookmendc.
blogspot.com.
The Blade regrets
the errors.
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NATIONALNEWS

Gay House candidate

wins in R.I.
Cicilline poised to
become 4th out member
of Congress
Photo courtesy of celebrityimages.com

Actress Julianne Moore, who played a lesbian in the hit film ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ is in a new ad By CHRIS JOHNSON
promoting same-sex marriage in New York. cjohnson@washblade.com

A gay Rhode Island mayor on Tues-

Celebs debut ads promoting marriage in N.Y. day trounced his competition in pursuit
of the Democratic nomination for a U.S.
NEW YORK — Gay marriage activists in New York are unveiling a series of ads tar-
House seat.
geted at ordinary voters featuring several A-list actors, according to a New York Times
David Cicilline, mayor of Providence,
report. The videos, released this week, are an attempt to persuade state lawmakers
won the Democratic primary by securing
to legalize same-sex marriage, which the legislature voted down last year despite
37 percent of the vote in his bid to rep-
polling that showed a slight majority of New Yorkers support it. Celebrities such as
resent Rhode Island’s 1st congressional
Julianne Moore, Kyra Sedwick and leaders like Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rev.
district and succeed retiring Rep. Patrick
Al Sharpton recorded spots. In her video, Moore introduces herself then says, “We all
Kennedy (D-R.I.).
deserve the right to marry the person we love … We are so close to equal marriage
Richard Luchette, spokesperson for
rights in New York but we need your help.” The timing of the commercials is deliber- Washington Blade file photo
the Cicilline campaign, said Cicilline’s
ate, the Times reported. With the front-runner in the governor’s race, Andrew Cuomo,
win on Tuesday demonstrates voters David Cicilline’s win in Tuesday’s primary could
the Democratic attorney general, pledging his support for same-sex marriage, and
want a candidate who will “fight for ordi- set him up to become the fourth sitting openly gay
the legislature in Democratic hands, advocates are pushing for a new vote early next memeber of Congress if he wins in November
nary men and women by working hard to
year. Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New
create new jobs” and would break “the
York state senators, all Democrats, who voted against the marriage bill last year: Wil-
connection between money and politics “He has proven himself as a state sen-
liam Stachowski, Shirley Huntley and Ruben Diaz.
in Washington D.C.” ator and strong mayor and will no doubt
“These are the issues that we will con- be an active and effective congressman
tinue talking about from now until Elec- in promoting equality for all people,” Sol-
Tenn. lesbians’ home destroyed by arson  tion Day,” Luchette said. monese said.
The win for Cicilline in the primary Running in a heavily Democratic dis-
VONORE, Tenn. — Two Tennessee lesbians who say they’ve had a history of
could set him up to become the fourth sit- trict, Cicilline is favored to win in the gen-
anti-gay harassment in their neighborhood saw their house destroyed by fire
ting openly gay member of Congress if he eral election. The most recent reports on
this week. Investigators aren’t releasing details of the fire, according to the Daily
wins in November. Still, other out Demo- the Federal Election Commission web-
Times, a Tennessee newspaper, but the women have previously been the victims
crats — Steve Pougnet in California and site show that as of the end of August,
of arson and have had the word “queers” spraypainted on their garage. They say
Ed Potosnak in New Jersey — are also Cicilline had raised $1.36 million and has
they’re now fearful for their safety, according to the Times report. “We would love
seeking U.S. House seats this fall. $446,000 in cash on hand. Comparative-
to stay [in the area],” Carol Stutte told the Times, “but we will never, never rebuild
Cicilline’s opponents in the primary ly, Loughlin has raised $470,000 and has
[on that property] again. I take someone with me constantly — one or two people
trailed him by double-digit points in the $67,000 in cash on hand.
to make sure I’m OK while I’m up there.” The fire happened on Sept. 4 about 10
four-way race. Dan Pinello, a gay government pro-
p.m. Detective Travis Jones of the Monroe County Sherriff’s Department said the
Anthony Gemma, a businessman, fessor at the City University of New York,
fire was arson but declined to provide further details because an investigation is
received 23 percent of the vote; Da- said Cicilline is in “pretty good standing”
underway. The couple, who were in Nashville at the time of the fire, lost every-
vid Segal, a Rhode Island State House as he heads into the general election.
thing. They’ve been together 16 years.
member, received 20 percent; and Wil- “Rhode Island is, of course, a tradi-
liam Lynch, a former head of the Rhode tionally very Democratic state, and Provi-
Island State Democratic Party, also won dence, as an urban center is traditionally
Rapper 50 Cent in Twitter spat with Perez 20 percent of the vote. Democratic,” Pinello said. “It would seem
The win for Cicilline on Tuesday to me that he would be labeled the favor-
LOS ANGELES — Rapper 50 Cent is being criticized for an anti-gay Tweet he
means he’ll face in the general election ite at this point.”
posted Sept. 6 about gay blogger Perez Hilton. 50’s post read “Perez called me
John Loughlin, a former Rhode Island The results for other non-incumbent
douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasn’t his but still made
Assembly member and Army veteran. gay candidates running for political of-
me feel better” (sic) A photo of two men in suits running from a crowd was linked
Cicilline has the backing of national fice were a mixed bag on Tuesday.
to the Tweet. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has publicly urged
LGBT organizations, including the Human In New York, Harry Bronson, a small
the rapper to apologize but he has not responded.
Rights Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian business owner, won the Democratic
Victory Fund. Chuck Wolfe, CEO of the Vic- nomination to pursue a seat representing
tory Fund, praised Cicilline in a statement. Rochester, N.Y., in the State Assembly.
Ind. teen commits suicide after anti-gay bullying  “Adding more authentic LGBT voices A win in November would make him the
to Congress is a Victory Fund priority, sixth out member of the New York Legis-
GREENSBURG, Ind. — A 15-year-old Greensburg, Ind., student committed sui-
and Mayor Cicilline’s win tonight puts lature and the only out Assembly mem-
cide on Sept. 9 according to several media reports. Billy Lucas, a student at
us one giant step closer to doing just ber from upstate New York.
Indiana’s Greensburg Community High School, was found hanging in a barn his
that,” Wolfe said. “We’re proud to have However, Phil LaTessa, another gay
family owned last week. Reports said Lucas made no reference to bullying in
supported Mayor Cicilline throughout his small business owner, lost his bid for the
his suicide note but several classmates said he was harassed repeatedly by
political career, and thrilled about this Democratic nomination to represent Syr-
classmates. He never said he was gay, but classmates reportedly taunted by
historic victory.” acuse, N.Y., in the state Assembly.
calling him “fag” and other anti-gay slurs. Student Dillen Swango told an Indiana-
In a statement, Joe Solmonese, In Massachusetts, lesbian Karen
based Fox station, “People would call him fag and stuff like that, just make fun of
HRC’s president, said his organization is Payne, a former president of a local Na-
him because he’s different basically.” According to Swango, students told Lucas
“thrilled” with Cicilline’s primary victory tional Association for the Advanced of
Thursday he should kill himself. “They said stuff like, ‘You’re a piece of crap’ and
and looks forward “to working with him Colored People chapter, lost her bid for
‘you don’t deserve to live.’ Different things like that. Talked about how he was gay
to ensure Rhode Island’s first district is the Democratic nomination for a state
or whatever,” Swango told Fox.
represented by a fair-minded legislator.” House seat.
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NATIONALNEWS
Federal judge rules against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Military’s gay
ban deemed
unconstitutional
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A federal judge in California
last week ruled in favor of plaintiffs
in a case challenging the constitu-
tionality of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
The law remains in effect.
U.S. District Court Judge Vir-
ginia Phillips decided in favor
of Log Cabin Republicans and
its lawsuit against the 1993 law
banning open service in the
U.S. military.
Phillips determined that “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” violates the free
speech and due process rights
of gay, lesbian and bisexual ser-
vice members under the First
and Fifth Amendments.
“Log Cabin Republicans has
demonstrated the ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell’ Act, on its face, vio-
lates the constitutional rights of
its members,” Phillips writes.
“Plaintiff is entitled to the relief
sought in its First Amended
Complaint: a judicial declara-
tion to that effect and a perma-
nent injunction barring further
enforcement of the Act.”
Phillips writes that evidence
presented during the trial for the
case showed that “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” doesn’t “further signifi-
cantly the government’s impor-
tant interests in military readiness
or unit cohesion, nor is it neces-
sary to further those interests.”
“Defendants’ discharge of
homosexual servicemembers
pursuant to the Act not only has
declined precipitously since the
Candidate Crist to endorse gay rights initiatives
Fla. guv criticized for
‘flip’ on LGBT issues
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Independent U.S. Senate
candidate Charlie Crist is plan-
ning to endorse an array of
pro-LGBT legislation pending
before Congress, according to
a leaked document obtained by
news site Raw Story.
Crist, the governor of Florida
who is running to represent the
state in the Senate, was report-
edly set to make the document
public late this week.
The document outlines Crist’s
Opponents of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ are urging President Obama not to appeal a
federal judge’s ruling that the military’s gay ban is unconstitutional.
United States began combat in
Afghanistan in 2001, but De-
fendants also delay individual
enforcement of the Act while a
servicemember is deployed in
a combat zone,” she writes. “If
the presence of a homosexual
soldier in the Armed Forces
were a threat to military readi-
ness or unit cohesion, it surely
follows that in times of war it
would be more urgent, not less,
to discharge him or her, and to
do so with dispatch.”
Phillips notes that an “abrupt
and marked decline” in dis-
charges under “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” started in 2001 at the
onset of operations in Afghani-
stan and Iraq. She writes that
discharges decreased from 50
percent between 2001 and
2002 and “steadily thereafter.”
support for a variety of pro-LGBT
legislation, including the Employ-
ment Non-Discrimination Act and
the Uniting American Families Act.
The document also states
Crist’s support for efforts to repeal
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as well as
his opposition to the statute in
Florida barring adoption by gays.
Absent from the document is
Crist’s position on same-sex
marriage. He’s said he sup-
ports Amendment 2 in Florida,
a constitutional ban on same-
sex marriage and marriage-like
unions in the state that voters
approved in 2008.
Still, the document says Crist
supports civil unions: “I believe
that the government should not
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
The ruling won’t take effect
immediately. Phillips asked the
plaintiffs to submit a proposed
judgment, including a perma-
nent injunction against enforce-
ment of the law by Sept. 16.
In a statement, R. Clarke
Cooper, executive director
of Log Cabin, applauded the
judge for her decision.
“As an American, a veteran
and an Army reserve officer, I
am proud the court ruled that
the arcane ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
statute violates the Constitution,”
Cooper said. “Today, the ruling is
not just a win for Log Cabin Re-
publican service members, but
all American service members.”
Alex Nicholson, executive di-
rector of Servicemembers Unit-
ed, is the sole named injured
party in the lawsuit and testified
make it harder for people to take
care of their loved ones. I believe
civil unions that provide the full
range of legal protections should
be available to gay couples. That
includes access to a loved one in
the hospital, inheritance rights, the
fundamental things people need
to take care of their families.”
The 2009 documentary
film “Outrage” asserts that Crist
is gay. He is currently married.
In a statement provided to the
Blade on Monday, the campaign
for Democratic Senate candi-
date Kendrick Meek hammered
Crist and said he’s making a
“total flip” on LGBT issues. The
Meek campaign accused Crist of
being willing to say anything to
during the trial in July.
In a statement, Nicholson
called the decision a “historic
ruling for the gay military com-
munity and for the readiness and
integrity of our Armed Forces.”
“As the only named injured
party in this case, I am exceed-
ingly proud to have been able to
represent all who have been im-
pacted and had their lives ruined
by this blatantly unconstitutional
policy,” Nicholson said. “We are
finally on our way to vindication.”
Aubrey Sarvis, executive di-
rector of Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network, also praised
the decision, but emphasized the
importance of congressional ac-
tion in moving forward with repeal.
“We’re pleased by the judge’s
decision, but this decision is
likely to be appealed and will
linger for years,” he said. ”Con-
gress made the [‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell’] law 17 years ago and
Congress should repeal it. The
Senate will have the opportunity
to do just that this month and
most Americans think the Sen-
ate should seize it.”
The Obama administration
defended “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” in court. The White House
and the Pentagon last week re-
sponded to the California fed-
eral court ruling. Shin Inouye,
a White House spokesperson,
provided the following state-
ment to the Blade: “The Justice
Department is studying the de-
cision, including the question
of its scope and immediate ef-
fect and we expect them to an-
nounce their next steps after
that review is completed. The
president remains committed to
legislative repeal of DADT, and
he will continue to work with
win election as a senator.
“Can anyone believe any-
thing Charlie Crist says any-
more,” asked Abe Dyk, Kend-
rick Meek’s campaign manager.
“It’s obvious Charlie Crist is will-
ing to say anything. The only
thing Charlie Crist says today
that you can believe tomorrow
is that he wants to be elected.
The only thing we know about
Charlie Crist’s track record is
that he is a lifelong conserva-
tive Republican who has fought
against every Democratic val-
ue. The governor’s charade try-
ing to hide his lifelong conser-
vative record just to get elected
is an insult to every Floridian.”
The Meek campaign later
lawmakers to achieve that goal
this fall. And he will continue
to work closely with Secretary
Gates, Admiral Mullen, and the
Joint Chiefs of Staff on an ongo-
ing study of how to best imple-
ment the repeal.”
Robin McGehee, co-founder of
GetEQUAL, said the decision will
be a “moment of truth” for Presi-
dent Obama and urged his admin-
istration not to appeal the decision.
“It would be a travesty for
the president’s own Depart-
ment of Justice to move forward
with appealing this case,” she
said. ”The LGBT community
has been asking the president
to stand up and offer real lead-
ership on the repeal of ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’ and now is the
time for President Obama and
Attorney General Eric Holder
to take this opportunity to act
on the right side of history and
ensure that this ruling is carried
out swiftly, fully, and justly.”
At least one conservative
group expressed disappoint-
ment in the ruling. Tony Perkins,
president of the Family Re-
search Council, said the deci-
sion shows that “homosexual
activists” have found a “judicial
activist who will aid in the ad-
vancement of their agenda.”
“It is hard to believe that a
District Court level judge in
California knows more about
what impacts military readiness
than the service chiefs who are
all on the record saying the law
on homosexuality in the military
should not be changed,” Per-
kins said. “This is a decision for
Congress that should be based
upon the input of the men and
women who serve and those
who lead them.”
made public a mailing from Crist’s
2006 gubernatorial campaign in
which Crist criticizes his Demo-
cratic opponent Jim Davis for sup-
porting the LGBT community.
The mailing, titled “Jim Da-
vis has turned his back on our
values,” includes a photo of Da-
vis apparently speaking before
Florida’s GLBT Democratic cau-
cus. Additionally, the mailing
says under the heading “Davis
is opposed to traditional fami-
lies,” that, “Davis has consis-
tently supported gay adoption.”
The portion of the mailing
promoting Crist states that he
“Defends marriage and protects
traditional values” and “Leads ef-
forts to protect Florida’s children.”

MARYLANDNEWS
Beyer falls short in
bid for legislature
7 gay, lesbian
candidates advance
in Md. races
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — The
scene at Dana Beyer’s Chevy
Chase, Md., home is somber.
With all but seven of the 35
precincts having reported their
votes, it’s clear the transgen-
der eye surgeon-turned-polit-
ical hopeful has not garnered
enough votes to secure one of
the three state General Assem-
bly seats for her home turf of
District 18.
Beyer was pragmatic during
a brief concession speech in
her living room to a houseful of
canvass workers, family, friends
and supporters.
“I think you all did a great
job,” Beyer said. “This doesn’t
reflect on you and it doesn’t
reflect on me. The people we
ID’ed just didn’t vote. It was
the difference between the IDs
and the votes. They said they
were voting for us and they just
didn’t. So that’s it. We just have
to live with that. And as they say,
people get the elected officials
they deserve.”
Beyer was running against
incumbents Al Carr, Ana Sol
Gutierrez and Jeff Waldstreich-
er in this race, the Democratic
primary. According to unofficial
numbers, Beyer trailed all three
incumbents but was ahead of
the other two challengers. With
all precincts accounted for,
Gutierrez led with 7,397 votes,
Waldstreicher was in second
with 6,946 and Carr in third with
6,349 (24.17, 22.69 and 20.74
percent of the vote respectively).
Beyer had 5,064 votes or 16.55
percent. Vanessa Atterbeary
had 3,982 (13.01 percent) while
Michael Heney trailed with just
868 votes (2.84 percent).After
her speech, Beyer admitted the
loss was a tough blow.
“It’s very disappointing,” she
said. “I don’t know why it hap-
pened. As I’ve said before, I
knocked on over 10,000 doors,
my team knocked on 18,000
doors. We made 10,000 phone
calls. Over 5,300 committed to
vote for me but it hasn’t hap-
pened. Why it hasn’t happened,
I don’t know.”
The winners are expected to
coast to an easy victory in the
November general election as
the district, which includes Chevy
Chase, Kensington and Wheaton,
is overwhelmingly Democratic.
september 17, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 9
Dana Beyer sought to become the nation’s first openly trans state legislator.
Beyer ran on a platform of
health care reform, fair taxes for
the middle class and civil rights.
Hot-button issues in her district
include Metro’s controversial
Purple Line, Pepco response to
storm-induced power outages
and speed cameras.
What were the topics on peo-
ple’s minds during her door-to-
door visits?
“It depended when it was,”
Beyer said. “When we started
early on, it was the budget cri-
sis. That was the No. 1 issue.
So we talked about taxes and
spending. I would have preferred
Washington Blade photo by Joey DiGuglielmo
to speak about health care be-
cause that’s my personal interest
as a physician, but that was not
the hot topic. We talked about
transportation, mass transit, the
Purple Line, and such.”
Had she won, Beyer would
have been in a solid position to
make history as the first trans-
gender person to be elected to
a state legislature. Beyer also
ran unsuccessfully in 2006.
She says she doesn’t think be-
ing trans was a factor this time.
“The media didn’t bring it
Continues on page 10
10 washingtonblade.com • september 17, 2010
NEWS
Reid to advance ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal next week
Continued from page 1
Blade the senator intends to file
cloture on the defense authori-
zation bill this week for a vote on
Tuesday.
Reid would file cloture after
a senator objects to moving
forward with the defense au-
thorization bill with unanimous
consent. After 30 hours of dis-
cussion, votes will be cast to
determine whether 60 sena-
tors approve of ending the fili-
buster and officially moving to
debate and amendments.
Asked at the news conference
whether he has 60 votes to pro-
ceed with the legislation, Reid
replied, “We’ll sure find out.”
Aubrey Sarvis, executive di-
rector of Servicemembers Le-
gal Defense Network, said he’s
“reasonably confident” that “60
firm votes” are in the Senate to
end a filibuster.
“I think we’ll actually prob-
ably end up with a couple more
if needed,” Sarvis said. “I don’t
think there are 40 senators who
want to go on record as [being]
opposed to calling up the de-
fense authorization bill.”
Still, key Republicans in the
Senate have expressed concern
about the defense authorization
bill and the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
repeal language as well as other
provisions in the legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) called the re-
peal language a “controversial
item” in response to a Blade in-
quiry on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
during his news conference.
“The provision in the bill in-
volves eliminating ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell’ without the study, and
that has also made it pretty con-
troversial,” McConnell said.
The language in the defense
7 gay, lesbian candidates advance in Maryland
Continued from page 9
up other than the gay media,”
she said. “It was never raised
in my interviews with the Post
or the Gazette. With all the oth-
er media, people didn’t seem
to think it was relevant. And no
voter has ever, back in 2006 or
this year, ever brought up the
issue. And one could say, ‘Oh
well they’re just being very po-
lite,’ but it’s hard to believe that
the 15,000 doors I knocked
on were all just very polite
people. Or that they were truly
homophobic but they were
‘I think we should choose common sense over discrimination,’ said Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid. ‘We’re going to match our policy with our principles and finally say
that in our country, everyone who steps up to serve our country should be welcome.’
authorization bill provides for
repeal only after the Pentagon
working group developing a plan
for implementing an end to the
law finishes its work on Dec. 1.
An objection to proceeding
would most likely come from
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
who has been the most vocal
opponent of “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” repeal in the Senate. He
has previously objected to
unanimous consent on bringing
the defense authorization bill to
the Senate floor.
Brooke Buchanan, a McCain
spokesperson, said in a state-
ment the senator “strongly be-
lieves” that the Pentagon review
should be complete before tak-
ing legislative action on “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“As all four service chiefs
have stated, we should not
short circuit the ongoing Pen-
tagon review and thereby deny
our men and women in uniform
a chance to have their voices
heard on an important issue
just being nice to me. I don’t
believe that. I think they really
didn’t care.”
Elsewhere in Maryland,
seven openly gay and lesbian
candidates won their races.
Incumbent Dels. Heather
Mizeur (D-Dist. 20), Maggie
McIntosh (D-Dist. 43) and
Anne Kaiser (D-Dist. 14) ad-
vanced to the general elec-
tion, along with newcomers
Mary Washington (D-Dist. 43),
Luke Clippinger (D-Dist. 46)
and Bonnie Cullison (D-Dist.
19). Gay Sen. Rich Madaleno
(D-Dist. 18) also won his race.
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
that affects them and their ser-
vice,” she said.
Buchanan was referring to
a letter from the four service
chiefs made public this spring
expressing their discontent with
moving forward with “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” repeal before the
Pentagon review is complete.
But Sarvis called the notion
that Congress must wait for the
Pentagon working group to fin-
ish its work a “tired talking point
from the ‘no’ crowd.”
“Ironically, Congress, in all
likelihood, will have that report
before the vote is taken on the
conference report in the lame
duck session,” Sarvis said.
Reid said opponents of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
can have a vote when the legis-
lation comes to the Senate floor
on whether to strip out the lan-
guage from the bill.
“They want a vote on it; they
can have a vote on it,” Reid said.
Sarvis said repeal propo-
nents have been anticipating
With those victories, Maryland
is poised to join just a hand-
ful of states served by seven
openly gay and lesbian state
legislators, according to a
statement from the Gay & Les-
bian Victory Fund.
During informal conversa-
tions at Beyer’s house while
waiting for poll numbers to
come in, canvassers said Bey-
er’s trans status was a rare,
though occasional, issue when
they went door to door.
“One [person] said he wasn’t
voting for her because of her
lifestyle choices,” said one can-
this amendment to come to the
Senate floor and are prepared
to beat back such a measure.
“I think if Sen. McCain or an-
other senator moves to strike
the repeal provisions, we will
prevail by a comfortable mar-
gin,” Sarvis said.
But finishing the bill before
lawmakers break for the Novem-
ber elections is seen as a major
concern by repeal proponents.
Sarvis identified “time” as his
biggest concern heading into
Senate debate on “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” while emphasizing
the importance of a Senate vote
on the defense authorization bill
in September before lawmakers
adjourn.
“As long as there are strong
opponents in the Senate, they will
try to tie this up and ensure that
we don’t finish in September or
early October,” Sarvis said. “We
can’t allow that to happen.”
Sarvis said the lame duck
session after Election Day is
limited and bills that haven’t
already made it through both
chambers of Congress are less
likely to meet approval.
Also during the news con-
ference, Reid said he wants to
amend the defense authorization
bill so that it would include the De-
velopment, Relief and Education
for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM
Act, an immigration-related bill.
The legislation would provide
a path to citizenship for young,
undocumented immigrants pur-
suing a college education or po-
sition in the U.S. armed forces.
“Kids who grew up as Ameri-
cans should be able to get their
green card if they go to college
or serve in the military,” Reid said.
The majority leader noted a
number of U.S. service mem-
bers are Hispanic and said “it’s
vasser who wasn’t authorized to
speak to the press. “But I don’t
think most people even knew. I
had one older person say, ‘Well
you know she used to be a he,’
but I really think people like
that, people of that generation,
are becoming extinct. People
like us, under 30, we just don’t
care.”
With some liberal voters, it
appeared to be an advantage.
“It did come up once, I can’t
remember how,” another per-
son on Beyer’s campaign said.
“They were like, ‘Holy shit, that’s
progressive. I’m gonna put her
really important that we move
forward on this legislation that
we tried to work on.”
Reid said moving forward
on the DREAM Act as part of
the defense authorization bill is
partially in response to what he
called his inability to pass com-
prehensive immigration reform
legislation this Congress.
“I know we can’t do compre-
hensive immigration reform,”
Reid said. “I’ve tried so very,
very hard. I’ve tried different
iterations of this, but those Re-
publicans we had in the last
Congress have left us.”
McConnell cited the inclusion
of the DREAM Act as a poten-
tially “extraneous” amendment
to the defense authorization bill.
The minority leader also was
critical of Reid and said he
wants to address the issue of
“secret holds” on presidential
nominees as part of the defense
authorization bill.
“It’s made it needlessly con-
troversial,” McConnell said.
“I can’t tell you right now how
easy it will be to go forward
with that bill, but it’s certainly
created an element of contro-
versy that would not have been
otherwise there.”
Steve Ralls, a spokesper-
son for Immigration Equality, an
LGBT immigration group, said
his organization was not part of
discussions about including the
DREAM Act as part of the de-
fense authorization bill, but sup-
ports its passage.
“I can’t predict what the im-
pact is going to be, but we cer-
tainly support the DREAM Act
and I would say that we believe
that the Senate majority leader
is the right person to make the
decision on how best to move
forward,” Ralls said.
picture on my refrigerator.’”
Beyer said she has no imme-
diate plans other than sleeping
in and then going on a vacation,
her first, she says, in “many,
many years.”
“I’m proud of the job I did,
so we’ll see,” she said. “I’ve re-
invented myself enough times
that when I went into this, of
course I didn’t know what would
happen, but I intended to win.
I worked very hard to win but
at the end of the day, I knew it
wasn’t about the end result. I’d
given it my best and I’m proud
of that and I’ll move on.”
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LOCALNEWS
Mendelson prevails in controversial Council race
Continued from page 1
Gay Democratic activist Pe-
ter Rosenstein was among a
number of LGBT advocates
who backed Fenty in his land-
slide victory in the 2006 election
and switched their allegiance to
Gray this year.
Rosenstein said he believes
the gay vote split between Fenty
and Gray, with a “large majority”
of black gays joining the black
community as a whole in voting
for Gray. Stein Club Vice Presi-
dent Tim Mahoney is among a
number of activists who believe
most gay voters based their de-
cision on who to back in the may-
or’s race on non-LGBT issues.
In other city races, gay for-
mer parks and recreation di-
rector Clark Ray was trounced
in his uphill challenge to LGBT
supportive at-large Coun-
cil member Phil Mendelson.
Mendelson won his bid for the
Democratic nomination with 63
percent of the vote, with D.C.
shadow senator Michael D.
Brown coming in second, with
27 percent and Ray finishing
third with just under 9 percent
of the vote.
The Stein Club endorsed
Mendelson over Ray, calling
Mendelson a “champion” on
LGBT issues and noting that
he led the City Council’s effort
to pass the same-sex marriage
law in his role as chair of the
committee with jurisdiction over
the measure.
Gay City Council member
Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) won his
primary race with 57 percent of
the vote. Democratic challeng-
ers Jeff Smith and Bryan Weav-
er each received 21 percent of
the vote, according to the latest
Board of Elections returns.
LGBT-supportive Council
member Kwame Brown (D-At-
Large) won the Democratic nom-
ination to replace Gray as City
Council chair with 55 percent of
the vote. Challenger Vincent Or-
ange, a former Ward 5 Council
member who opposed same-sex
marriage four years ago before
coming out in support of the mar-
riage equality bill this year, re-
ceived 39 percent of the vote.
Many of the city’s LGBT lead-
ers were especially pleased
with Ward 5 Council member
Harry Thomas Jr.’s primary vic-
tory Tuesday. Same-sex mar-
riage opponents, including the
anti-gay National Organization
for Marriage, targeted Thomas
for defeat in his conservative
ward. Many political observers
said Thomas’s decision to vote LGBT-supportive members of number a newly developing is- groundswell of opposition.
for the same-sex marriage law Congress. sues, including the growing num- Sources familiar with the de-
put his re-election bid in jeop- In the primary for the city’s ber of anti-LGBT hate crimes. mographics of the so-called
ardy due to strong opposition tiny Statehood-Green Party, The local group Gays & Les- “gay” precincts said they have
to the law among many of his gay minister Darryl Moch lost bians Opposing Violence joined large numbers of non-gay resi-
constituents. his bid for the nomination for other groups, including the Gay dents and it is impossible to de-
Thomas won the primary with the at-large Council seat cur- & Lesbian Activists Alliance and termine what portion of the gay
62 percent of the vote. His lead rently held by Mendelson. the D.C. Trans Coalition, in criti- vote went to Fenty or Gray. The
opponent, Delano Hunter, who Statehood-Green Party activist cizing Fenty for refusing to meet gay-identified precincts are also
spoke out against the marriage David Schwartzman, a strong with them or attend LGBT events located in the predominately
equality law and backed a voter supporter of LGBT rights, beat to discuss pressing issues. white sections of the city in Wards
initiative to overturn it, received Moch by a margin of 62 percent Transgender activists also 1, 2, and 6, which Fenty won.
20 percent of the vote. to 27 percent. expressed concern that Fenty Nearly all LGBT activists fa-
LGBT supportive Council Two gay Republican Party was not taking their issues se- miliar with voter demograph-
members Mary Cheh (D-Ward candidates won nomination riously, especially when the ics agreed that black LGBT
3) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward to City Council seats in unop- mayor’s office startled LGBT ac- residents, who are dispersed
6) easily won re-nomination for posed races. Marc Morgan will tivists by proposing to exclude throughout the city and not con-
their respective seats. Cheh ran challenge Graham for the Ward transgender inmates in the centrated in individual precincts,
unopposed and Wells captured 1 Council seat in the November city’s correctional system from voted overwhelmingly for Gray.
75 percent of the vote against general election. Gay GOP can- the D.C. Human Rights Act. “Anecdotally, I can’t name five
challenger Kelvin Robinson, didate Tim Day will challenge Corrections department officials black gays who voted for Fenty,”
who said he would have voted Thomas for the Ward 5 Council said the exclusion was needed said gay Democratic activist Phil
against the same-sex marriage seat in November. for security reasons and was re- Pannell, who is active in the city’s
law “as written.” He said he now Richardson and other LGBT lated to whether trans inmates predominantly black Ward 8.
supports the measure as the activists who supported Gray should be allowed to dress in Pannell said that the gay
“law of the land.” said that similar to their straight accordance with their biological vote – like the citywide vote as a
D.C. congressional Del. Elea- counterparts, they believe Fenty gender or the gender to which whole — appears to have divid-
nor Holmes Norton (D) also won – while supportive on LGBT is- they were transitioning. ed along racial lines, with most
by a lopsided margin. Norton sues – appeared to ignore the The mayor’s office dropped white voters going for Fenty and
is considered one of the most concerns they expressed over a that proposal following a most blacks voting for Gray.
A somber night for Fenty supporters
By CHRIS JOHNSON District, one supporter noted the numbers showed Gray with a
cjohnson@washblade.com 40-point lead over Fenty.
“It’s still early and our strength hasn’t yet come in,” the sup-
The early exuberance at Adrian Fenty’s campaign head- porter said with strained optimism.
quarters on Tuesday night slowly changed to disappointment The impatience over waiting for the results gave way to
as election results rolled in showing the D.C. mayor wouldn’t alarm at one point as one campaign volunteer fell and shat-
retain his job. tered a glass wall at the campaign headquarters. Supporters
As polls closed at 8 p.m., Fenty supporters were optimistic, looked on with concern as an ambulance and police cars ar-
despite polls showing that he was several points behind D.C. rived to care for the injured worker.
City Council Chairman Vincent Gray. The mood turned somber as it became clear late in the eve-
Clad in green T-shirts, Fenty campaign workers stood out- ning that Fenty lost to Gray. Unofficial election results the next
side the headquarters waiving signs as they shouted “four day showed Gray leading with 53 percent of the vote com-
more years!” pared to the 46 percent that Fenty claimed.
One Fenty supporter inside the building clapped her hands Christopher Dyer, director of the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Af-
as she sang “Victory is ours ... We told Gray ... Get thee behind!” fairs, said he’s anticipating the new leadership from Gray in the
As the night progressed, hip-hop music filled the headquar- wake of Fenty’s loss.
ters as one supporter shouted, “C’mon, ya’ll. There’s a celebra- “Obviously, the mayor didn’t win, but [I’m] looking forward
tion here!” Signs were posted in the building reading “4 More to being as helpful as I can to Chairman Gray as he assumes
for Fenty” and “Fenty is Fantastic!” leadership of our great city in January,” Dyer said.
Supporters announced Fenty victories in precincts they Dyer said he doesn’t think the LGBT vote played a major
said he had won, including precinct 17 in Ward 2, an area with role in the outcome.
a significant LGBT population that Fenty carried by a margin “I haven’t looked at all the results, but I think that the … gay
of 731-334. vote pretty much mirrored the non-gay vote,” Dyer said.
One gay Fenty volunteer, who spoke on the condition of Still, Dyer said the residents of Ward 2 — a part of the Dis-
anonymity early in the evening, said he was “pretty optimistic” trict with a significant LGBT population — were “predominantly
based on “preliminary numbers and general sentiment.” Fenty supporters.”
The volunteer dismissed polls showing that Gray was lead- “It’s hard to tell,” Dyer said. “The results would indicate that
ing Fenty on the day of the primary and said early voting would in LGBT-friendly precincts, Fenty did well, but in precincts
help the mayor retain his position. where there are LGBT residents east of the river, Gray did well.”
“We were out there every day helping folks get to the pre- But Dyer maintained it’s time to focus on bringing the city
cincts,” the volunteer said. together under the new leadership.
But the mood became more somber as the night progressed and “It would be nice to know what the gay vote is, but I think
the headquarters filled with supporters anxiously awaiting returns. the real important thing is for the city to come together and be
Some waited for hours for the results to become public online supportive of whomever our leaders are,” Dyer said.
as one supporter quipped, “Are the people counting the votes Asked whether he thinks he would take a role in the Gray
the same people responsible for shoveling the snow last winter?” administration, Dyer replied, “I serve at the pleasure of the
As early results began to trickle in from wards across the mayor and it’s a great pleasure.”
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INTERNATIONALNEWS

Gay cancer patient struggles to bring partner to U.S.

White House,
immigration officials
mum on case
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
An immigration advocacy
group is appealing to the White
House and U.S. immigration
officials on behalf of a gay
man in Gulfport, Miss., who is
desperately trying to bring his
Philippine partner into the U.S.
to care for him as he struggles
with terminal cancer.
Gulfport resident Roi Whaley,
46, and Aurelio Tolentino, 39,
have been a couple since 2004,
when the two met while Tolentino,
a nurse, worked in the U.S. on
a special work visa. Although in
good health, Tolentino was forced
by U.S. authorities to leave the
country in 2007 when they dis-
covered he was HIV positive.
Congress and the Obama
administration have since lifted
the longstanding U.S. ban on
HIV positive immigrants and
visitors, which led to Tolentino’s
Photo courtesy of Immigration Equality
Roi Whaley (right) and Aurelio Tolen-
tino are seeking a special waiver from
the U.S. government so the bi-national
couple can be together. Whaley suffers
from terminal cancer.
forced departure from the coun-
try. But due to other immigra-
tion restrictions, Tolentino, who
moved to Canada, remains
barred from returning to the U.S.
“Were Roi and Aurelio a mar-
ried heterosexual couple, Roi
would be eligible to apply to
sponsor Aurelio for residency in
the United States,” said Steve
Ralls, a spokesperson for Im-
migration Equality, an LGBT ad-
vocacy group. “Because they
are a gay couple, however, that
option is not available to them.”
Immigration Equality is help-
ing Tolentino apply for a special
waiver known as a “humanitar-
ian parole” that could allow him
to return to the U.S. to assist
Whaley for up to one year.
Ralls said his group is pre-
paring the detailed paperwork
needed for Tolentino’s humani-
tarian parole application, which
must be submitted to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. He said Immigration Equal-
ity has also contacted the White
House about the case.
Ralls and representatives of
other LGBT advocacy groups
view Whaley and Tolentino’s
plight as yet another compel-
ling example of why Congress
should pass a pending bill that
would give foreign partners of
U.S. citizens the same immi-
gration rights that heterosexual
married couples enjoy. Un-
der current law, a foreign na-
tional who marries an opposite
sex U.S. citizen is automatically
eligible for U.S. residency.
The Uniting American Fami-
lies Act, which has been stalled
in Congress for more than 10
years, enjoys the support of
President Obama. But similar
to nearly all other LGBT-related
bills, congressional leaders
have yet to schedule a vote on
the measure, and most political
observers say a vote on the gay
immigration measure is unlikely
to take place this year.
Meanwhile, Canadian au-
thorities recently denied Tolen-
tino’s application for residency
in that country, putting him in
jeopardy of being deported to
the Philippines in the near fu-
ture. Whaley talked to the Blade
this week by phone from Tolen-
tino’s home, saying he was fear-
ful that this could be his last visit
with his partner of five years
unless U.S. immigration authori-
ties grant Tolentino the humani-
tarian parole.
A White House spokesper-
son said it was referring all in-
quires about the matter to the
Department of Homeland Se-
curity, which processes humani-
tarian parole applications. DHS
spokesperson Matt Chandler
said federal privacy law pro-
hibits him from commenting on
pending cases. But he said the
DHS actively considers all appli-
cations for humanitarian paroles
on a “case-by-case basis.”
Whaley said he feels “let down”
by the Obama administration,
saying the White House has not
responded to several letters he
has sent seeking assistance.
According to Whaley, his
admiration for Obama was so
strong that he persuaded an
emergency medical crew to
hold off taking him to the hos-
pital on Inauguration Day in
January 2009, when he col-
lapsed from a “headache” that
was later diagnosed as a brain
tumor. He also suffers from lung
and pancreatic cancer.
“I was on an ambulance
gurney on a 911 call and I
wouldn’t let them take me out
of the house until I saw that
man raise his hand and say
‘so help me God.’ That’s how
much hope I had in him. And
I’m feeling really let down, kind
of betrayed by my own coun-
try,” Whaley said.

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VIEWPOINT
Fenty’s problems self-inflicted
Mayor’s stubborn
refusal to engage
with residents costs
him his job
By KEVIN NAFF
By most metrics, Adrian
Fenty would be judged a suc-
cessful mayor. He won national
attention for taking on con-
troversial school reform and
helping to boost students’ test
scores. Over all crime rates are
down. The city’s population is
up, with more and more profes-
sionals opting for city living and
fewer residents moving out.
His emphasis on school re-
form was critical to stopping the
exodus. Anecdotally, I’ve heard
from several gay and lesbian
parents who opted to stay in
the city rather than flee for the
‘burbs because Michelle Rhee
took the helm of the troubled
school system.
On LGBT rights, Fenty an-
nounced early on that he sup-
ported marriage equality and
would sign the marriage bill. His
critics like to point out that the
Council sent him a bill passed
with a veto-proof majority, but
Fenty was vocal about his mar-
riage support long before the
Council voted on it.
So what happened? What
should have been a slam-dunk re-
election turned into a drubbing by
Council Chair Vincent Gray, also
Progress and setbacks continue in AIDS fight
By DAVID MIXNER
In recent months, the media
have reported much encour-
aging news about progress in
treating HIV/AIDS. At the same
time, we have been dealt some
real setbacks. The lesson is the
same as it always has been:
embrace and celebrate the
progress, and don’t let up the
pressure until there is a cure.
The good news is indeed
reason to celebrate. From the
International AIDS Conference
in Vienna came word that prom-
ising new gels have been de-
veloped that could dramatically
lower the infection rate among
at-risk women. The Wall Street
Journal recently published a
story indicating that scientists
have discovered three powerful
antibodies that can neutralize
91 percent of HIV strains.
The bad news is that the re-
cession is wreaking havoc with
an outspoken supporter of mar-
riage equality and LGBT rights.
Having covered Fenty for the
duration of his original campaign
and tenure in office, one key in-
congruity emerged. His defeat
of Linda Cropp four years ago
resulted from an old-fashioned,
grassroots campaign that in-
volved Fenty zipping around the
city like the Energizer Bunny,
knocking on thousands of doors
and pledging a new, youthful
approach to government. Voters
embraced his candor, energy
and willingness to engage one-
on-one with them.
But after winning that election,
Fenty changed. Suddenly the
candidate who seemed to be ev-
erywhere at once — parades, din-
ners, crime scenes — vanished.
Gone were the photo ops of a
sweating Fenty knocking on doors
and engaging with residents, re-
placed by stories of jet-setting
trips and obsessive exercise.
His defenders say Fenty’s re-
cord speaks for itself and that
he shouldn’t be judged harshly
for his style — an aloofness that
many interpreted as arrogance.
At the Blade, we had more suc-
cess interviewing national politi-
cians like House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi than we did Fenty. Our
requests to interview him over
the years were routinely rebuffed
and when we showed up at me-
dia events to ask LGBT-related
questions, he could be rude,
dismissive and uncooperative.
Fenty didn’t understand the
importance of serving as the
HIV/AIDS budgets — both here
and abroad. Many states are
freezing the ability of people
with HIV/AIDS to receive treat-
ment. AIDS Drug Assistance
Program (ADAP) funds have
either been cut way back or
frozen, making it impossible for
new clients to access them. Un-
less this is corrected, it could
mean a death sentence for
some people.
It’s crucial for every Ameri-
can that cares about this hor-
rendous epidemic to keep up
the pressure, seek new funds
and hold lawmakers account-
able for their actions. Given the
uncertainty with the economy
and ADAP, it makes Medicare
funds for treating HIV/AIDS
even more critical in assisting
those with the disease.
As thrilled as I was with the
new healthcare law, there is one
part that is extremely disturb-
ing. Especially since my journey
face of the city. Two examples
of his absenteeism really struck
me. The first came two years
ago at the national conference
of the Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund, a major gathering of hun-
dreds of LGBT elected officials
from around the country. It’s an
empowering and high-profile
annual conference that I’ve at-
tended several times. In Las Ve-
gas and Houston, the mayors of
those large cities showed up to
welcome the Victory Fund and
all the LGBT elected officials
that include mayors, members of
Congress and others. When the
conference came to D.C., Fenty
was a no-show, sending his
GLBT Affairs director Chris Dyer
to welcome visitors in his place.
It wasn’t a deliberate snub;
Fenty just didn’t understand the
importance of the personal touch.
His tone-deafness emerged
again and again around the is-
sue of anti-LGBT hate crimes in
the city. We’ve covered numer-
ous cases of gay men and trans
women who were beaten up or
killed because of their sexual ori-
entation or gender identity in the
past four years. But getting Fenty
to respond proved an impossible
task. When asked to address the
community, he would dispatch
Dyer instead, who insisted that the
overall number of hate crimes had
dropped during Fenty’s tenure.
That may be true, but impres-
sions count. When the commu-
nity feels under attack — even
if the statistics don’t support the
sentiment — it means people
over the years has taught me
the urgent need to hold public
officials accountable for their
actions in this battle for a cure.
Quite simply, with the creation
of an entity called the Indepen-
dent Payment Advisory Board
(IPAB), we could lose our abil-
ity to pressure lawmakers for
change. This new board is sim-
ply not accountable to anyone.
While the IPAB is tasked with
cutting Medicare spending, it
is exempt from any judicial or
administrative review of its deci-
sions and is barred from prob-
ing the government’s spending
patterns on specific healthcare
providers, such as hospitals.
Shackled by such restraints
and yet dangerously unaccount-
able to Congress, the people or
the courts, this board could turn
its attention to successful pro-
grams in Medicare to carry out
its cost-cutting mission.
The mere existence of an
aren’t patronizing gay business-
es and they feel unsafe walking in
their neighborhoods. Sometimes
residents need to hear directly
from their mayor, even if just for
a feel-good pep talk and pledge
of support. His stubborn refusal
to address hate crimes turned
many former supporters against
Fenty and into the arms of Gray.
And like many prominent
gay activists who once worked
for Fenty, other constituencies
began abandoning the mayor
over the summer months. The
lesson for Gray in Fenty’s stun-
ning defeat: Don’t lose touch
with your constituents. One
way to accomplish that is to
empower your staff to speak
on your behalf. Although Fenty
sent Dyer to read proclamations
on his behalf, Dyer was not al-
lowed to speak to the media. If
your GLBT Affairs director isn’t
allowed to talk and the mayor is
inaccessible, then you’ve cre-
ated a vacuum. Gray sensed
that and knew the electorate, in-
cluding LGBT voters, had tired
of Fenty’s distant style.
Kevin Naff is editor of the Washing-
ton Blade and can be reached at
knaff@washblade.com.
unchecked, powerful agency
making life-determining deci-
sions should be worrisome to
everyone. Draconian decisions
by IPAB to limit access to medi-
cines to treat HIV will be free
from judicial review, the need
for advance public notice or
even appeals from patients.
The fact is that the IPAB, like
any other agency of government,
can make bad decisions. And if it
does, we have absolutely no re-
course to change them.
Personally, I can’t think of
a worse scenario than for our
research leaders to be on the
cusp of a cure, only to be de-
nied the necessary resources
because a government panel
has blown research and devel-
opment into the stone ages.
We must not be shortsighted
in our zeal to bring down health
care costs by thwarting future
research and reversing already
achieved progress.
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VIEWPOINT
Conservatives lead, Dems punt on gay rights
Log Cabin lawsuit
is latest in string of
GOP-driven victories
By JESSICA LEE
The irony is rich. A Republi-
can gay group sues to repeal
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in federal
court and wins; the administra-
tion of our “fierce advocate”
Barack Obama defends the law
and loses. Is anyone noticing a
pattern here?
It is an echo of when, in 2009,
the Obama administration in
court defended the Defense of
Marriage Act, signed by Presi-
dent Clinton, as a protection
against incest.
Libertarians and Republicans
are taking a leadership role in
equality as Democrats punt.
Despite controlling both
houses of Congress and the
White House, Democrats are
unable or unwilling to repeal
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and have
instead resorted to letting the
Pentagon issue insulting ques-
tionnaires that even involve
spouses to decide the issue.
In contrast, conservatives
and libertarians are moving for-
INSIDELGBTWASHINGTON
The next Congress: Whose fault is it?
Dems poised to
lose House after
compromising
principles
By PETER ROSENSTEIN
We are less than seven weeks
from the November mid-term
elections and it looks like the
Democrats are headed for major
losses in both houses. In the many
conversations I have had in recent
days with those who claim to be in
the know, including some former
members of Congress, it appears
that there is not much anyone can
do to turn that around.
It looks like White House
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
may have been right when he
predicted Democrats would
lose the House. I don’t believe
that was an adlibbed remark
but, rather, came from discus-
sions with people like David
ward based on principle. In the
latest installment, Log Cabin
Republicans filed suit against
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2004
and they won, just a few days
ago. On Sept. 9, a United States
District judge in California ruled
that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is
unconstitutional. Specifically,
the ruling states that the policy
violates both the Constitution’s
First Amendment right of free
speech and the Fifth Amend-
ment right of due process.
Clarke Cooper, executive
director of Log Cabin Republi-
cans, had this to say:
“The Obama administration
has found itself to the right of
many conservatives on mar-
riage equality and open military
service. Log Cabin Republi-
cans is joined by former Vice
President Dick Cheney, former
Secretary of State Colin Powell,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff Admiral Michael Mullen,
Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates and Ambassador John
Bolton. We are conspiring to
protect our country and uphold
the Constitution.”
The constitutional case for
equality is strong, and is being
most effectively advanced by
conservatives. Former George
Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, who
I hear have come to the conclu-
sion that a GOP victory in the
mid-terms would help the presi-
dent win a second term in 2012.
This is a sad state of affairs for
the party that roared to victory in
November two years ago. There
are many reasons for this upcom-
ing loss. But there will be one per-
son to take the majority of the blame
and that is President Obama. What
happened to that silver-tongued
candidate who moved people in
his campaign with talk about lofty
goals and hope and change?
Perhaps it was inevitable that he
would come back down to earth.
The millions on the National
Mall and those glued to their TV
sets for his inauguration couldn’t
help but be disappointed when
they realized they had elected
a mortal as president and not
a miracle worker. They had
elected someone with very little
experience who promised more
than anyone could deliver. They
elected a man who hadn’t really
Why is HRC absent in this fight?
Going to cocktail parties at the
White House and having a
‘seat at the table’ have
not produced change.
W. Bush Solicitor General Ted
Olson is leading the American
Foundation for Equal Rights,
whose primary purpose is to
overturn California’s Proposition
8 that banned same-sex mar-
riage. They won in California,
and Olson, with co-litigator Dem-
ocrat David Boies, is probably
going to the Supreme Court.
And why is the Human
Rights Campaign absent in this
fight, with its $30 million annual
budget? No one doubts that
HRC’s employees are passion-
ate, competent and committed
to equality. The leadership is
the problem. Going to cock-
tail parties at the White House
and having a “seat at the table”
have not produced change.
HRC is also increasingly en-
gaged in coalition politics that
distract from our important, im-
mediate mission of equality. The
made clear what his positions
were, and where he would draw
a line in the sand on any issue.
Whether it was the stimulus
package, health care, unions,
education, LGBT rights or immi-
gration legislation, no one was
sure exactly where he stood or
what political capital he would
invest in the various fights.
As it turned out, even when he
did spend his political capital on
the yearlong health care fight he
did so at the expense of many
other things. And this all played out
against a backdrop of two wars,
the inability to close Guantanamo
and a recession that just wouldn’t
recede as fast as he hoped. Then
came three months of the gulf oil
spill headlines and environmental
promises that couldn’t be kept.
There were some things that
could have been done differently to
at least make the upcoming elec-
tions less devastating than where
they now appear to be headed.
President Obama, for ex-
ample, should have supported
september 17, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 17
last three e-mail blasts I have
received from HRC were: 1) a
call to boycott Arizona; 2) a call
to boycott Target; and, 3): a call
for gay volunteers to assist Lati-
no immigrants gain citizenship.
HRC has not called volun-
teers to focus on the one immi-
gration issue that affects gays:
the fact that our partners cannot
immigrate to the U.S.
As to our “fierce defender”—
he is against marriage equality
and always was. A few days
before the Prop 8 election in
2008, this quote appeared
on the front page of the New
York Times: “As a Christian —
he is a member of the United
Church of Christ — Mr. Obama
believes that marriage is a sa-
cred union, a blessing from
God, and one that is intended
for a man and a woman exclu-
sively, according to these sup-
civil marriage equality. His po-
sition now is so muddled as to
be hypocritical and does not
appear to be based on any re-
ligious belief but rather a mis-
reading of the political situation.
On repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell,” he speaks up but doesn’t
appear to follow through. So
instead of working on the mid-
term campaigns of their local
members of Congress, many in
the LGBT community are plan-
ning another lobby day to ad-
vance repeal. We are going to
lobby Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.),
a senator that Obama has sup-
ported and worked to re-elect.
He should have simply said to
her one of the tradeoffs for na-
tional support for you is your
vote for repeal of “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell.” Maybe one of the
reasons she is so far behind in
her race and faced an expen-
sive primary against a union-
supported opponent is that she
abandoned basic Democratic
Party principles when it came
porters and Obama campaign
advisers. While he does not
favor laws that ban same-sex
marriage, and has said he is
‘open to the possibility’ that his
views may be ‘misguided,’ he
does not support it and is not
inclined to fight for it.”
We need to engage all
Americans in the fight for
equality, including Republi-
cans and straight people. We
are a small minority that has
been traditionally marginalized
and discriminated against. The
more allies that we can get,
the better. We don’t have to
agree on every political point
so long as we agree that the
Constitution guarantees equal
protection under the law. And,
increasingly, conservatives are
our friends, as they get that.
Jessica Lee is a board member of
GOProud and regular contributor to the
Blade. Reach her at jlee@goproud.org.
to health care and other issues.
Then there is Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-Nev). A call to him
from President Obama to demand
the defense authorization bill
move to the floor for a vote would
clearly make a difference.
I hope that some Democrats
and the president will look at the
Blanche Lincoln race and real-
ize you just can’t have things
both ways. Maybe it’s better to
lose with dignity — like Marjo-
rie Margolies-Mezvinsky did af-
ter she supported Bill Clinton’s
1993 budget — than to win by
compromising your principles.
Peter Rosenstein is a D.C.-based
LGBT rights and Democratic Party ac-
tivist. He writes regularly for the Blade.

Washington, DC Home Report
By Michael Moore
TTR Sotheby’s
International Realty
The inevitable question is
“How’s the market?” People love
to talk about real estate and I’m
as guilty as the next guy. Luckily,
I have the inside scoop because
I’ve been a Realtor in Washing-
ton, DC since 1989. The last few
years have been as turbulent
as they have been exciting. The
heydays of non-contingent mul-
tiple offers with escalation claus-
es that would make Suze Orman
roll her eyes are thankfully over.
The public perception that real
estate agents were making mon-
ey hand over fist is missing the
point that for every property that
had 6, 7 or 8 offers, there were
5, 6 or 7 agents that were sent
back to square one with some
very disappointed buyer clients
who would eventually tire of this
process without ever achieving
the ‘American Dream’. Sure,
sales were brisk and prices were
through the roof but we also had
a record number of agents to di-
vide the business among. Every
cloud has a silver lining, right?
Let’s get back to the question
of “how’s the market?” which
usually solicits the question of
whether it’s a buyer’s market or
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a seller’s market. Well, what if
it’s both? Let’s look at some sta-
tistics and you decide. . .
The Washington area hous-
ing market in the 2nd quarter
of 2010 showed that prices in-
creased from the 1st quarter
and from the previous year, and
homes sold more quickly. Vol-
ume continued to pick up due
to record low interest rates and
improving local employment
conditions. Unit sales volume
is up from one year ago. Sales
volume in the 2nd quarter in-
creased 60.6% compared to
the 1st quarter volume, and is
up 15.9% since mid-year 2009
despite the expiration in April of
the Federal tax credit program.
As of mid-year 2010, all four
major housing market indica-
tors have improved compared
to one year earlier. This marks
the third straight quarter that
metro-wide prices have risen on
a trailing 12-month basis.
Looking like a Seller’s market
to me, unless you look at these
statistics. . .
According to Freddie Mac,
the average 30-year fixed rate
mortgage in June 2010 was
4.74%, a decline of 68 basis
points from the average of 5.42%
in June 2009. Rates settled at a
new record low of 4.58% in the
first week of July after a record-
breaking last week of June; the
previous low occurred during
the first week of December 2009.
Rates have continued to drop to
levels not seen since the 1950’s.
Lower prices continue to propel
sales volume, and recent mar-
ket statistics indicate that buyer
and seller pricing expectations
are moving toward each other,
helping to bring the market into
balance. The Washington area
has an average of 4.5 months of
for sale inventory at June 2010,
down from 5.1 months’ worth
one year ago. The Washington
area average prices tend to rise
when the ratio of inventory to
sales is below 6 months’ worth
and lender constraints for quali-
fying buyers and tighter guide-
lines on the appraisal process
have hindered a quick rise in cy reported an 11.7% annual Washington, DC area offers
prices. Now’s it’s looking like a increase in home prices for the wonderful opportunities for buy-
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not just a PHASE
Indie queer music
festival back for
fourth installment
next weekend
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Phasefest’s internal mani-
festo could be “if it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it.” The queer indie
music festival, the only one of
its kind in Washington, is back
next weekend for its fourth in-
stallment at Phase 1, the S.E.
D.C. bar that started it.
Angela Lombardi, Phasefest
founder and manager of Phase 1,
says it can be a bit tricky balanc-
ing the lineup each year between
bands that went over well in pre-
vious years versus wanting to
provide a space for new bands.
“We never want it to feel like
the same old festival,” Lombardi,
a lesbian, says during a phone
call from the airport where she
just flew back from Greece this
week. “I think we have about
eight acts that have played here
before. Some, of course, we
bring back every year.”
This year’s lineup sounds ap-
propriately eclectic. On Sept.
25, the band Men will headline.
JD from Le Tigre, Tayisha Bu-
say, Shondes, Rad Pony, Clini-
cal Trials, Mitten, Renny Sanz,
Tiik w/ Guts, Erin Brown and
Candi Hearts will also perform
sets. On Sept. 24, Hunter Valen-
tine, Jen Urban and the Box, the
Pushovers, Mzery Loves Com-
pany, the Athen’s Boys Choir,
Lost Boi’s and Terrance Williams
will play. And on Sept. 23, Wick-
ed Jezebel will headline with
Melissa Li, Kit Yan, Jenny Grind,
Nikki Smith and Alex Voegele
also performing sets.
Sexual orientations and gen-
ders are ambiguous with some
of the bands. Most are lesbian or
have lesbian members but male
and trans musicians have pla
yed Phasefest before. Phase 1
is a lesbian bar but Lombardi
prefers the more-inclusive word
“queer” for the fest.
And it’s obvious talking to
Lombardi she’s as excited about
hearing the bands as anyone.
“This year we’re focusing more
on indie queer music,” she says.
“There are a bunch of new and
exciting acts as well as people
who’ve played before. Men are
just amazing. And JD from Le Ti-
gre is an alt radical queer band
from the past. There’ll be lots of
awesome stuff.”
She’s especially excited
about Hunter Valentine, a Phase
veteran who played at last
year’s fest for the first time and
also at Phase’s (the bar) 40th
anniversary party in February.
“They’re our headliner for Fri-
day and it’s been so exciting to
watch them,” Lombardi says.
“They’ve really grown by leaps
and bounds and they’re just gath-
ering more steam by the minute.”
Hunter Valentine’s lead
singer, Kiyomi McCloskey, who
doesn’t want to get into specif-
ics but says her band is “defi-
nitely queer,” says Phase offers
a unique experience on the
touring circuit.
“We’ve played a lot of different
Prides and OutFest, but Phase
has its own vibe,” she says dur-
ing a phone chat from Brooklyn
where the Canadian-based band
splits its time. “The staff is just
arts & entertainment
great there and it’s like this little
family. It’s very inviting and you
can tell they really put their heart
and soul into the festival.”
Lombardi says she was ill-
equipped to handle Phase’s
wildly successful first year but
now has the event mastered. It
typically attracts about 800 at-
tendees over its three days, a
figure she hopes to see bump
up to about 1,000 this year.
All the events happen at
Phase 1. The bar’s back patio
area is converted into an area for
queer artists and crafters to set
up their wares. Lombardi says
all the proceeds go to pay the
bands and to run the festival.
“They’re the only ones mak-
ing money,” she says. “We’re Photo by Tillet Wright; courtesy of So What Management
just putting the money back into
queer music.” Hunter Valentine, which plays Phasefest Sept. 24, are from left Kiyomi McClosky,
Adrienne Lloyd and Laura Petracca.
So in this day and age when it
seems almost chic for artists and
singers to be vague about their
sexual orientation, why have a
queer-specific musical festival?
“It’s 100 percent important,”
she says. “If you love the arts
and music, why not support
queer music? We’re trying to of-
fer a totally safe space for these
performers.”
PHASEFEST 2010
SEPT. 23-25
Tickets — weekend pass
available for $40; Tickets
for Thursday (starts at 7
p.m.) are $10 and will be
sold at the door; tickets for
Sept. 24 (7 p.m.) are $15
and available online; Tick-
ets for Sept. 25 (6 p.m.)
are $20 and available at Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
www.phasefestdc.com. Phasefest founder Angela Lombardi says ‘everything’s lined up and we’re ready to
rock’ of this year’s Phasefest.
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28 washingtonblade.com • september 17, 2010
QUEERY: 20 Questions for Heather Mizeur
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
How long have you been out and who
joeyd@washblade.com
was the hardest person to tell?
I came out in college, in 1993. I was most
Heather Mizeur appears poised for re-
scared to tell my parents because I feared
election to the Maryland House of Dele-
it would be the first time in my life I was go-
gates representing the 20th District (Mont-
ing to disappoint them. We are a very close
gomery County) after Tuesday’s primary.
family and I was always the over-achiever,
Mizeur, who ran on a platform of
rule-following child that wanted my parents
broader health care availability, renew-
to be proud of me. I was terrified that this was
able energy production and equal rights going to be a wedge in our family. Thankfully,
for gays, says being openly lesbian has our family bond was stronger than that and
been a political advantage. after an initial bumpy few weeks, we returned
“The district overall is overwhelmingly
to our regular interactions and my parents
progressive, one of the most progres- could not be more supportive.
sive in the state,” she says. “That doesn’t
mean there aren’t pockets of conserva-
Who’s your gay hero?
tives, but by and large, it’s really been
I don’t often think of people with labels
an asset more than anything else. When
attached, but if pressed, I would have
I was running in 2006 there were seven
to say Rachel Maddow. She’s done so
of us running for three seats. Two were
much to promote issues of importance to
incumbents, five were challengers. When
our community with a savvy intelligence
I was knocking on doors, I heard some
that resonates with audiences writ large.
people say, ‘You’re all the same on so
many of the issues, I’m having a hard time
What’s Washington’s best nightspot,
distinguishing.’ Being able to say, ‘Well,
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
past or present?
I’m a lesbian,’ helped me stand out.”
Ha. Well, the question presumes that
Mizeur, a 37-year-old Takoma Park resident, grew up in Blue Mound, Ill., and
I have an active nightlife. My preference
came to Washington in 1994 where she worked in the offices of several Democratic
is to drink really good wine with friends in
members of Congress. She was Sen. John Kerry’s director of domestic policy from
the comfort of our home. When I choose
2003 to 2006. A former Takoma Park City Council member, Mizeur has been in the
to go out, though, I like MOVA quite a bit.
General Assembly since 2007.
Mizeur enjoys golf, wine, food, travel and quality time with family and friends in
Describe your dream gay wedding.
her down time. She and her spouse, Deborah Mizeur, were married in 2005 on the
We had our dream gay wedding in
Chesapeake Bay and had a legal ceremony in Napa Valley, Calif., in 2008. They
2005, on the western shore of the Chesa-
share their home with their dog, Chester.
peake Bay. Because Maryland hadn’t
(and still hasn’t) stepped up to the plate
on marriage equality, we borrowed from
a Quaker tradition and had everyone in
attendance sign an artist’s rendering of
our wedding vows. This beautiful mar-
riage license is framed and hanging in
our living room. Some day soon we’ll
make Maryland respect that and start
granting licenses here in the Free State.
What non-gay issue are you most
passionate about?
I’ve spent my entire professional ca-
reer fighting to make sure that everyone
in this country has access to affordable,
high-quality health care. I’m most proud
of laws I sponsored to cover an additional
170,000 Marylanders with health cover-
age. I’m eager to help Maryland imple-
ment federal health reform options in the
most meaningful, innovative way possible.
What historical outcome would you
change?
The assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK
What’s been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
As a kid, it would have to be Michael
Jackson’s “Thriller” video release and cra-
ziness over his album. As an adult, I would
say Melissa Etheridge playing the Grammys
post-chemo and nailing her parts of the Janis
Joplin song with Joss Stone. What an inspira-
tion on how to find your strength to overcome
adversity. It still gives me goose bumps.
On what do you insist?
That the toilet paper roll from the top
of the roll.
What was your last Facebook post or
Tweet?
Musings about missing a mentor who
died of breast cancer in 1998. Penny was a
state legislator in Illinois. Her niece recently
contacted me to tell me she has been fol-
lowing my work in Maryland and that her
aunt would have been proud. Caught me
off guard. Made me cry. Felt like sharing the
story with my friends – especially the ones
from Illinois that also knew and admired her.
If your life were a book, what would
the title be?
“Just a Small Town Girl”
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
Wake up, check my email, walk the
dog, read the newspaper, eat breakfast,
work, have lunch, go to a meeting, work,
walk the dog, eat dinner, work, watch Ra-
chel Maddow, kiss my wife goodnight,
sleep. Repeat.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
By and large, traditional Catholic
teachings. But in James’ Epistle, he says,
“Faith without works is dead.” I believe we
have to work in the here and now to cre-
ate our heaven, our peace, our commu-
nity and our relationship with our Creator.
What’s your advice for LGBT move-
ment leaders?
Our community is as diverse as Amer-
ica and it will take all of us to win. So ev-
eryone take a deep breath, remember
what we’re fighting for and work together.
What would you walk across hot
coals for?
My wife.
What gay stereotype annoys you most?
How can you choose? They’re all so
reductive.
What’s your favorite gay movie?
“Boys Don’t Cry” and “The Incredibly
True Adventures of Two Girls In Love.”
What’s the most overrated social custom?
Registering for wedding gifts when
you’re both already two adults that own
everything.
What trophy or prize do you most covet?
Being selected a national Truman
Scholar in 1994.
What do you wish you’d known at 18?
I was aware at an early age that the
world is much bigger than any of us, and
that learning never stops. But if I had the
chance to tell my 18-year-old self any-
thing, it would be a message similar to
what many gay teens need to hear – that
we’re all going to be OK. Specifically, it
would have been nice to know that I will,
indeed, marry an amazing woman and
my parents will support me and so will
my community; and that – gasp – I can
even still have a viable chance at serv-
ing in elected public office as an openly
lesbian candidate.
Why Washington?
It’s where political addicts live.
september 17, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 29
30 washingtonblade.com • september 17, 2010
CALENDAR
TODAY
ServicememberS United preS-
entS “beyond repeal,” a rooftop gala
and fundraiser tonight at the Servicemem-
bers United office, 1725 I St., N.W., from
6:30 to 9 p.m. There will be an open bar
and light hors d’oeuvres. Standard admis-
sion tickets are $50 and can be purchased
at servicemembersunited.org. There are
other packages available as well.
Wolf trap preSentS “abba – the
mUSic” tonight at the Filene Center, 1551
Trap Rd., in Vienna, at 8 p.m. Waterloo,
an ABBA cover band, keep’s the group’s
music alive with their “uncanny” resem-
blance and quality performances. Tickets
are $25 for the lawn and $38 in-house and
can be purchased at wloftrap.org.
caliente Grande iS toniGht at
apex, 1415 22nd St., N.W., starting at
9 p.m. DJ Michael Brandon will be spin-
ning the latin dance party in the main hall.
There is a $10 cover charge. Attendees
must be 18 to enter, 21 to drink.
the d.c. coWboyS hoSt brodeo
toniGht at reminGtonS, 639 Penn-
sylvania Ave., S.E., from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The party will feature country/western
and disco/club music, live performances,
giveaways, jello shots and an auction.
Photo courtesy of Detroit Public TV Saturday, Sept 18
‘ABBA — the Music,’ a tribute to the legendary Swedish pop band shown here, is tonight at Wolf Trap. Tickets cbS radio of WaShinGton preS-
were still available as of press time.
entS itS SiGnatUre event, hfSti-
val, “We’re takinG yoU back” today
at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little
Patuxent Pky., in Columbia. This year’s line-
up includes Billy Idol, Everclear, Third Eye
Blind, Marcy Playground and more, includ-
ing 18 local bands. Festival gates open at
10 a.m. and the concert goes from 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $50
and can be purchased at whfs.radio.com.
bUrGUndy creScent volUnteerS
iS holdinG a photo ScavenGer
hUnt today starting at the Taras
Shevchenko monument at 22nd and P
streets, N.W., at 10 a.m. BCV Social Com-
mittee members will be greeting partici-
pants as they arrive. Come with a group
or alone. Everyone will end up in a group
of three to six members with at least one
camera. Each group will have two hours
to take as many digital photographs from
the supplied list of subjects as they can.
The hunt will be done at noon and photos
will be shared over lunch. Visit burgundy-
crescent.org for more information.
merrifield Garden center preS-
entS itS lateSt Weekly Garden-
inG Seminar today. At the Merrifield loca-
tion, 8104 Lee Highway, Renatta Holt will be
talking about gardening in small spaces us-
ing container gardens and more. At the Fair
Oaks location, 12101 Lee Highway, Peg
Bier will be talking about creating gorgeous
combinations of bulbs and perennials for
long-lasting displays. At the Gainesville lo-
cation, 6895 Wellington Rd., David Yost will
be talking about building the lawn of your
dreams. All seminars being at 10 a.m.
mixtape d.c.’S tWo year anniverSa-
ry party iS toniGht at the Rock & Roll
Hotel, 1353 H St., N.W., from 8 p.m. to 2:30
a.m. MIXTAPE is a dance party for queer
guys and gals and their pals that features
DJs Shea Van Horn and Matt Bailer playing
an eclectic mix of electro, alt-pop, indie rock,
house, disco, new wave and anything else
you can dance to. $5 cover for 21 and over.
allie WilSon and Jacob prinG
preSent cotton candy, Green Lan-
tern’s first 18 and older party. DJs David
Merrill and Bryan Yamasaki will be provid-
ing the music. Green Lantern is located at
1335 Green Court, N.W. and the party will
be held upstairs. There is a $10 cover fee.
toWn iS hoStinG itS biGGeSt theme
party of the year toniGht with its
Red Party. The party will feature music by
Tracy Young with music and video down-
stairs by Wess. Drag show starts at 10:30
p.m. Attendees are asked to wear red.
Doors open at 10 p.m. with $3 rail drinks
until 11. Cover is $8 before 11 p.m. and $12
after. Must be 21 and over to enter.
Sunday, Sept 19
pocket GayS preSent pocket
rocket SUnday School: SUmmer
Send-off iS toniGht on the rooftop
of Local 16, 1602 U St., N.W., from 3 to
9 p.m. Music will be by DJ Majr (SHIFT,
Siren). There will be $5 Smirnoff drink spe-
cials, prizes and games. There’s no cover.
Monday, Sept 20
celebrity photoGrapher, adam
boUSka, Will brinG the national
noh8 photo Shoot to d.c., tonight at
Cobalt, 1639 R St., N.W., from 4 to 7 p.m.
bearS do yoGa Will meet at Green
lantern, 1335 Green Court, N.W., at 6:30
p.m. and last for an hour. This class serves
as an introduction to yoga for people of all
body types and physical abilities. To RSVP
for the class, email yoga@thedccenter.org.
Tuesday, Sept 21
draG binGo Will be at nellie’S
SportS bar, 900 U St., N.W., tonight
hosted by Shi-Queeta Lee, starting at 8
p.m. It’s free to play and there will be prizes.
Wednesday, Sept 22
maUtner proJect preSentS itS
SpeakerS’ SerieS financial and
medical planninG With michele
ZavoS and mark ScUrti at Mautner
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Thursday, Sept 23
caGlcc preSentS thUrSday morn-
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Nikki Smith and Alex Voegele. Doors open
at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be pur-
chased at phasefestdc.com. This event
continues through Saturday.
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THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
HOT HITS AND HIDDEN JEWELS OPENINGS
saturday, sept 18
GOLDEN DRAGON IN SERIES - POCKET OPERA DOUBLE
ACROBATS FROM CHINA BILL: CASINO PARADISE & TROUBLE
Saturday, September 18
IN TAHITI. In Series at Source Theatre.
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap
National Park for the Performing Arts 202-204-7763. inseries.org.
1-877-WOLFTRAP
wolftrap.org
In their Wolf Trap debut, the premier Chinese acro- thursday, sept 23
batic company that took Broadway by storm presents CIRKO DE MENTE. The Kennedy Cen-
breathtaking acrobatics, spectacular costumes and ter. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
spellbinding dance, set to a mix of ancient and con-
temporary music.
TARGET FREE OPERA IN THE OUTFIELD LAST CHANCE
Sunday, September 19 sunday, sept 19
Washington National Opera FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. Del Ray
Washington Nationals Stadium Artisans. 703-836-2724. theDelRayArti-
OperaintheOutfield.org sans.org.
Join Washington National Opera for Target FREE
Opera in the Outfield, a live simulcast of the Sea-
son Opening of A Masked Ball (Un Ballo in Masch-
era), featuring special events, kids activities, priz- LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
es and more at Nationals Park. sept 17 - sept 18
ARPAS DE AMERICA - LATIN AMERICAN
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY HARP FESTIVAL 2010. Rosslyn Spectrum.
Through September 26 703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org.
Round House Theatre
Round House Theatre Bethesda
240-644-1100
roundhousetheatre.org ONE NIGHT ONLY
Enigmatic conman Tom Ripley is determined to gain friday, sept 17
wealth and social status by any means possible. The ABBA-THE MUSIC. Wolf Trap.
perfect opportunity arises when American financier 1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
Herbert Greenleaf sends him to Italy to track down CAVE CANEM + LETRAS LATINAS
his son, who has been living the high life there with
READING. The Writer’s Center. 301-654-
his beautiful girlfriend.
8664. writer.org.
EDVARD MUNCH: MASTER PRINTS
Through October 31 saturday, sept 18
National Gallery of Art HERE I STAND 2010 HONOREE: RITA
nga.gov MORENO. Lincoln Theatre. 202-328-
Munch’s greatest artistic legacy is his series of major 6000. thelincolntheatre.org.
prints depicting the basic human themes of attrac-
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. Prince
tion, love, and union; jealousy and separation; birth
and awakening; and anxiety and death. His stylis- George’s Publick Playhouse for the Per-
tic approach to these themes involved transforming forming Arts. 301-277-1710. pgparks.com
ideas into an evocative image and exploring the im-
age through numerous variations over a lifetime. sunday, sep 19
FLANDERS IN THE FALL: KAREN
The Guide to Arts & Culture is supplied by CulturalCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance
of Greater Washington. EDVARD MUNCH: Supplied by National Gallery of Art; MR. RIPLEY: Round ASHBROOK & PAUL OORTS IN CON-
House Theatre; GOLDEN DRAGON: Supplied by Wolf Trap; OPERA IN THE OUTFIELD: Supplied CERT. Riversdale House Museum. 301-
by Washington National Opera.
864-0420. pgparks.com.
wednesday, sept 22
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH: A SEMINAL
CREATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD. Smithsonian Resident Associate
Program at Smithsonian Ripley Center.
202-633-3030. residentassociates.org.
thursday, sept 23
ENTREPRENEURTED LEONSIS SHARES
HIS LIFE LIST. Smithsonian Resident Asso-
ciate Program at Baird Auditorium, Smith-
sonian National Museum of Natural History.
202-633-3030. residentassociates.org.
MUSIC IN THE MANSION: ASTERIA,
SOPRANO & LUTE DUO. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
ONGOING
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: UN
BALLO IN MASCHERA (A MASKED
BALL). Washington National Opera at
The Kennedy Center. 202-295-2400.
dc-opera.org.
IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRA-
TOR PLAY. Woolly Mammoth. 202-393-
3939. woollymammoth.net.
SOMETHING YOU DID. Theater J. 800-
494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION.
The Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300. stu-
diotheatre.org.
BELTWAY POETRY SLAM. The Fridge
DC. 202-664-4151. thefridgedc.com.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. National Geo-
graphic. 202-857-7588. events.national-
geographic.com.
RARE: PORTRAITS OF AMERICA’S
ENDANGERED SPECIES. National Geo-
graphic. events.nationalgeographic.com.
GERMAN MASTER DRAWINGS FROM
THE WOLFGANG RATJEN COLLECTION,
1580-1900. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
IN THE TOWER: MARK ROTHKO. Na-
tional Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
AMERICAN MODERNISM: THE SHEIN
COLLECTION. National Gallery of Art.
nga.gov.
THE ART OF LIVING: TEXTILE FUR-
NISHINGS FROM THE PERMANENT
COLLECTION. The Textile Museum.
202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.
BOOKS WITHOUT WORDS: THE VI-
SUAL POETRY OF ELISABETTA GUT.
Museum of Women in the Arts. nmwa.org.
FACULTY EXHIBITION. Corcoran Gal-
lery of Art. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
CAPITOL HILL ART LEAGUE HOSTS
ALL-MEDIA EXHIBIT ìWALK ON THE
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caphillartleague.org.
PERSPECTIVES. Arlington Artists Alliance
at BB&T Bank. arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
EXHIBIT: WATERCOLORIST MICHELE
REA’S VANTAGE POINT. The Art
League. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
RELATIVE: RECENT PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS . Gallery plan b.
galleryplanb.com.
POETIC ART EXHIBITION. Work-
house Arts Center. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
REBECCA KEY: ARCHETYPE. Trans-
former. transformergallery.org.
CULTURAL CROSSROADS: VOICES
FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CA-
RIBBEAN. Brentwood Arts Exchange.
301-277-2863. pgparks.com.
NOVEL ABSTRACTIONS. Reyes + Da-
vis Independent Exhibitions. 202-255-
5050. reyesdavis.com.
MELISSA BURLEY, BOXES. Montpelier
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FITNESSAGENDA
The importance of
early detection
Tips for preventing
colon cancer
By KEVIN M. NORRIS
My dear friend, Dr. Jose Mendoza, is
an incredible inspiration with an invinci-
ble spirit and contagious zest for life. He
was recently diagnosed with colon can-
cer and he eloquently manages to main-
tain a courageous fight with an unflinch-
ing positive attitude. Jose is tackling his
diagnosis with knowledge and action.
He wrote this piece so the next person
may be able to prevent contracting can-
cer and other health issues:
We all have little pains and medical
questions between visits to the doctor.
Then we get there and forget everything.
As soon as we leave the office, we re-
member the questions we meant to ask,
but it’s too late.
Ballston Metro Make a list! After I was diagnosed with
colon cancer at age 31, I learned to take
better advantage of the five or 10 minutes I
have with my doctors. I designed a list, like
a laundry or shopping list, which I always
Entrance on prepare a couple days before a visit. You
may want to keep a running list that you can
N. Stuart St.
update whenever you think of something.
Lists can be designed for different ill-
nesses, like HIV, high blood pressure, re-
nal disease, diabetes or cancer.
It is important to track new symptoms,
if you experience any since your last
Free Parking! visit, and to note any new family medical
history you may discover, any new medi-
cines or natural remedies you take, any
lifestyle changes, etc. This information
will help your doctor to help you better.
Open 7 Days a Week! If he or she knows you well, together you
can prevent many illnesses.
Remember to disclose your sexual
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uncomfortable. It has repercussions for
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Today I want to focus on colorectal
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infected persons live longer.
A colonoscopy is indicated for every-
one 50 or older. But if you have a family
history, or you are African American, La-
tino, Alaskan native or Native American,
you should get your first colonoscopy
sooner because you are at higher risk
and could be discovered in a more ad-
vanced stage before 50.
As part of your laundry list, ask your
doctor about ordering a fecal immuno-
chemical test or fecal occult blood test.
These are painless exams that could
discover blood in your stool. You can’t
necessarily see the blood, but if the lab
results are positive, the next level of care
is indicated: a virtual colonoscopy or
regular colonoscopy.
If blood is not found, you are good to
go. These tests can be done annually,
and the only downside is that they do not
identify precancerous polyps. You need
a colonoscopy to discover those.
The colonoscopy itself is quick and
painless. Patients are completely se-
dated, and the procedure normally takes
only 15–20 minutes. Preparation the day
before is now available in a number of
options, including liquid and pill forms. I
won’t lie; the prep is the worst part.
Colon cancer is beatable in nine out of
10 cases when caught early. Colon can-
cer is one of the very few cancers that
are preventable!
We need to think about our health more
comprehensively. Eat a balanced diet,
get exercise, don’t smoke, drink moder-
ately or not at all, and get your preventa-
tive screening tests. Make your laundry list
before your next appointment and tell your
doctor you want your colon checked. For
additional information, visit the Colon Can-
cer Alliance website at ccalliance.org.
(By Dr. Jose Mendoza, former direc-
tor of Malaria Clinical Trials for the U.S.
Navy. Mendoza is volunteering as Latino
medical consultant for the Colon Cancer
Alliance and can be reached at jmendo-
za@ccalliance.org.)
Kevin M. Norris is a
health and fitness
columnist for the Blade
and owner of Mind
our Own Body, LLC.
Personal Training. Reach
him at kevinmnorris@aol.com.
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There’s not much good in a
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From Chevettes to Cobalts,
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Jeffrey Johnson, left, as Marvin and Michael Sazonov as Whizzer, play gay lovers in Ganymede Arts
production of ‘Falsettos,’ a seminal, Tony-winning, gay-themed musical from the early ‘90s being produced
now in Washington.
Intimate, small-scale
production glimmers with
uber-talented Ganymede cast
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Ganymede Arts — Washington’s only
expressly LGBT-centric company — re-
turns to the boards this fall with “Falset-
tos,” a musical tale of love, loss and the
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(Michael Vitaly Sazonov) while young son
Jason (Noah Chiet) is rather unhappily
shuttling between both of their Manhattan
apartments. Marvin’s familial aspirations
becomes even more of a long shot when
the ex announces her engagement to his
psychiatrist Mendel (Tony Gudell), just as
Marvin’s own relationship is falling apart.
Marvin isn’t easily daunted, especially
when it comes to getting what he wants.
Two years later – on the eve of his son’s
bar mitzvah – things improve as Marvin
and Whizzer get back together. But it
takes tragedy to ultimately make Marvin’s
wish for that tight family a reality.
A 1992 Broadway hit, “Falsettos” was
the result of merging two one-act musi-
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toland,” that were produced individually in
1981 and 1990. Composer William Finn’s
sung-through 39-song score incorporates
varied styles of music including clever
ensemble numbers (“Four Jews in Room
Bitching,”) ballads (“You Gotta Die Some-
time”) and even a lullaby (“Father to Son”).
Photo by Ward Morrison; courtesy of Ganymede Arts
Like the show’s lyrical score, James
Lapine’s book is both funny and heart-
breaking. With its references to yuppies
and outmoded technology, as well as its
focus on a new and terrifying disease
killing mostly gay men, “Falsettos” is part
of the past but its themes of compassion
and love are timeless.
Over the years, Ganymede has made
its home in a lot of places including the
Church Street Theater and the back room
at Miss Pixie’s. In many ways its current
venue – Noi’s Nook (a theater space in
the go mama go! gift shop on the 14th
Street corridor) — makes the most sense.
The shop’s original proprietor Noi Chud-
noff served as president of Ganymede’s
board before her sudden death in 2007.
By taking an intimate, cabaret ap-
proach to the show, Johnson slyly makes
this latest improvised (but entirely com-
fortable) venue work for him. Almost all the
actors have a solo moment, either sharing
musical director/accompanist Christo-
pher Wingert’s onstage piano bench or
seated on a nearby stool, singing one
of Finn’s memorable ballads. These mo-
ments are among the night’s best.
Ganymede’s “Falsettos” features a
very likable cast that jells. As Marvin,
Johnson shares chemistry with his lover
Whizzer (even when they’re fighting)
and Jason, his sometimes sarcastic
tween. There’s chemistry between Car-
rier Baker’s resilient Trina and Gudell’s
besotted Mendel. By and large, the
actors do justice to Finn’s sometimes
tricky score and their performances are
smartly underplayed.
“Falsettos”
Through Oct. 10
Ganymede Arts
Noi’s Nook, 1809 14th St., N.W.
$30
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THEATERAGENDA
Cirque explores majesty,
mayhem of insect world
OVO is a breathtaking,
gravity-defying show
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
The return of Cirque du Soleil to the
D.C. area — the OVO show at the Pla-
teau at National Harbor through Oct 24
— is a stunning one. It wows the senses
and defies the imagination with dazzling
displays of this Montreal-based compa-
ny’s technical magic of sound-and-light
projections and imagery deployed to
fool the eye.
But, most of all, with Cirque it’s the
human touch of 54 performers from 16
countries, and director Deborah Colker,
the renowned Brazilian choreographer,
the first woman to write and direct a
Cirque production. Colker has integrated
dance movements and a Latin musical
beat from composer Berna Ceppas into
many numbers in the show.
The basic storyline is set in the world
of insects, a huge colony teeming with
every variety — fireflies, spiders, scarab
beetles, butterflies, even fleas — and
one stout-hearted ladybug (played with
great expressive humor by Michelle
Matlock) who becomes the love interest
of a stranger visiting the colony, an im-
petuous and amorous ant-like creature
(played with equally deft humor by Fran-
cois-Guillaume Leblanc). The narrative
arc of OVO is the tale of their courtship,
with insect pheromones flying.
As for the title “OVO” — Portuguese
for egg — there is one, and it’s the great
mystery of the show, with strange power
over the insects somewhat akin to that of
the monoliths in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968
paradigm-bending, psychedelic-sci-
ence-fiction film “2001.” The insects are
struck with awe at its mystery and also in-
tensely curious about it, as they portage
it from place to place, and sometimes
it even glows with secret intensity. But
forget this storyline and instead watch
the action, sometimes at ground level —
comically, with ants juggling their food,
as in bits of kiwi and kernels of corn —
and other times high overhead — roman-
tically, in the gorgeous swooning dance
of butterflies mating.
As the sun rises on a bright new day,
the vibrant cycle of insect life is evoked
with a wake-up call from the comical
senior bug Flippo, played with knock-
about charm by Joseph Collard. OVO
overflows with contrasts — highs and
lows, majesty and mayhem as the hid-
den, secret world beneath our feet and
fluttering or buzzing about us overhead
is revealed as both tender and torrid,
noisy and quiet, peaceful and chaotic.
It is a world of biodiversity and beauty,
filled with ceaseless noisy action, of-
ten punctuated with almost voice-like
squeaks and squawks yet at other times
with moments of simple quiet emotion.
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A troupe of six performers play ants that deftly
juggle their food — and each other.
During the two and a half hours of the
tightly structured show, interrupted with
one intermission, there are acrobatic
acts that appear impossible to believe,
including a trapeze act where six flyers
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straight up a high vertical wall.
But all along the hardest working in-
sects are the bright red ants, played with
grace and incredible foot-juggling ath-
leticism by a troupe of six young women
from China.
As for the mysterious egg, time-
less symbol for the life cycle, it gives
the show its underlying thread. In fact,
graphically, “OVO” hides an insect
in its name. The two letters “O” repre-
sent its eyes while the letter “V” forms
the nose. Both wit and wisdom come
together in “OVO.” This show must be
seen to be believed.
Cirque du Soleil’s OVO
Through Oct. 24
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Oxon Hill, Md.
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ARTAGENDA

Busy season on tap

for local galleries
Nudes, landscapes
and more for fans of
contemporary art
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN

Last week’s Fall Arts Preview issue

featured seasonal highlights from local
art galleries, but there’s so much on tap
that we needed another column to do the
scene justice.
First, take a short trip to the University
of Maryland Gallery in College Park for
the show there, “The Very Queer Portraits
of Heyd Fontenot,” a collection of visually
arresting male and female nudes includ-
ing self-portraits by the acclaimed gay
painter also well known for his work as a
designer, music video producer and ex-
perimental film director and art director.
Fontenot, born in rural Louisiana in Image courtesy of Fontenot
1964 but a longtime denizen of the Aus-
tin, Texas art scene, has declared: “I University of Maryland Gallery in College Park fea-
think that body politics are interesting tures ‘The Very Queer Portraits of Heyd Fontenot,’
a collection of arresting male and female nudes.
in general, because it’s like things get
whittled down and whittled down.” So
go see this show expecting to see a lot artist, musician, actor, writer and winemaker.
of naked people on the walls of the gal- At Hamiltonian Gallery, 1333 U St.,
lery, which is located on campus in 1202 N.W., fairy tale meets flesh in a two-show
Art-Sociology Building. But expect to see exhibit beginning Sept. 18 through Oct.
people naked as they are in real life, not 30. First, “James Rieck - Mead Hall”
porn stars or A&F models, no airbrushing presents a five-painting series masterly
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on Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. a reception and gallery ents “Life Tastes Good in Disco Heaven”
talk, “The Queerest of Discussions,” free in two digital constructs and two video
and open to the public, led by guest cura- projections. Like Rieck, Moneghan also
tor Jonathan Weitz with Fontenot. Gallery appropriates iconographies of storytell-
hours are Monday-Saurday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. ing and marketing to question notions
Second, don’t miss “Hide/Seek: Dif- of power and subjugation. Gallery hours

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ference and desire in American Portrai-
ture,” opening Oct. 30 at the National
Portrait Gallery. The show will display
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At Thos. Moser, 3300 M St., N.W. in
Georgetown, explore the brilliant California
vineyard landscapes with great fields of pri-
mary colors in the paintings of Gary Conway,
are Tuesday-Saturday 12-6 p.m.
Finally, at Irvine Contemporary at 1412
14th St., N.W., there is another two-artist
exhibit with an equal double whammy.
First, in a show titled “Uniform: New Paint-
ings,” Bruno Perillo, who lives and works
in Brooklyn, N.Y., presents oil paintings
of male and female characters in various
states of dress and undress set in narra-
tive scenes with culturally encoded cloth-
ing styles and genre cues, appropriating
the realist styles of painters from many era
from Caravaggio to Degas
Second, there is “Flow,” by Phil Ne-
smith, who lives and works in Richmond
and teaches at Virginia Commonwealth
University. He depicts the impact of the
worst oil disaster in U.S. history, the BP
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Irvine is open Tuesday-Saturday 11
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THAI-AMERICAN – NUDE BODY MASSAGE, 27

yrs., 5’8”, 150 lbs., friendly, handsome, smooth,
nice body. In (Alexandria VA)/out 10AM - 10PM
Call Robert (703) 655-2130

ALL-AMERICAN BOY 24y/o, 5’9,
138lbs, 29w. Very cute & clean-cut,
w/a smooth lean build. Affectionate
& versatile, loves older guys.
HotDCkid@gmail.com 703-568-1560.
EXOTIC MASSAGE 24, 158lb , 5’9 masculine
muscular body with strong hands. very hot, clean.
call anytime or text, alejandro 202 299 4113.
M2M SENSUAL MASSAGE, by Spaniard-Latino,
45, in-shape, shaved head. OUT CALL ONLY!
202-276-9272.
Stressed Out? Relax your body, mind and spirit with
strong,skilled & caring hands. Give it a try! No calls after
10 PM! Call Manuel at 202-251-1652, Bodywork202@
hotmail.com “SATISFACTION GUARANTEED”
MASSAGE SILVER SPRING Spanish/
Irish, 160 lbs, 5’10” great shape, beach
tan, strong soothing hands. Full-body
erotic experience, masculine energy.
Stress release. Comfortable studio,
private home. $70/hr. Days/evenings,
metro. BRUNO (301) 580-2716.

Liberate your Libido! Hi I’m Erik, nationally certified,

Irish/Italian US Navy Swimmer/Gymnast, offering
exceptional deep tissue/sensual bodywork for
total stress relief. Private studio. (shower, Metro 2.5
blocks, parking) Call 202-544-7905. In calls only.

ENASARIS 5’ 11”, 155lbs, 30yo, 9X6, Versatile Top

202.271.0440

FLORIDA BOY muscle body extra

large endowment.
Scott (202) 491-5022
ALL NUDE MASSAGE by Lee aka Peter. Smooth,
hot body. Fit 5’9”, 180 lbs, 30” w. Available Sept BEAR HUNTING Strong sensual paws for your
24-28 ONLY. 24/7, in/out. 703-507-8742. willing body. Tom (202) 289-7367.

BODYWORK
ADULT
DAVID EROTIC MASSAGE by certified therapist.
Deep tissue also available. On table. Handsome
man with class. Thank you for your repeat Get him on the line!
business. Days & evenings. Easy parking or Try free with code 4617
metro. Call 202-421-8900. Call 202-448-0112
InteractiveMale.com

MALE MASSAGE by 32 yo, 5’ 9”, 165

lbs, Hot Latino with a special touch.
Offering full body release in a private
atmosphere. In/out. Parking Available,
GREAT MASSEUR in DC. 24/7 to make appts. 6.0 hotels welcome, Silver Spring/DC
tall 180 lbs. mix latin. Call me at (202) 413-5952 area, 24/7. 240-462-8669
CESAR

BLONDE GI 6’0”, 165LBS Good looking, athletic, well-

EROTIC SENSUAL MASSAGE 30 yo, 5’5”, 170 lbs,
endowed. Sensual Massage & More. Eli (703) 599-2668.
8.5”, clean, versatile top. Call Robert anytime,
703-587-2261.
Erotic Swedish Massage - healthy clean cut guy,
6’1”, 160lbs, Dupont Circle, massage table, noon
LATIN BOY 21Y/O, 5’6”, 130LBS, 29W, CUTE
to 1:00 a.m., indulge your body. Bill 202-728-0238
& CLEAN, W/A SMOOTH & SLIM BODY.
AFFECTIONATE BOTTOM LIKES OLDER GUYS
bodi contac two and four hand massage all day
In/Out, 202 710 2224.
and early evenings call kit 240 604 3843
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