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A Night to Remember Serve in fi Rst, Gay Partners Welcome Ball Inspired Tremendously Good Feelings NOVEMBER 18 2011 VOLUME 42 ISSUE 46 • OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STORIES SINCE 1969 • WASHINGTONBLADE.COM Virginia Lt. Gov. BILL BOLLING would cast the deciding vote in any tie on bills coming up for consideration, effectively giving Republicans a razor-thin majority in the Senate. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.ORG Christian conservatives ‘in driver’s seat’ in Va. By LOU CHIBBARO JR. No one disputes the fact that Republicans have [email protected] gained a one-vote legislative majority in the Virginia Dems consider lawsuit to force Senate after Republican candidates defeated two LGBT activists said they were hopeful that the threat of a incumbent Democrats in the 40-member Senate, power-sharing as activists fear lawsuit by Democratic members of the Virginia Senate this resulting in a 20-20 split between the two parties. onslaught of anti-gay bills week would persuade Republicans to share control of the Under the Virginia Constitution, the lieutenant governor chamber and decrease the chance that it will enact anti- LGBT bills following the GOP gains in last week’s election. CONTINUES ON PAGE 16 Fit to A night to remember Serve In fi rst, gay partners welcome ball inspired tremendously good feelings. James Hormel on his “It was amazing to be open and honest and not have role as nation’s fi rst at Marine Corps balls to hide,” Lemmer said. “I’ve never taken anybody to out gay ambassador the ball because of that reason right there. This is my By CHRIS JOHNSON fi rst opportunity and it was exciting.” and new memoir. [email protected] Uncertain of the reception from her fellow Marines, PAGE 23 Lemmer, 38, said she was nervous upon fi rst entering It was a night to remember for Marine Corps Gunnery the ball with LaVoie, 39, but later found “everything Sgt. Sandy Lemmer and her longtime partner Patricia LaVoie. was heartwarming.” For the fi rst time — thanks to repeal of “Don’t “From my colonel on down, everyone was very Giving Ask, Don’t Tell” — the lesbian couple was able to accepting,” Lemmer said. “No one that we knew of come together to celebrate at a Marine Corps ball ever said one word [that was] negative.” commemorating the anniversary of the military service. LaVoie, an EKG technician at a local hospital, also Back The ball they attended at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on said the experience was “amazing” and she and her Local charities need Nov. 10 was among several throughout the country in partner heard “no negative responses whatsoever.” your help this honor of the Marine Corps’ 236th birthday. “My partner is the one in the Marine Corps, and she Thanksgiving. A few Lemmer, who has served in the Marine Corps for introduced me to everyone as her partner,” LaVoie said. ways you can help. more than 17 years and currently serves as a logistics chief, said the experience of bringing her partner to the CONTINUES ON PAGE 14 PAGE 38 02 • NOVEMBER 18, 2011 WASHINGTONBLADE.COM WASHINGTONBLADE.COM NOVEMBER 18, 2011 • 03 washingtonblade.com 04 • NOVEMBER 18, 2011 LOCAL NEWS since 1980. With Williams’ strong support, the City Council in 2004 passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage, becoming the fi rst jurisdiction in the state to adopt such a position. Earlier this year, Williams lobbied the Maryland Legislature in support of a same- sex marriage bill that passed in the state Senate but died in the House of Delegates. Williams told the Montgomery County Gazette in October that he plans to continue in his role as a strong advocate for a state same-sex marriage bill when the measures comes up before the legislature in 2012. LOU CHIBBARO JR. Trans activists to hold Day of Action, Remembrance Local transgender activists were scheduled to hold a protest outside D.C. police headquarters at 1 p.m. on Thursday (after Blade press time) and the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday at Metropolitan Community Church of Washington at 474 Ridge Street, N.W. Billed as a Transgender Day of Action, the protest at police headquarters at 300 Indian Ave., N.W., was aimed at highlighting what organizers say is a “culture of transphobia and homophobia that exists within the MPD [Metropolitan Police Department of D.C.], city government, and D.C.’s federally administered justice system.” A statement released by the recently formed D.C. coalition called TLGB Police Watch, which initiated the protest, says participants at the event planned to point out that police have failed to curtail a rash of violent assaults against — and murders of —transgender people in D.C. over the past several years. The statement notes that one in seven murders of transgender people in the U.S. takes place in D.C. and that D.C. police make arrests in just 20 percent of crimes against transgender residents compared to an 80 percent arrest rate for non-trans crime victims. “[W]e will take to the sidewalks and street to expose publicly this national shame to every American, and in this way also participate in remembering and honoring the many trans folk who have laid down their lives in the struggle for dignity and equality,” the statement says. “On their behalf, we will hand-deliver to our city and federal offi cials, including MPD, a set of specifi c, written demands with certain expectations signaling unrelenting public pressure until they take the serious, emergency measures this urgent crisis warrants,” the KIRBY KOLBY was named Miss Gay America giving Washington its second consecutive win. Last statement says. year’s winner was Coti Collins. The Transgender Day of Remembrance at the MCC Church on Sunday is part of a national commemoration of transgender victims of crime and violence, including murder, WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY that takes places in cities and states across the country. LOU CHIBBARO JR. D.C. triumphs in drag pageant Washington’s representative in the Miss Gay America pageant won again this year marking the second consecutive win for D.C. when Kirby Kolby (aka Mark Smith of Raleigh, N.C.) took the crown in the 41st Miss Gay America pageant, held last month in Police Log Columbus, Ohio. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit investigated the following incidents: D.C. usually fares well in the event. Last year, the D.C. titleholder, Coti Collins (aka David Lowman), also won. Kolby’s win gives the District its third national win in four years and marks the fi rst time the Miss Gay D.C. America crown holder has won the national • On Nov. 12 in the area around Dupont Circle and Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., event in two consecutive years. Victoria DePaula (Carl Glorioso), Miss Gay D.C. America a man reported that he was robbed. The suspect fl ed the area before the police 2008, won Miss Gay America in 2009. arrived. Kolby won all the preliminary awards in her group — male interview, solo talent, talent and evening gown. Kolby performed at Ziegfeld’s last weekend. Out-of-town contestants • On Nov. 12 in the 5000 block of Jay Street, N.E., members of the 6th District often represent the District in the annual event as there’s no residency requirement to be were called for a domestic violence assault. A woman stated that she was in an named Miss Gay D.C. argument with her girlfriend that escalated when the suspect pushed her to the JOEY DiGUGLIELMO ground and began scratching her and hitting her. The suspect was arrested on the scene. Gay mayor re-elected in Takoma Park • On Nov. 13 in the 1100 block of Howard Road, S.E., a man reported that while walking in the listed location, he was approached by two known suspects who Building contractor and longtime LGBT rights advocate Bruce Williams won election assaulted and robbed him of his property. The suspects then fl ed the scene. to a third two-year term as mayor of Takoma Park, Md., on Nov. 8 in an uncontested race. Williams was fi rst elected mayor of the suburban Washington, D.C. city in 2007. Prior to • On Nov. 11, a man reported that he was involved in a verbal argument with becoming mayor he served as an elected member of the Takoma Park City Council from his mother over house chores. The police were called. A report was taken 1994 until the time he took offi ce as mayor in January 2008. and resource agency information was provided. Williams became Maryland’s fi rst openly gay elected offi cial when he won his race for City Council in 1993. • On Nov. 9, two complainants reported that while in the 500 block of 13th Street, Takoma Park has a population of just under 17,000 people. City Clerk Jessie Carpenter N.W., two suspects started yelling homophobic epithets at them. One suspect said a full-time city manager runs the city’s day-to-day operations while the mayor, who is brandished a knife and the other threatened the victims with bodily harm. One a member of the City Council, and his six fellow Council members set policy and play an suspect was placed under arrest and charged with assault with a dangerous oversight role in the city’s management. weapon. A warrant for threats is pending for the other suspect’s arrest. Williams and his partner of 33 years, Geoffrey Burkhart, have lived in Takoma Park WASHINGTONBLADE.COM NOVEMBER 18, 2011 • 05 washingtonblade.com 06 • NOVEMBER 18, 2011 LOCAL NEWS Kameny honored at Capitol Hill memorial service ‘We have lost one of the great champions of truth’ By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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