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will use space at the Cen- tions of board officers to GLCCB Board to Reopen ter starting in April. be held in December. The Center served No December min- over 500 individuals in utes were reported as the October. Forty people at- meeting was converted Meetings After Hiatus tended a family-oriented to a board retreat. At that Halloween party. Nine- retreat the following offi- All past-due 990 ty-two cases were served cers were elected: Vanna By Bill Redmond-Palmer tax forms have been Center’s with case management Belton (vice president), The January 9th board meeting of the GL- submitted. Four of the back tax in the month of October, Kayla Tullis (secretary), CCB (Baltimore’s LGBT community center) five past due 990s were surpassing their goal of Lorena De Leon (treasur- was the first public session held since last filed late with $10,000 forms 75. Three new programs er), Chris Weis, (parlia- October’s annual meeting and town hall. worth of fines attached. began using space at the mentarian). The November meeting was not open to One fine has been for- filed and Center, including the Sis- December brought the public, and the December meeting was given so far. Several ters of Perpetual Indul- GLCCB’s North Charles an overall increase in held as a board of directors retreat. new grants have been $10K fine gence, City on the Rise, Street home people using the Center, The meeting commenced with the applied for; some ex- and Sexual Compulsive which hosted a successful reading of the minutes of the November isting grants have been forgiven Anonymous. Kwanzaa event in partnership with the board meeting, during which several new continued; and other The Board discussed reactivating the Center for Black Equity and the Black people joined the board, including Vanna new grants have been awarded. LGBT Leadership Council and considered Men’s Exchange. A record 116 people Belton, Lorena De Leon, Merrick Moses, A new partnership with the Johns adding certain people to that group. received direct services at the Center. and Anthony McCarthy. Hopkins Syphilis Reduction Program Nominations were accepted for elec- —continued on page 4

By Bill Redmond-Palmer received a few exciting applications. We Baltimore OUTloud reached out to GL- did not want to end 2017 without substan- CCB board president, Jabari Lyles, tial momentum from the board. We knew to talk about controversy over closed we did not have enough time to hold the ‘Out of board meetings, the ap- meeting as well as have pointment of new board- time for the board to mesh members, and the election Closed-door and get to work before the of officers. meetings and start of 2018, so, we decid- Bill Redmond-Palmer: ed to morph the November Necessity’ Recent board decisions behind-scenes meeting into an onboarding appear to conflict with and orientation meeting as Why was the December meeting can- the level of transparen- elevation of well. The new members also celed? cy the GLCCB has of- new members wanted more time to deeply Having a retreat instead of the Decem- ten stated that it strives learn about the organization ber meeting was also a decision made out for. Why did the board needed for a and “practice” running meet- of necessity. We knew we could get more choose to close the No- ings before we did so in front done at a day-long Saturday meeting in vember board meeting strong board, of the public. We want, and we December, and knew it was difficult to ask to the public? says GLCCB’s know our community wants, a folks to spend extra time during a month of Jabari Lyles: As most strong, thriving GLCCB, which holidays, etc. We wanted to take the time folks know, we had been Jabari Lyles starts with a strong board. We necessary to mesh as a group and prepare recruiting new board- thought the best way to set us new members, so the community would members for most of the year. up for success would be to save some time be pleased when we introduce a new, full Right before board in 2018. We discussed the public per- Jabari Lyles, and merge the meetings. We expected our GLCCB the November community would understand the dire need ception but hoped we had gained enough President meeting, we for this extra time for our board to grow. —continued on page 3 Chase Brexton & Co-Publishers Jim Becker • Jim Williams [email protected]

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GLCCB Board to Reopen Meetings After munity. We are proud to play a small role in ty including orientation, race, age, and so- that work.” cio-economic status. While gender and gen- —continued from page 1 board meeting. This year, $42,800 went to Baltimore der-identity are not currently mentioned, this TAG, the Transgender Action Group, of- The board discussed Hiatus area groups, including AIDS Action Bal- will doubtless be raised as another factor ficially ended. The Baltimore City Health De- development of an annual report, what it timore, Free State Justice, the GLCCB, related to inclusion. partment will put out a request for proposals should include, and a production budget. HopeSprings, Mid-Atlantic Deaf & Interpret- Twelve members of the commission are for a similar program. The Center is current- A request was made for the board to re- er Fund, PFLAG Columbia-Howard Coun- appointed directly by the mayor and three ly developing a similar program under the institute quarterly board reports. Discussion ties, and PFLAG Westminster. are recommended by the city council pres- Trans Baltimore program. The person cur- of what to include will be held on a future BHT also presented four annual com- ident. Members will serve terms concurrent rently working with TAG will be contracted to date. munity service awards. These included the with the mayor’s term in office and may be help with trans access. Staff leadership is conducting an anal- Anthony J. Bachrach Award for Outstand- reappointed. Volunteer orientation meetings are being ysis of current Center programming includ- ing Service, given to Baltimore’s own Rik To be considered to serve on the com- held on the second Tuesday of each month. ing feedback from program facilitators, key Newton-Treadway; the Billy Collison Award, mission, apply online at Mayor.baltimoreci- In partnership with Johns Hopkins Univer- stakeholders, and a community survey to given to a grantee, presented to the Latino ty.gov/lgbtq-commission, where you will be sity, the school will provide the Center with identify gaps. This process will feed into a GLBT History Project in DC; the George expected to submit a resume and a recent an undergraduate student. The Community new strategic plan, and the time frame for Dodson Business Award, given to a business photograph. The deadline to apply is Febru- Law Center has provided pro bono legal ser- the previous plan has expired. supportive of the community, presented to ary 23rd. t vices to their first client in partnership with For more details about this meeting, and the Baltimore Eagle, for a second time; and – Bill Redmond-Palmer the Center. explanations of some of the irregularities in the Founders Award, given to a non-profit, The Center is on track to file its 2017 tax this and prior meetings, see the adjacent in- presented to the Wanda Alston Foundation return on time. All of the $10,000 in IRS pen- terview with GLCCB board president Jabari for its work with the homeless LGBTQ youth alties have been forgiven. Additional grants Lyles. population in DC. were awarded to the Center. The next board meeting is planned for “Our community has some great unsung ‘Ride for the The board formally activated the fi- February 13th at 6:30 pm at the GLCCB legends who for years have gone about their nance and audit committees separately, (2530 North Charles Street, third floor). t days working for the betterment of LGBTQ to be chaired by the treasurer. As no audit people,” said McCarty. “None of us are in Feast’ Updates has been conducted in at least five years or this for self-aggrandizement, and we believe more, the treasurer is seeking an outside it is vital to recognize folks and groups we audit, possibly with the Maryland Office of collectively feel are worthy of recognition.” t This year’s Ride for the Feast, Moveable the Attorney General. The new treasurer will – Bill Redmond-Palmer Feast’s annual fundraiser, will take place on resume presenting a monthly treasurer’s re- May 12th and 13th. Plans and registration port. BHT Awards are well under way. The board discussed a potential target Registration fees for the ride have offi- number of boardmembers, tabling the dis- cially increased this year. The cost to sign cussion pending further consideration. They $75k in Grants Mayor’s LGBTQ up for a returning rider is $120, and $135 for will develop a list of specialties the board is new riders. Sign up at Movefe.convio.net/ still looking for. site/TR?fr_id=1090&pg=entry. At least two new boardmember appli- On January 20th at the Baltimore Eagle, Commission If you’re a new rider or someone who cations have been submitted. The board Brother Help Thyself (BHT) presented its wants to improve your skills at fundrais- agreed that initial contact with applicants annual grant awards to 34 non-profit groups ing from friends and associates, attend the should be within one week. Applications serving the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communi- Announced next fundraising and website orientation should be circulated to solicit input from all ties in the Greater Baltimore/Washington, on Saturday, February 10th from 11 am to boardmembers. Recently Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh noon, at Moveable Feast (901 North Milton Most co-chair positions on the 2018 announced the formation of the long-awaited Avenue, Baltimore). The orientation will be Pride Committee have been filled. All mem- Mayoral LGBTQ Commission, fulfilling one very casual and feature great tips and tricks bers and subcommittee members will sign of her campaign promises she made to the on how to effectively fundraise for the ride a non-disclosure agreement. All Pride vol- LGBTQ Community during her bid for mayor and an overview of how to use the website. If unteers will be expected to follow a new D.C. region. This year’s awards, totaling in 2016. you’ve never been to Moveable Feast, there statement of values. The Pride theme will be $75,000, brings the grand total of grants The commission was officially constitut- will also be a short tour of their newly reno- “United We Shine.” awarded since BHT’s incorporation in 1978 ed by a mayorial executive order. The charge vated facility. t The board expects the bylaws committee to almost $3.2 million. of the Baltimore City LGBTQ Commission – Bill Redmond-Palmer to present a draft of bylaws for discussion Mayor Catherine Pugh and Jeffrey Hitt of will be to advise the mayor, city council, and by the board at the February board meeting. the Maryland Department of Health, offered city agencies about issues of concern affect- The program committee was reactivated. greetings to those attending on behalf of the ing the community, recommend policies and The board acknowledged the need to include residents of Baltimore. legislation, bring the LGBTQ communities non-board community members as part of its “The story here isn’t that BHT gave out and the larger Baltimore community together committees, to help shoulder the work, and $75,000 today,” said Andrew McCarty, grant through long-range projects, and ensure that to ensure transparency and broader input. reception chairman. “The story here is that in city agencies fairly and equitably address A meeting of the proposed Center Lead- the era we find ourselves in today, where our relevant issues. ership Council was held. The goal of that freedoms and rights, and healthcare choices The commission will consist of 15 mem- council is to develop a strategic coordinated are being threatened, these 34 non-profits, bers who must be residents of Baltimore plan for the entire city. The board will present with our help, are out there each and every City. The composition of the commission a plan for constituting the long-anticipated day fighting to preserve and defend those is expected to, according to the executive Center Advisory Committee, at the February rights and freedoms in support of our com- order, reflect the diversity of the communi- 4 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com In adults with HIV on ART who have diarrhea not caused by an infection

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compiled by Jim Becker zema, CEO of The Harris Poll, said the 1960s college LGBT community has been “an unseen ca- Poll shows sualty of a tumultuous year.” (Dallas Voice free speech at Dallasvoice.com – Dallasvoice.com/ support for glaad-poll-acceptance-lgbt-people-drop- movement LGBT people in ping-10248595.html) replaced by US is dropping intolerance Police break up Davos, Switzerland – The Gay and Boston – Cathy Young wrote in the Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation an- banned LGBT Boston Globe on January 26th that “the nounced on January 25th the findings of defense of free speech has always been Ye olden days its fourth annual Accelerating Acceptance demonstration a bedrock bipartisan principle. So it’s un- report – and the news is not good. The usual to hear a veteran liberal politician “Opposing bigotry and injustice are noble report is a national survey of more than in Tunisia excuse campus outrage squads that shout goals; but the social justice movement, on 2,100 adults in the US, conducted for down dissent. But that’s exactly what for- and off campus, goes far beyond that. It la- GLAAD by The Harris Poll. GLAAD offi- Tunis, Tunisia – An LGBT group mer Vermont governor and Democratic Na- bels people by identity, creating a hierarchy cials announced the results during a panel demonstrated on January 27th to demand tional Committee head Howard Dean did in which being ‘marginalized’ confers status discussion the organization co-hosted with the repeal of regressive laws and to put an in a recent appearance – and his embrace while being ‘privileged’ brings shame. More- end to the criminalization of sexual free- of the campus left reveals a lot about the over, given its focus on changing ‘wrong’ at- dom.But police officers in civilian clothes nation’s current cultural moment. On a titudes, is almost by definition hostile to free broke up the demonstration in the Tuni- panel at Kenyon College last month, Dean speech: dissent, even counterargument, sian capital. The activists had decided to brought up a notorious incident at Yale two becomes ‘microaggression’ or ‘discursive go forward with the event even after their years before. In 2015, lecturer and resi- violence.’ Among other things, this trend is demonstration was banned by the interior dence hall co-supervisor Erika Christakis evident in the recent conflicts over #MeToo, ministry for their “own security.” had set off protests with an email defend- the movement against sexual abuse. As the Since Tunisia’s 2011 uprising which led to ing students’ freedom to wear Halloween list of accused men has grown, even vet- the Arab Spring, LGBT activists have made costumes – such as ones based on the eran feminists, such as Harvard law pro- themselves known. Still, despite this, ho- Chinese-inspired cartoon character Mulan fessor Elizabeth Bartholet have criticized the Ariadne Getty Foundation at the World mosexual practices are still punished in the – that some may find culturally insensitive. A the movement for equating accusation with Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. country with up to three years imprisonment. viral video showed protesters mobbing and guilt and boorish come-ons with rape. The GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis The January 27th protest was orga- berating her husband, Professor Nicholas call to ‘believe women’ – instead of waiting noted that, for the first time in the report’s nized by Association of Free Thinkers and Christakis. Dean caricatured Erika Chris- for evidence and due process – was a cam- history, the survey showed a drop in ac- supported by the Shams association, which takis’s thoughtful, sensitive letter as an ugly pus protest slogan before #MeToo adopted ceptance of LGBT people. “In the past campaigns for the decriminalization of ho- screed and the protesters as well-behaved, it. Is the doctrinaire left as dangerous to year, there has been a swift and alarming mosexuality in Tunisia. A dozen protesters despite their screaming and bullying. That liberal democracy as the unified rule of the erosion of acceptance which can only be an academic became a target of red-hot right? Certainly, the Trump-era Republican fought by being visible and vocal,” Ellis rage for challenging progressive dogma on Party has the potential to do grave damage said. “This report puts numbers to the bias cultural appropriation did not seem to bother to democratic institutions and is already that too many LGBT Americans have re- him in the least. damaging liberal norms. But the academic cently experienced.” Ellis said GLAAD is “For some time, a fixation on identi- left’s hostility to these norms should not be “fighting the rollback.” ty politics, a culture of reflexive outrage, discounted, and its influence over progres- According to the survey, conducted and a scorched-earth approach to trivial sive and Democratic dogma is only growing. online November 16th to 20th, less than transgressions have been all hallmarks (This is a much abridged opinion piece by half of non-LGBT adults – 49% – reported of student activism and academic radical- Cathy Young, a columnist at Newsday and being “very” or “somewhat” comfortable ism. They are now becoming increasingly a contributing editor at Reason. The article with LGBT people across seven situations Huddling for cover in Tunisia evident in American life as a whole. In the appeared in the Boston Globe. Follow her – a significant decline from 53% last year. name of defending women and ethnic and on Twitter @CathyYoung63 The survey also found that 55% of LGBT were forcibly removed by plain-clothed offi- sexual minorities – all reasonable goals – adults reported experiencing discrimina- cers upon announcing their rejection of the progressives on and off campus are taking tion because of sexual orientation or gen- ban and displaying a sign calling for a sec- illiberal stances that polarize society, put a These news notes have been compiled, der identity an 11-point increase from 44% ular state, as well as a rainbow flag. Earlier chill on free speech, and erode respect for with permission, from the online version the previous year. There was a decline in in January the country had its first LGBT due process. Not long ago, tropes such as of various newspapers and other web non-LGBT adults’ comfortability around film festival. The four-day event was orga- “white privilege” or “rape culture,” which re- sites. We thank these publications for LGBT people, particularly in more per- nized by Mawjoudin, Arabic for ‘We Exist,’ duce a vast range of social dynamics to rac- allowing us to bring you their news sto- sonal situations. Compared to last year’s an LGBT non-profit in the region. In De- ism and misogyny, were seldom heard out- ries. Usually the reports have been sig- results, significantly more respondents cember 2017, Shams Rad, the first LGBT side the radical wing of the academy; today, nificantly edited and you can read the noted that they would be uncomfortable web radio station in the Arab world, made they’ve joined the mainstream. The term full story by going to the web site men- tioned following the item. Comments learning a family member is LBGTQ (30% its debut despite threats. (Gay Star News “microaggression,” describing statements are strictly the opinions of Jim Becker vs. 27% ), having their child’s teacher be – Rafaella Gunz at Gaystarnews.com/ar- and acts deemed unintentionally prejudiced, and not of Baltimore OUTloud or Pride LGBT (31% vs. 28% ), and learning their ticle/police-break-banned-LGBT-demon- now shows up without explanation even in Media. doctor is LGBT (31% vs. 28% ). John Ger- stration-tunisia/#gs.2WN8Q74) business publications.

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been working here for 20 years and this is the first time it has happened, said the campus manager. What a shame! We in- vest so much for these young people, and Accused killer that’s how they behave.” Here’s the link: Youtu.be/AjBuk-onVWM of gay, Jewish No wonder the official outrage when in Blaze Bernstein, dead; Samuel Woodward, Russia, Vladimir Putin’s law against “ho- student may be accused killer mosexual propaganda” forbids anyone to evoke, represent, or even speak of homo- a neo-Nazi the HuffPost & Propublica – Yahoo.com/ sexuality in public. But the homo-eroticism news/suspect-murder-student-blaze-ber- that emerges from the video is unmistak- Quentin Esme Orange County, California – The man nstein-231422245.html & Propublica.org/ able. And faced with the wave of support Brown and Peter suspected of murdering Blaze Bernstein, article/california-murder-suspect-atom- received by students, especially on social Cary Peterson a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania waffen-division-extremist-hate-group) media, the governor of the Ulyanovsk re- student from Orange County, told police he gion, Sergei Morozov, has recommended believed the victim had been hitting on him, to the school’s director that the students face reality, the more we can see that there according to a court document obtained by not be expelled. Are we witnessing a gen- is no right or wrong.” “We did this because a local newspaper. Samuel Lincoln Wood- Crypto-gay eration conflict? After the aviation cadets, we wanted to finalize our commitment ward, a 20-year-old who had attended high agronomy students, medical students, stu- to each other as life partners and best school with Bernstein, was arrested Jan- dance video dents from the National Fire Institute, or friends,” Peterson wrote on Instagram. uary 12th on suspicion of homicide after apprentice riders followed suit, renaming Susan Pease Gadoua, a licensed ther- DNA evidence linked him to Bernstein’s of Russian their videos the “Satisfaction Challenge.” apist and co-author of The New “I Do,” has death, Associated Press reported. “Blaze Even more surprising, a petition titled yet to meet anyone else with this kind of was on a path to repair our world and it is students causes “Against the Expulsion of the Ulyanovsk marriage, but she says it fits in with the a moral imperative that we all take steps Cadets” and signed by more than 60,000 way she sees many people deciding to now to make sure that his dream is real- stir people has been published. (Tetu – Adrien change the rules to suit their relationship ized,” the Bernstein family said in a state- Naselli at http://tetu.com/2018/01/22/ needs. Gadoua suggests that there are ment. Ulyanovsk, Russia – The broadcast rebellion-ces-etudiants-russes-vires-de- several different types of marriage that can Text messages reviewed by investiga- by first year Russian aviation students of leur-ecole-recoivent-le-soutien-dautres- work for people. A “parenting marriage,” for tors indicated Bernstein had discussed his their crypto-gay YouTube video to the song etudiants) instance, can be between two people who previous interaction with Woodward with Satisfaction by Benny Benassi has been aren’t romantically involved but who want friends, according to the Register. Wood- met with displeasure by the schools lead- to start a family together, or it can be the ward was going to “hit on me,” Bernstein ers. However, the students have received next step in a marriage that was once ro- reportedly said in one text conversation. the support of their comrades from other Married to mantic but isn’t anymore. “Basically, rather “He made me promise not to tell anyone … universities, who have decided to imitate than being an emotion-based marriage, it’s but I have texted every one, uh oh.” Ac- them! soulmate; no sex a purpose-driven marriage, which is kind cording to a search warrant affidavit ob- This small video posted on YouTube of a throwback to how we used to marry tained by the Register, Woodward had is more powerful than it looks. Initially required before the industrial revolution,” Gadoua clenched fists as he claimed Bernstein had broadcast in the fall by the students of the explains. t (Yahoo News – Sabrina Ro- kissed him on the lips during their time to- Institute of Civil Aviation of Ulyanovsk, it Las Vegas – When New York social- jas Weiss at Yahoo.com/lifestyle/tiffany- gether that night. He told investigators that went so viral that in the month of January ites Quentin Esme Brown and Peter Cary trumps-friends-just-entered-sexless-mar- he pushed Bernstein away and “wanted to it landed on the school director’s screen. Peterson got hitched in Las Vegas over riage-isnt-terrible-idea-225542180.html) tell Blaze to get off of him.” By calling for an investigation and threat- the weekend of January 13th in front of a The 16-page affidavit suggested Wood- ening to expel the 14 students for posting small group of friends – including Tiffany ward was known at his former high school the video of them dancing in underpants to Trump, who acted as the flower girl – they for having conservative political beliefs Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction,” the Rus- knew that people would make some as- and often made his love of the Bible and sian Federation of Air Transport unleashed sumptions. Either they were madly in love guns known through his social media posts, a mini-societal revolution in Russia. “I’ve or drunk, right? In reality, the best friends the Register reported. Now according to said they were neither. They’re planning Propublica, friends say he was a member to make theirs a sexless, open marriage, of the Atomwaffen Division, an armed Fas- they explained, and this actually sounds cist group with the ultimate aim of over- like a pretty wise idea to relationship ex- throwing the US government through the perts. use of terrorism and guerrilla warfare that “He has always been my soulmate in has been tied to four other murders and every sense of the word and we felt mu- an elaborate bomb plot over the past eight tually that Vegas was the place to finalize months. Bernstein’s mother, Jeanne Pep- our commitment to partnership,” Brown per Bernstein, told the Los Angeles Times explained on Instagram. “Peter and I are this month that she had long been afraid not romantically involved – in fact we are for her son’s safety. “I’m concerned about still dating others and will continue to seek the fact that he is Jewish,” she said. “I’m love in all forms – we are just each oth- concerned with the fact that he is gay or Russian aviation students show they have er’s hearts and wish to begin our journey the fact that he is small.” (Yahoo News, the Right Stuff towards evolution, because the more we BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 7 VoiceVoice ofof thethe CenterCenter Program Announcements beat environment. The classes offer moderate unteers are required to participate in an orien- exercises that focus on cardio, strength train- tation prior to serving in a volunteer capacity. By: Jennifer Eden Did you know that our board meetings ing using one’s own body weight, and toning. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities are open to the public? The GLCCB Board of Participants will also use dumbbell weights at the center, from administrative support to The GLCCB’s program schedule is full of Directors Meetings are held here at the cen- and a yoga mat for various exercises to tar- event execution. Learn more on Tuesday, meetings and activities to fill a wide range of ter on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. The get areas of the body such as the abs, glut February 27th at 6:30pm and every 4th Tues- social, emotional, and educational needs. The community is invited to attend these meetings muscles, arms, and legs. Class begins with a day thereafter. center has some exciting new and returning and share their opinions on the issues that warm-up and ends with a relaxing cool down Trans Baltimore is back after a brief hi- programs for the community starting in Feb- affect Baltimore’s LGBTQ and SGL commu- and stretching. Come workout at the GLCCB atus. This social and emotional support group ruary. nities. The next meeting will be held on Tues- starting on Tuesday, February 13th at 6:30pm. for trans, gender-nonconforming, and non-bi- Our Teen Art Group is back after MICA’s day, February 13th at 6:30pm. If you are interested in volunteering with nary folk hold meeting with a different theme winter break. Student facilitators lead youth On the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of February at the GLCCB, you can learn more about vol- each time on the first and third Wednesdays ages 13 to 19 through guided visual art activi- and March, the GLCCB will be home to Kalos unteer opportunities at our New Volunteer of each month from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The ties. The group meets every Tuesday evening Fitness Indoor Bootcamp. Class sessions Orientation. In order to preserve the stan- next meeting will be on February 7th. Trans from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. include callisthenic workouts in a fun and up- dards embodied by the center’s staff, all vol- Night Outreach will also be resuming on Fri-

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Events Calendar: February 2018 Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays 02/07 02/02 02/03 02/04 02/05 02/06 Free & Confidential HIV Testing 02/08 Crystal Meth Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Drop-in Case Management Teen Art Group 6:30pm-8:30pm Front Office Youth Against Oppression [CMA] 5:00pm-8:00pm Lobby/ 11:00am-1:00pm Room 3 10:00am-6:00pm 5:30pm-7:30pm Room 2 Baltimore Pride Planning Com- 4:30pm-6:30pm Room 3 6:30pm-8:30pm Room 1 Lounge mittee Meeting Gentle Mindful Yoga Giovanni’s Room Poetry Family Game Night Giovanni’s Room Open 6:30pm – 8:30pm Conf. Room 02/10 3:30pm-4:45pm ($10) Room 3 02/12 Workshop 6:30pm-9:30pm Lobby/ Mic Featuring Amir Kahdar The Mankind Project 6:30pm-8:30pm ($5) Lounge 7:00pm-10:00pm Room SensualiTEASE 02/11 Drop-in Case Management Conf. Room 6:30pm-8:30pm Room 1 3 ($5) 1:00pm-4:00pm 10:00am-6:00pm Get SMART with iCHAT Narcotics Anonymous TransBaltimore SILhouette 6:00pm-8:00pm Conf. Room (Tickets available through 11:00am-1:00pm Room 3 7:30pm-9:30pm Room 3 02/09 Eventbee) 7:30pm-9:30pm Room 3 Art Rising Open Mic Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Gentle Mindful Yoga 7:00pm-10:00pm ($5) Room 3 Breaking Bread Project Alcoholics Anonymous 7:00p-8:00pm Room 2 3:30pm-4:45pm ($10) 02/13 6:30pm – 10:00pm Room 3 5:00pm-8:00pm Sistahs of Pride Room 3 Teen Art Group 02/14 Lobby/Lounge 7:00pm-9:00pm Room 1 02/16 5:30pm-7:30pm Lobby/ Free & Confidential HIV Testing 50 Shades of Gay Lounge 6:30pm-8:30pm Front Office 02/15 (Sponsored by Total Board of Directors The Mankind Project Youth Against Oppression Health Care) Meeting 4:30pm-7:00pm Room 3 6:30pm-8:30pm Room 1 7:00pm-9:00pm Room 3 6:30pm-8:30pm Room 2 Sexual Compulsives Anonymous Peculiar Blerd League Kalos Fitness Indoor 7:00p-8:00pm Conf. Room 6:00pm-9:00pm Room 3 Bootcamp Baltimore Trans Masculine 6:30pm-7:30pm Room 3 Healing BMore Activists Alliance ($10) 6:30pm-8:30pm Room 3 6:30pm-9:00pm Room 2 day, February 23rd to provide resources and change-makers, and social justice warriors. safer sex tools to transgender sex workers in The healing spaces are free and will include the Charles Village area. We need volunteers food and support for transportation. The first to assist with this initiative on the 4th Friday of of four sessions will take place on Wednes- every month. day, February 14th at 6:30pm. Healing BMore Activists is a partner- If you’re looking for a place to hold your ship between Kindred Wellness and the GL- meeting or event, look no further than the GL- CCB. Kindred Wellness is an integrative prac- CCB. We offer free space for initiatives that tice dedicated to honoring culture, expanding serve Baltimore LGBTQ and SGL communi- mindfulness, and holding sacred space that ties. For private events like birthday parties empowers women, girls & families of color and closed meetings, we offer reasonable to heal themselves. Healing BMore Activists rental rates for our three program rooms. For is an Elevation Award sponsored initiative of more information on rentals or our current Kindred Wellness with the goal of providing programs, call the GLCCB at 410-777-8145 healing spaces for Baltimore’s Black activists, or email [email protected].

Baltimore Pride 2018 Theme – United We Shine By: Mimi Demissew

The 2018 Baltimore Pride theme is “United We Shine.” This year we asked the community to help us decide what the theme should be for the 2018 Baltimore Pride celebration. First we asked for submissions and after receiving a few, the Baltimore Pride Planning Committee added a few more suggestions to give the community more options from which to choose. We shared all of the theme ideas with the community and let the community decide. After a week of polling, the community overwhelmingly chose “United We Shine.” “United We Shine” is the official 2018 Baltimore Pride theme. This theme was generated from a community member’s theme submission. As a result this year’s theme submission winner is Vina Lockhart. As the winner of this year’s contest, Vina will get to join the pa- rade with our King and Queen of Pride. The GLCCB and Pride Committee are very happy to congratulate Vina.

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“entitlement,” “diversity,” July 26th: Trump an- March 13th: HHS announced that its “fetus,” “evidence-based,” nounced, via Twitter, that national survey of older adults, and the ser- and “science-based” in offi- “the US Government vices they need, would no longer collect in- cial documents. will not accept or allow formation on LGBT participants. HHS initially October 6th: Jus- transgender individuals falsely claimed in its Federal Register an- Pointing tice Department released to serve in any capacity nouncement that it was making “no chang- it Out a sweeping “license to dis- in the US Military.” es” to the survey. By Sage Piper criminate” allowing federal July 26th: Justice March 13th: State Department an- agencies, government con- Department filed a le- nounced the official US delegation to the tractors, government grant- gal brief on behalf of UN’s 61st annual Commission on the Sta- ees, and even private busi- the US in the US Court of Appeals tus of Women conference would include two Actions Louder nesses to engage in illegal discrimination, for the Second Circuit, arguing that the outspoken anti-LGBT organizations, includ- as long as they can cite religious reasons 1964 Civil Rights Act does not prohibit dis- ing a representative of the Center for Family Than Words for doing so. crimination based on sexual orientation or, and Human Rights (C-FAM): an organization As we commiserate on one whole unbeliev- October 5th: Justice Department re- implicitly, gender identity. designated as a hate group by the Southern able and horrific year under this homopho- leased a memo instructing Department of June 14th: Education Department with- Poverty Law Center. bic administration, it is vital that we know Justice attorneys to take the legal position drew its finding that an Ohio school district March 10th: HUD announced it would exactly what we are up against. The follow- that federal law does not protect transgen- discriminated against a transgender girl. withdraw two important agency-proposed ing is a list of anti-LGBT and anti-transgen- der workers from discrimination. The Department gave no explanation for policies designed to protect LGBT people der actions from the Trump-Pence adminis- September 7th: Justice Depart- withdrawing the finding, which a federal experiencing homelessness. tration. We Must Resist, resist, resist: ment filed a legal brief on behalf of the US judge upheld. One proposed policy would January 18th, 2018: The Department of in the Supreme Court, arguing for a consti- May 2nd: HHS announced have required HUD-funded emer- Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil tutional right for businesses to discriminate a plan to roll back regulations Trump gency shelters to put up a poster Rights opened a “Conscience and Religious on the basis of sexual orientation and, im- interpreting the Affordable Care or “notice” to residents of their Freedom Division” that will promote discrimi- plicitly, gender identity. Act’s nondiscrimination provi- & Pence right to be free from anti-LGBT nation by health care providers who can cite August 25th: Trump released a memo sions to protect transgender threaten discrimination under HUD regula- religious or moral reasons for denying care. directing Defense Department to move for- people. tions. December 14th: Staff at the Centers for ward with developing a plan to discharge April 14th: Justice Depart- our survival The other announced a sur- Disease Control and Prevention instruct- transgender military service members and ment abandoned its historic vey to evaluate the impact of the ed not to use the “transgender,” “vulnerable,” to maintain a ban on recruitment. lawsuit challenging North Car- every day LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Pre- olina’s anti-transgender law. It vention Initiative, implemented did so after North Carolina re- by HUD and other agencies over placed HB2 with a different anti-transgender the last three years. This multi-year project law known as “HB 2.0.” should be evaluated, and with this withdraw- April 4th: Justice and Labor Depart- al, we may never learn what worked best in ments cancelled quarterly conference calls the project to help homeless LGBTQ youth. with LGBT organizations; on these calls, March 8th: HHS removed demographic which have happened for years, government questions about LGBT people that Centers attorneys share information on employment for Independent Living must fill out each laws and cases. year in their Annual Program Performance March 31: Justice Department an- Report. This report helps HHS evaluate pro- nounced it would review (and likely seek to grams that serve people with disabilities. scale back) numerous civil rights settlement March 2nd: Justice Department aban- agreements with police departments. These doned its request for a preliminary injunction settlements were put in places where police against North Carolina’s anti-transgender departments were determined to be engag- House Bill 2, which prevented North Caro- ing in discriminatory and abusive policing, lina from enforcing HB 2. This was an early including racial and other profiling. Many sign that the administration was giving up of these agreements include critical protec- defending trans people (later, on April 14, it tions for LGBT people. withdrew the lawsuit completely). March: Department of Housing and Ur- March 1st: Justice Department took the ban Development (HUD) removed links to highly unusual step of declining to appeal four key resource documents from its web- a nationwide preliminary court order tempo- site, which informed emergency shelters on rarily halting enforcement of the Affordable best practices for serving transgender peo- Care Act’s nondiscrimination protections for ple facing homelessness and complying with transgender people. The injunction prevents HUD regulations. HHS from taking any action to enforce trans March 28th: Census Bureau retracted a people’s rights from health care discrimination. proposal to collect demographic information February 22nd, 2017: Departments of on LGBT people in the 2020 Census. Justice and Education withdrew landmark March 24th: Justice Department can- 2016 guidance explaining how schools must celled a long-planned National Institute of protect transgender students under the fed- Corrections broadcast on “Transgender Per- eral Title IX law. – Transequality.org/the-dis- sons in Custody: The Legal Landscape.” crimination-administration. t

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play’s behind-the-scenes peek at gay men in their natural habitat was fascinating to audiences and greeted with enthusiasm My Fabulous from the gay community. Yes, they were maladjusted, self-hating fags, but they Disease were our maladjusted, self-hating fags. By Mark S. King But in 1969, as the movie version was being filmed only blocks from the Stone- wall bar, a riot occurred at the club in re- Why Are We Still sponse to constant police harassment. The modern gay rights movement was born. Haunted by Seemingly overnight, New York gays stood up for themselves and demanded some re- The Boys in the spect – from others and, more important- ly, from themselves. By the time the film Band ? version of The Boys in the Band opened The cast of the in 1970, the story and its troubled char- 2018 Broadway revival When I was 15 years old in the mid-1970s, acters felt like a politically incorrect relic. perplexed fashion star Christian Siriano. reotypes, no of The Boys in the Band., I couldn’t wait to attend a local communi- We wanted nothing to do with these old, “Honey, I’ve got dresses to make!” matter how many produced by Ryan ty theater production of The Boys in the bitter friends anymore. They didn’t reflect The Boys in the Band has become a times we revisit Murphy. credit: Polk PR Band. I was intrigued by the play’s dark and our “pride.” litmus test for how you view our ability to the movie. mysterious reputation and had heard that In the insightful and melancholy docu- love ourselves. The boys continue to re- What has it included a lot of homosexuality (funny mentary, Making the Boys, the remarkable changed, for better and for worse, is us. t how that word isn’t used much anymore). It “By the time The Boys This is a revised version of a piece that sounded in the Band opened in appeared on “My Fabulous Disease” on June 21st, 2011. 1970, the story and its troubled characters felt like a politically incorrect relic.”

verberate and reflect our attitudes and trib- ulations as gay men, including our experi- ence of the AIDS crisis. Watching the original film today, I’m struck with an odd compulsion. I see these characters laughing and bitching, and I want to reach through the screen and shake them and warn them, to tell them about something coming, something too awful to describe, of a plague they can’t The cast of the original journey of the possibly comprehend that is coming to kill We offer a 20% off like exactly what stage production and film groundbreaking them all. discount for all area this budding young queer needed: some version of The Boys in the play and mov- Indeed, near the end of Making the lessons about the yellow brick road ahead. Bandi ie adaptation is Boys, we’re shown photos of the actors students with valid student ID. I didn’t like what I saw. The characters, discussed by who played these iconic characters we Tuesday-Thursday a group of gay men celebrating a birthday, playwright Mart loved and then hated and then, finally, from open to 4 p.m. were mean and sad and angry with one Crowley and a simply accepted. And listed under each another. And they were all presented like host of gay cultural voices, old and new. of the actors’ names is the year he died weird, exotic animals, bitching and crying Opinions about the show vary wildly, of AIDS: 1984, 1985, 1988. On and on it Any first time client for the lascivious thrill of a very shocked as evidenced by the interviews in the doc- goes, through what appears to be a major- audience in Shreveport, Louisiana. I left umentary. Gay playwright Edward Albee ity of the cast. 20% off also the show feeling terribly disenchanted, (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”) always The moment brings about such emo- fearing my life was destined to be drunken hated the show. The surviving actors (the tional confusion, of regret and interrupted 2801 Huntingdon Ave. and pathetic. theatrical cast all recreated their roles for affections. It’s like hearing of a death of a Baltimore, MD ~ 21211 It was the theatrical opposite of an It the film) staunchly defend the humanity of long lost friend with whom you had a trou- Phone: 410.646.8115 Gets Better video. their characters. And younger gays inter- bled relationship. www.fringebaltimore.com When The Boys in the Band opened viewed about the show have no idea what Our boys continue to live on through the off-Broadway in 1968, homosexuality was the hell we’re talking about. “I don’t really film, performing their roles on that screen still classified as a mental illness. The know about any boys in the band,” chirps exactly the same way, defiant in their ste-

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seem to be a number of books and arti- crimination for all minority groups. Once cles written about gratitude, happiness, the genie is out of the bottle, it is hard to Ask mindfulness, joy, balance in life and work put it back, although we do see attempts to The Law and having an open mind. Inner peace do just that with environmental issues and Dr. J and bigotry do not coexist. A quick search voting rights. & You on Google comes up with 212 books on Let’s keep on watching each other’s Atty. Valerie E. Anias Janan Broadbent, Ph.D. happiness. So I do think there is reason backs and support treating each other with to be optimistic, that just as the pendu- care, love, and respect. This tide will turn. lum swings one way, it will start to go the It took a lot of our brothers and sisters to Types of Backlash! other way as well. I find comfort and hope bring about the change in attitudes and be- in the Women’s Marches and the general liefs about the LGBTQ community. We now Divorce resistance to going back to times of dis- have to protect those rights. t If you’re into social media, if you watch There are two types of grounds for divorce: any TV, or even when you overhear others grounds based on a fault and no fault. talking, it is impossible not to notice that Hearts & Ears, Inc. Grounds based on fault may permit a party to in this past year, quite a number of peo- is a non-profit organization for Gay, obtain an absolute divorce within 12 months ple have become more open in expressing Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and could serve as a factor considered by beliefs and opinions that would be consid- Intersex and Questioning individuals the court in determining alimony or a marital ered hostile, bigoted and just plain rude. award. There are two no-fault grounds for di- There was a time when a person would with mental health issues vorce. The most feel shame if they were caught in a lie. No and concerns. common is a The many more... 12-month sep- Last May, Omar G. Encarnacion wrote We warmly welcome all sexual and aration, which ways in Foreign Affairs (Foreignaffairs.com/arti- Wellness and gender minorities. means that the cles/2017-05-02/global-backlash-against- Recovery Center Sun. through Tues. Closed parties have of breaking up gay-rights) that “No revolution worth its Wed. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m lived separate salt comes without pushback.” He states 611 PARK AVENUE SUITE A BALTIMORE, MD 21201 • 410-523-1694 and apart without resuming cohabitation for that in Western Europe and the Americas, heartsandears.org at least a period of 12 months. The second this backlash could be efforts to intimidate no-fault ground is a divorce by mutual con- the gay community and roll back rights. In sent which requires the parties not have chil- Africa, the Middle East, and much of the dren and resolve all their property issues. pro-Communist world, it includes efforts to If you believe your spouse is responsi- stop the movement even before it starts. ble for the divorce, you may want to consider I am well aware that not everyone some grounds based on fault. has learned to carry on a decent and re- 1) Adultery: your spouse has cheated on spectful conversation. We really need to you. teach those skills starting in first grade in 2) Desertion: your spouse has left the schools. This is really not a matter of so- marital home (called “actual desertion”) or phistication but a life skill and moral val- you were justified in leaving the marital home ues of being honest in expression while (called “constructive desertion”), the deser- exercising respect for one another. There tion is deliberate and final, and 12-months are school dropouts who may not have a have passed. huge vocabulary but can communicate 3) If your spouse was convicted of a fel- with grace. Then there are others who can ony or misdemeanor, has been sentenced to throw out fancy big words but are absolute- serve at least three years or an indetermi- ly rude and offensive. nate sentence, and has served at least 12 After the progress in LGBTQ rights, months of that sentence. after marriage equality, we now seem to 4) Insanity: If your spouse has been con- be seeing a wave of intolerance and at- fined to a mental institution or hospital for tempts to roll back that progress. I just at least three years prior to filing for divorce read through a Facebook thread where and at least two physicians testify at trial that transgender issues were being discussed. the insanity is incurable and there is no hope It is disturbing that in 2018, there are so of recovery. many individuals uneducated and preju- 5) Cruelty of treatment involves either diced that they think it is a man dressed as physical or verbal abuse where the spouses a woman or vice versa to trick others. It is conduct endangers the life or health of their equally distressing that if you try to carry spouse or minor child(ren) which makes liv- on a rational discussion, immediately the ing together unsafe. conversation turns into name-calling and 6) Excessively vicious conduct involves attacking the poster and not the ideas. a pattern of serious domestic violence or This article started on a negative and some other severe physical or emotional ac- discouraging note, but now I want to bring tion. t in where the pendulum may swing. There

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by’s regulars, deserve heaps of credit. Many but with a large ensemble, he also has to work as waiters prior to the show and then work out the choreography to fit the space. Monster Mash have to hit the stage as a collection of differ- I marveled at one point as everyone was by Chuck Duncan ments with reviving dead tissue (Frederick is ent characters. Our waiter for the evening, criss-crossing the stage during a big number I’ve been attending the shows at Toby’s Din- a brain specialist), and is enticed into getting Justin Calhoun, went through about eight without bumping into one another. It is pure ner Theatre for a year now, and while they into the family business, much to the chagrin costume changes during the first act and joy to watch all these moving parts come to- are always of the highest quality, of the villagers. Things get even played everyone from a villager to the ghost gether. And I have to tell you, the hayride the subject matter of the majority more complicated when Freddie of Victor Frankenstein (and he has a pow- scene is one of the funniest things I’ve seen of them often comes with more Young falls for Inga and Elizabeth un- erful voice). The main cast gets most of the in a long time. It’s hilarious in its simplicity. drama than the lightheartedness expectedly shows up. And then accolades because they are the center of This show also has a seven-piece or- one usually associates with a mu- Frankenstein the monster escapes, leading to the show, but all of the supporting actors are chestra that sounds like a million bucks even sical. Well, that situation has been a frantic search what holds it all together, the unsung he- though they’re tucked away in a room above rectified with the current produc- is alive, alive before the villag- roes of these the stage. They do an amazing job. This tion of Young Frankenstein, bring- ers get to him show also requires some extensive ing a breath of fresh air to Toby’s at Toby’s first. and elaborate cos- stage. Dinner I haven’t tumes, and I have For those not in the know, laughed this to say they are some Young Frankenstein is based on Theatre hard at a show of the best I’ve seen the classic comedy film by Mel in a long time on the Toby’s stage Brooks, and actually became (probably the as are the makeup, Brooks’s second Broadway musical after the national tour of Something wigs, and facial hair. huge success of The Producers, also adapt- Rotten was the last full- The show also has ed from a Brooks film. Unfortunately, Young fledged musical comedy some impressive set Frankenstein did not enjoy the same suc- that tickled my funny bone), pieces, including the cess as The Producers and closed after 484 but Young Frankenstein is laboratory and some performances (which featured a star-stud- absolutely hilarious (and wonderful lighting and ded cast including Roger Bart, Megan Mul- bawdy), retaining pretty special effects. Ev- lally, and Andrea Martin). The Producers ran much all of the jokes from eryone involved with for just over 2,500 performances. Having Brooks’ screenplay (from Young Frankenstein is seen the musical for the first time now, I have which he co-adapted at the top of their game. to wonder why it didn’t strike a chord with the book of the musical And don’t forget, this is Broadway theatregoers. with Thomas Meehan). dinner theatre and the The show follows the movie pretty much But even a funny script dinner buffet is outstand- by the numbers, and it’s not really necessary can be a dud with poor ing with some new items to have seen the movie to enjoy the show. delivery and that is like meatloaf and butter The plot is a comedic riff on the classic Fran- something that no one chicken, bowtie pasta and needs to worry about vegetable medlies (there’s “Everyone involved with with this production as also a brunch buffet for the actors give it their the daytime performanc- Young Frankenstein all with perfect comic es). Each show also has a is at the top of their timing. Jeffrey Shan- specialty drink, and this one kle (Frederick) and features the Abby Normal, game. And don’t forget, David James (Igor) a fruity, frozen concoction have worked togeth- that you can even turn into this is dinner theatre er at Toby’s in a va- an adult beverage if you so and the dinner buffet is riety of shows, but this is the first time Join the family business wish. The name, of course, I’ve seen them perform so closely together. – Victor (Justin Calhoun) comes from a key plot point outstanding.” These guys are like a legendary comedy Frederick (Jeffrey productions. in the show and it’s topped team, like Abbott & Costello or Martin & Lew- Shankle) and the Lab Of course with a tiny gummy brain. I wasn’t sure if I Babes kenstein story – Victor Frankenstein dies and is. They play off each other perfectly, deliv- none of this was going to like this one as it was said to the villagers of Transylvania are thrilled be- ering Brooks’s dialog perfectly and chewing would be pos- be a melon flavor but it was delicious, tasting cause there isn’t anyone left to make more the scenery when appropriate, honoring the sible without a director and choreographer, more like a frozen margarita than a melon. monsters. Except ... Frederick Frankenstein film performances of Gene Wilder and Mar- and here Mark Minnick pulls double duty Overall, everything was delicious. (or as he prefers Fronkensteen). But he lives ty Feldman but also making the roles their (and if you know of the impossibly tight re- If you’ve still got the post-holiday blues in New York so no one believes they have own. hearsal schedule, you’d appreciate even or are looking for a distraction from the cold to worry. But they do when Freddie gets a Alicia Osborn (Elizabeth), Louisa Tringa- more what you see on stage). It’s always a weather or other worldy goings-on, consider telegram telling him that unless he comes to li (Inga), and Tess Rohan (Frau Blücher) are challenge staging a show in the round, po- an evening at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Co- Transylvania, he will lose everything that was also terrific, each of them getting their own sitioning the actors so that everyone in the lumbia, Maryland, for a delicious meal and his uncle’s. Leaving his literally untouchable big moment in the show. Christopher Kabara audience can see them. Minnick has to keep the funniest show you’ll see this year (and fiancé Elizabeth behind, Frederick makes the is an imposing figure as The Monster, but he the action moving, or rather the actors, so that’s saying a lot considering it’s just Jan- trip, meets Igor (or Eyegore) and Inga and plays both menacing and hapless perfectly. that no section of the audience is left just uary)! t Frau Blücher, discovers his uncle’s experi- The supporting cast, many of whom are To- watching everyone’s backs. Not only that,

16 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com Lively Arts // out on stage More Relevant Than Ever Hearts Will Warm as Frozen By Frankie Kujawa hear and see everything. I think the fami- Skates into Baltimore What begins as an ordinary summer day at ly is under the impression they are hiding the Connecticut home of the Tyrone fam- more than they really are from the people By Frankie Kujawa busy behind the scenes on the Frozen tour. ily quickly descends into a night in which who work for them. She’s from Ireland The cold, harsh icy winds of winter aren’t “My job as a tour coordinator is to work with long-buried secrets are exposed and can- and she’s come here to work, live her life, enough to keep audiences from Disney on hotels, bus companies, and airlines to ensure not be ignored. Eu- and find a husband. She’s very aware. I Ice presents Frozen this month at the Roy- that all members of cast and crew travel from gene O’Neill’s Pulit- believe, at least dramaturgically, that she al Farms Arena. Running from Wednesday, city to city safely and have a place to stay zer Prize and Tony Long Day’s acts as a way ‘in’ for the audience. An out- January 31st through Sunday, February 4th, once arrived. I also help behind the scenes to Award-winning mas- Journey sider who can comment on the things in- ice performance will tell the full story of Dis- make sure that performers are at the venue terpiece Long Day’s side the house.” ney’s Frozen with the help from in a timely matter before the start Journey Into Night, Into Night at For the performers, the Tyrone fami- some special Disney friends. of a show.” currently running at ly in the play represents the real O’Neill Baltimore OUTloud recently “Another aspect of the Everyman The- Everyman family. Both Gavigan and Ariyan explained chatted with tour coordinator my job is public relations. atre through Sun- that to the whole country, and even inter- Erica Miller to discuss the up- I work with promoters in day, March 4th, will Theatre nationally, Eugene O’Neill’s father was a coming performance. each city to assign skat- take audiences on famous stage actor. Therefore, there is a “When the audience ers to different events such an emotional rollercoaster of highs and bit of celebrity that centered on this family comes to see Disney On as meet-and-greets with lows. Baltimore OUTloud recently chatted during this time. Gavigan added, “O’Neill Ice presents Frozen, they special characters, TV and with performers Danny Gavigan (paying was deep into his 50s when he wrote this can expect to see the story radio interviews, and ear- Edmund Tyrone) and Katharine Ariyan play, and he died shortly afterward. The of two sisters in the town of ly morning PR segments,” (playing Cathleen) to discuss the emotion- public at large did not know about [Ella Arendelle come to life be- Miller added. “This is where al turmoil that emanates from the perfor- O’Neill’s] morphine addiction. Addiction fore their eyes,” Miller told media outlets are able to see mance. aside, O’Neill was at a point in his life that me. “This show is the en- a behind-the-scenes look at “Edmund, the youngest all he could do was let tire movie on ice. Kristoff, what goes on in the show.” son of the Tyrone family, is go of these Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and even Sven all lace up Sororal love Miller’s attention to detail loosely based on our play- ghosts that their skates to help bring this fantasy to reali- on ice sometimes goes beyond the wright Eugene O’Neill,” were long ty. The audience will go on an adventure with normal call of duty. “I like to notes Everyman resident dead and Anna and Elsa to learn about the true mean- call myself ‘team mom.’ The company member Dan- still haunting ing of love between sisters.” skaters know I’m there for ny Gavigan. “[O’Neill] him.” For Michigan-native Miller, she stays quite them as a person to talk to when they are swapped names with his Ariyan missing home just a little bit more on a partic- older brother Edmund, added, “I ular day or if they need someone to take them his mother’s second think that be- to the doctor when they get sick. I get to know baby that passed away cause this substance abuse and mental illness. The the performers as friends which is the best when he was only a few play was writ- performers were cognizant that some of part of my job.” months old.” It has long ten at the end those issues still carry the same stigma Miller is excited for families of all ages to been discussed that the of O’Neill’s life, in society today. “One of the differences is see the performance. “In this show, the ex- plot of Long Day’s Journey Into that’s why the that a lot of people close to the O’Neill fam- Night was a semi-autobiographical work Brotherly story was able ily denied there was evidence of substance “I like to call myself centered around the inner struggles with- agonistes to happen. He looked abuse. People related to the family were in O’Neill’s family. “It was after Edmund’s back on the way he appalled when it came out,” says Gavigan. ‘team mom.’ The death that [Ella O’Neill] then had Eugene. had been and his family was in the past. He adds, “What makes it so much more Eugene always felt he was the cause of his When he wrote this play, his parents and important today is that people see alcohol- skaters know I’m there mother’s addiction to morphine.” brother had passed already. He told his ism now as a disease and that people are for them as a person Gavigan added, “Like Eugene, Edmund wife that he felt he had to write it. The most suffering. With the perspective of modern is a lover of poetry and has a morbid sense brilliant part of this play is that everyone mental health institutions, and with treat- to talk to when they of humor. He has recently returned home is ugly and, yet, everyone is beautiful in ment, people are finding that they have to the family’s summer cottage in Con- his or her own way. Meaning that you see people who are suffering from this in their are missing home just necticut. For the last few years his char- the most awful, cruel parts of these peo- families. Even if they do not have this in a little bit more on a acter was living as a sea-fairing hand on ple and the way they treat each other but, their families, they know someone who is a ship, but now he is penniless and broke. regardless of that, the love is not going suffering from alcoholism. Even the scale particular day.” He comes back very sick and ill. He thinks anywhere. You see these characters say of opioid abuse that we are seeing today, it is a very bad summer cold, but what he the most terrible things to each other and for example. It’s more important now than citement that Anna and Elsa bring to audienc- thinks is malaria is in fact consumption – then express so much love, feeling, and ever to see the effect it has on a family es will put a smile on anyone’s face, young tuberculosis.” remorse. That’s why this play will stand emotionally and a family who is intellectu- or old,” she says. “All the young Annas and “Cathleen – who I play – is referred to the test of time, because we will always do ally able to find depth to these struggles in Elsas in the audience help make the perform- often as ‘the second girl,’” said perform- that in families.” a poetic way. Eugene O’Neill was one of ers excited, creating an atmosphere unlike er Katharine Ariyan. “I’m considered an Long Day’s Journey Into Night was the first American poets to be able to do any other. This is what makes every show outsider to the family. She is the servant, originally performed in 1956. At that time, that.” t different and that’s what I am most excited for but it’s a very small [cottage] so she can it was taboo to focus on issues such as For more info, it’s Everymantheatre.org audiences to see and feel.” t

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in. We are often only in the area for the day Magic’s in the Air at The Hippodrome and most of that is spent at the theatre setting up the show, performing, and then packing By Frankie Kujawa Alex mind reading with sharp wit, even McAleer is very excited to be in Baltimore it all up again to move on to the next place. Roald Dahl once said, “Those McAleer sharper suits, and a flair for show- for the show’s limited five-performance en- What’s really nice is to spend more time in who don’t believe in mag- manship.” For nearly ten years, gagement, and hopes to take in some of the one place, like we will in Baltimore, and get- ic will never find it.” Those McAleer has amazed audiences local sights and color that Charm City offers. ting to explore a little. Or, if you’re me, peo- words have never been truer both in the UK and internationally “One of the tough parts of touring is that you ple-watching the locals.” We’re sure McAleer as the Champions of Magic on stage and up close. never really get to experience the city you’re will see quite the sights while he’s in town. t tour enchants audiences at “I always liked showing off the Hippodrome Theatre this to my parents and friends, mak- month. Running from Thurs- ing them laugh and entertaining day, February 15th to Sunday, them,” McAleer explained. “I had Hippodrome’s Dazzling 2018-2019 February 18th, the toast of a magic set as a child, but it wasn’t London’s West End will take until I was in my early teens that I THE 2018-19 UPCOMING SEASON at the Hippodrome Theatre Season audiences on a mind-bend- discovered the mentalism side of is slated to be one of the most electrifying ever. With seven ing theatrical journey with five magic. That’s when I really started shows direct from Broadway, and two season options, the sea- world-class illusionists. Baltimore OUTloud to study it.” McAleer, known for also his char- son is anchored by the Baltimore premier of Hamilton, in addition to new musicals, recently chatted with mind reader extraordi- ismatic charm and devilish good looks has Tony Award-winners and returning audience favorites. naire Alex McAleer to discuss his upcoming audiences eating out of his hand during his “We have something for everyone!” exclaimed Ron Legler, president of the performance. performance. “I think people like the feeling France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the Hippodrome. “We are extremely British audiences have raved about the of letting go of their day-to-day lives and just proud of our amazing season of hits anchored by the highly-anticipated Hamilton.” spectacular family show that leaves viewers enjoy something magical or unusual, some- The season will kick off with the return of the Tony Award-winning Les Miserables awestruck in their seats. “Audiences can ex- thing they can’t explain. Kids know how to do (running from October 9th to 14th, 2018) followed by Fidler on the Roof (running pect a fun, spectacular night of magic, mind this all the time, but adults audiences don’t from November 13th to 18th). The dazzling musical Anastasia will transport audienc- reading and more,” McAleer told me. “The let themselves, usually. A magic show is the es from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of 1920s Paris (running ‘Master of the Mind’ combines contemporary perfect excuse.” from December 4th to 9th). The gates of the famed chocolate-maker Willy Wonka opens to Baltimore audiences as Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory runs from January 22nd to 27th, 2019. The King and I, the Laughing Your Lips off with ‘The musical set in 1860s Bangkok, tells the tale of the unconventional and Clitorati Presents: Lip Service’ tempestuous relationship By Frankie Kujawa between the King of Siam Come and laugh your lips off as “The Clitorati Presents: Lip Service” on Tuesday, and Anna Leonowens, will February 13th at the Lou Costello Room (1023 West 36th Street, Baltimore). run from February 19th Lip Service is a night of stand-up comedy with some of to 24th. The Book of Mor- the hottest profession- al and up-and-coming female mon, the nine-time Tony comics in the stand-up business. Baltimore OUTloud Award-winning Best Musi- Hamilton hits chatted exclusively with Nicki Fuchs, the host of the cal will run from B’more in June upcoming performance. April 2nd to 7th. “Lip Service is a comedy show created for wom- Broadway’s Come From en and people who iden- tify as women and non-binary,” Away, running from April 23rd to 28th, is the remarkable explained Fuchs. “These women in the show are amaz- true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small ing. We are doing this comedy show because women town in Newfoundland that welcomed them directly after are funny, and we don’t get enough time to do comedy. the 9/11 attacks. The smash comedy The Play That Goes The Clitorati is trying to break that obstacle down by Wrong, running from June 4th to 9th, answers the ques- booking only women, giving them their own time and tion “What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty paying them for their Women are time.” Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby?” funny that way The Clitorati is an all-women’s comedy collective The season culminates in the Baltimore premiere of for writers (stand-up, sketch, storytelling, TV / web- Hamilton, the story of America’s founding series) that Los Angeles-based comedian, writer and producer Julianne Simitz Anastasia father Alexander Hamilton. Running from started in 2013 as a safe and creative space to work out new material, punch graces June 25th to July 21st, follow the story up old jokes, brainstorm, and network with other funny females making moves Charm City in of an immigrant for the West Indies who December in the Los Angeles comedy scene. As of 2017, The Clitorati now has a Baltimore became George Washington’s right-hand Chapter, which helps in creating a bi-coastal vibe for the group. man during the Revolutionary War and “There are many hilarious female comics in Baltimore,” Fuchs explained. She was the new nation’s first treasury secretary. was instrumental in starting the Baltimore Chapter of Clitorati last year. “Balti- Legler added, “The beautiful and historic Hippodrome Theater is such a perfect more is a hidden gem for comedy and it’s really on the rise. People really want to setting for Broadway productions. Our venue is intimate and the audience really watch comedy in Baltimore. To be at the forefront of helping women be seen in feels connected to the action on stage. Our subscribers continue to support our se- t that community is just so important, especially with what’s going on in the world. ries which allows us to go after the newest and most in-demand shows.” Just empowering women in general, you know. It’s getting very exciting.” t – Frankie Kujawa

18 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com Lively Arts // out on screen Amazing Finale by Chuck Duncan a small group do find their way out at the It’s been four years since 20th Century end but find a lab where everyone is dead Fox launched the Maze Runner series and and a vast wasteland outside. over the course of that time, a few other In the second film, there is no maze franchises have (which is probably why the on-screen title ended but not of the movie is simply The Scorch Trials) without leav- Maze Runner: and Thomas and his friends learn that not ing a bad taste everyone at that lab was dead. It was all in the fans’ The Death a ruse and the head of the program, Ava mouths due to (Patricia Clarkson), is still attempting to studio greed Cure ends the find a cure but the success she hopes resulting in for is dimming. With the assistance of stretching the franchise in Janson (Aiden Gillen) and Teresa, they final chapter out attempt to round up the maze escapees to two movies, spectacular and by the end, they have Minho (Ki Hong Cure only has a budget $1 Sorta like this with the first of Lee) who they believe is The One. million higher than The Scorch Trials at year’s flu season the two usual- fashion Cut to The Death Cure. Minho is be- $62 million. The movie looks like it cost three movies and a sol- ly nothing but ing experimented on, and Thomas and at least $100 million more considering the id end to the series. And padding. The Divergent series isn’t even his friends – including the new ones he extensive action scenes and use of CGI to there’s no trickery here with the story con- getting its “Part 2” finale because the first made in the second film (Jorge and Bren- create the massive city. The flying trans- tinuing (although there are now two more part sucked, hard. da) – now have to find a way into the only port used throughout the film looks like a books in the series). So, if you’ve been a So the studio seemed to have learned city left on the planet and that one is sur- real, solid piece of machinery. I can’t say fan of the first two movies, you will defi- a lesson and mercifully contained the final rounded by large walls to keep the infect- enough how impressed I was with the en- nitely want to see the concluding chapter, Maze Runner film to a single film-going ed out. The film opens with a spectacular tire look of the movie, and yet it never de- and if you’re not, this spectacular conclu- experience. And they made the right deci- action scene involving a daring rescue tracted from the story or the characters. sion should pique your interest in check it sion. If you’ve not been following the se- from a moving train and it never lets up The Death Cure is, by far, the best of the all out. t ries, binge watch the first two because you from there. The story, which I don’t want will need to know who’s who and what’s to divulge much about, is filled with a few going on. surprises (such as why Brenda is still alive Briefly, there is a plague that has ba- since she hasn’t had access to the serum sically wiped out humanity and a few of that extended her life, and the return of a the uninfected are trying to find a cure by presumed dead character) and one terrif- containing and testing a group of young ic, edge-of-your-seat action scene after men who appear to be immune. In the first another. But it’s not just action for action’s sake, it all pulls the story together expertly. The cast is uniformly excellent, with “I can’t say enough star O’Brien really growing into the role how impressed I was of Thomas over the course of the series. Fan favorite Thomas Brodie-Sangster also with the entire look has a much larger presence this time out of the movie, and yet and actually becomes the film’s true heart and soul (and his final words in the movie it never detracted may bring a few tears to your eyes). The story works so well because as it all de- from the story or the velops, we learn that “the bad guys” aren’t characters.” really bad, they’re just trying to save the world (okay, Janson is pretty much a mus- tache-twirling villain without the mustache, film, the young men (who really have no but you have to have one really bad guy to memory of their pasts) are held in a lo- root against). The introduction of Lawrence cation known as The Glade which is sur- (Walton Goggins), a Crank (infected) with rounded by a large, ever-changing maze. half of his face eaten away, complicates A new arrival by the name of Thomas the heroes’ mission when he decides to (Dylan O’Brien) begins to remember who take it upon himself to break through the he is (he was part of the contingent look- city walls and show the people inside what ing for a cure) and attempts to find a way it’s like for the infected outside. Not being out of the maze. Lone female Teresa (Kaya totally engaged in the first two movies, I Scodelario) – who worked with Thomas was pleasantly surprised by just how good and is the last person placed in The Glade this one is. – may have ulterior motives. Thomas and What’s surprising is that The Death BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 19 Lively Arts // between the covers

by Rigoberto and his brother Alex. Your 2018 Winter Reading List Also out in March, the memoir The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, By Gregg Shapiro unpublished works in the Silverstein Ar- 2018), combines original drawings by artist and Then Some 1976-1988 (Duke, 2018) Words and pictures – Readers should con- chive,” Runny Babbit Returns: Another Miles Thistlethwaite and antique pictures details the historian and prominent player sider themselves lucky that, presently, gay Billy Sook (Harper, 2017) by the late writ- with author Philippa Lewis’s examination in gay and lesbian studies Martin Duber- writer and photographer Bill Hayes has two er and cartoonist Shel Silverstein (The of “liminal boundaries” and how we cross man’s 12-year period of “despair, drug books for them to enjoy. The first is the pa- Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends), them. addiction, and debauchery” following the perback edition of his breathtak- features more of the authors Words and music – Countless LGBTQ death of his mother. ing 2017 memoir Insomni- whimsical wordplay where he folks have found comfort and inspiration in At 702 pages, the American edition of ac City: New York, Oliver, transposes the first letters of the music of legendary singer/songwriter Keeping On Keeping On (FSG, 2017) the and Me (Bloomsbury, 2017), some of the words to new Joni Mitchell who is the subject of the bi- third installment in the collected prose writ- which interweaves essays and occasional nonsensical ography Reckless Daughter: A Portrait ings of gay British playwright and memoirist with journal entries, photos effect, along with accompa- of Joni Mitchell (Sarah Crichton Books / Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady and poetry to tell the story of nying drawings. FSG, 2017) by David Yaffe. in the Van), is an epic read if there ever was the writer’s romantic relation- Combing humor, histo- Both an insider’s look at the 1990s grun- one. ship with the late writer and ry, and hotness, Hottest ge scene in Seattle and a personal portrait Now in paperback, Brooklyn-based writ- scientist Oliver Sacks. Heads of State – Volume of addiction, Hit So Hard (Da Capo Press, er and educator Melissa Febos’s highly The second Hayes book, One: The American Pres- 2017) by Hole drummer Patty Schemel, praised collection of linked essays Aban- How New York Breaks Your idents (Holt, 2018) by J.D. with Erin Hosier, shares its title with P. Da- don Me: Memoirs (Bloomsbury. 2017), Heart (Bloomsbury, 2018), and Kate Dobson, de- vid Ebersole’s 2011 documentary about the follows the out author as she attempts to focuses on his street photog- scribed as a “Tiger Beat for lesbian musician. reconnect with her birth father and also raphy through four-color and U.S. presidents” gives us In light of the recent deals with an obsessive black & white images of his a fanzine view of our lead- electoral victory in Ala- long-distance love affair “chance encounters” with a ers, from Washington to bama, singer/songwriter, with a woman. fascinating assortment of New Trump, minus the staples environmentalist and so- “The Invention of Ron- Yorkers, including Sacks, who and photocopy smell. cial justice advocate Dar ald Pinn,” the second of said “yes” when he asked if they could take The “illustrated exploration” Portals: Williams’s book about three essays in The Se- their picture. Gates, Stiles, Windows, Bridges & Other her life as “bridge builder,” cret Life: Three Stories “Assembled from the completed but Crossings (Wooden Books / Bloomsbury, What I Found in a Thou- of the Digital Age (FSG, sand Towns: A Traveling 2017) by Andrew O’Ha- Musician’s Guide to Re- gan, author of the gay- building America’s Com- themed novel Be Near munities – One Coffee Shop, Dog Run & Me, features a gay central figure. Open-Mike at a Time (Basic Books, 2017) Cinematic words – Glenn Frankel’s is more essential reading than ever. High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist If you are among those gay men and and the Making of an American Classic lesbians who have forgiven the late disco (Bloomsbury, 2017) tells the revealing story goddess Donna Summer for her rumored behind the 1952 classic Western film, star- homophobic transgressions, then you are ring Gary Cooper with a screenplay by Carl sure to find something to your liking in Foreman and direction by Fred Zinneman, the informative and thoroughly entertain- set against the backdrop of the insidious ing Record Redux: Donna Summer (Joy House Committee on Un-American Activ- of Sound, 2017) in which author Quentin ities and the career crushing Hollywood Harrison takes us through the seasons of blacklist. Summer’s career, album by album and sin- Had she lived, actress Virginia O’Brien gle by single. (who died in 2001) would be turning 100 in True words – Gay journalist John-Man- 2019. Virginia O’Brien – MGM’s Deadpan uel Andriote, author of the groundbreak- Diva: The Authorized Biography (Bear- ing Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Manor Media, 2018) by Robert Strom cele- Law Office of David M. Lutz, P.A. Gay Life in America and others, has re- brates the life and career of “one of the more turned with his latest non-fiction,Stonewall unique talents under contract” at MGM. Strong: Gay Men’s Heroic Fight for Re- Joel and Ethan Coen are not known for •Auto Accidents •Workers’ Compensation silience, Good Health and a Strong Com- gay visibility in their movies, with Hail, Cae- munity (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). sar! and Miller’s Crossing being two excep- •Personal Injury •DUI/DWI Out in March, gay writer Rigoberto tions. Somewhere there are probably queer Gonzalez’s What Drowns the Flowers fans of the Coens’ 1998 comedy The Big •Criminal Defense •Traffic Court in Your Mouth (University of Wisconsin, Lebowski who will also enjoy I’m A Lebows- 2018), is subtitled A Memoir of Brother- ki, You’re A Lebowski (Bloomsbury, 2017) Se Habla Español hood. Telling the emotional and complex by Bill Green, Ben Peskoe, Will Russell, 1901 Fleet Street Baltimore, MD 21231 story of the author’s Mexican immigrant and Scott Shuffitt. Reissued in time for the Phone: 410-558-3700 (English) 410-299-2898(Español) family, who settled in the Coachella Valley, 20th anniversary of the movie, the book fea- E-mail: [email protected] www.lawlutz.com while struggling with “poverty, illiteracy, and tures a foreword by Jeff Bridges and a new vulnerability,” and the different paths taken afterword by Daphne Merkin. t

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Parenting OUTloud Rev. Kelly Crenshaw

School Days behaviors if the staff at your child’s school is not trained or equipped to handle these situations. In addition, an increase in bully- challenge is that some states now require So, it’s February, hardly a time to be think- ing, drug exposure, and sexual overtones homeschooled children to take standardized ing about the next school year. But, in real- at young ages can cause many parents to testing. And, if you’re not teaching to the ity, it’s a time when, if you’re going to make wonder if public school is the right place for test, you may find that your kids don’t do as a change, you need to be thinking. Private their children. well as publically educated kids. school rosters can fill quickly. Homeschool That leads us to private schools. Private Finally, there’s a combination. In some paperwork needs to be sub- schools often provide an academic expe- districts, you are able to homeschool your mitted on a certain schedule. rience that is more children (or send them to private school) and Research needs to be done specialized and fo- also allow them to take advantage of educa- up to you. You, as parents, get to choose and decisions need to be cused. Smaller class tional opportunities in the public school, too. what works best for your family so that your made. sizes mean that your The problems involve trying to integrate children receive the best education possible. I’ve run a private school child gets the extra the two different schedules so that it works So, do your research and make your choice. for the last 16 years. And, attention that can for you, as well as some of the problems that And then, embrace that choice so that your as a result, I’ve had the lead to greater aca- are associated with both private and public child feels confident, too. These are the conversation with parents demic success. And, options. years that will make a huge difference in about the pros and cons socialization can be But, the good news is that the choice is your child’s life. t of all schooling situations. among like think- So whether you want your ing peers – children kids to go to public, private, It’s like whose families are homeschool, or a combina- Christmas of the same religion, tion, there are benefits and, in July in or academic focus, well, not so desirable consequences. February! or environmental emphasis, or Because so many of our children came whatever the case may be. with serious behaviors and cognitive chal- One of the first cons on the lenges, we quickly discovered our family list for most families is cost. Private school overwhelmed the local school’s special can be very cost-prohibitive. They don’t al- needs staff. There were just too many of us. ways offer the same diversity of academ- So, I started a school designed to welcome ic and extracurricular options that can be kids with special needs, who found that a found in public schools. And, unfortunately, normal classroom environment was simply they can be too academically challenging for too much of a challenge. It worked for our some children. A further difficulty arises if the family. It worked for other families, too. It school you like is outside of your particular may not work for you. religious or cultural experience. So, today, I want to take a look at the Homeschooling is an option that has be- various schooling options and what I see as come more prevalent in recent years. There the pros and cons of each. Let’s start with are many options available for purchase to public school. make that experience easy to organize for Public school offers access to a diversi- the parents as well as enhancing learning ty of academic opportunities, particularly if opportunities for the child. Most districts you’re in a district with larger school pop- allow kids to participate in public school ulations and an academic focus. The op- sports. Parents get to control the schedule. portunities for extracurricular activities and Kids can often participate in public school options for socialization abound. Kids can activities. And, schoolwork can be done any- experience any number of clubs, sports, or where, thereby allowing for some interesting performance options. field trip opportunities. However, public schools can also bring Some of the downsides to homeschool safety concerns and exposure to people include the need to be purposeful in social- who don’t have our children’s best interests ization activities, being diligent to not let the in mind. If your children have behavioral work schedule slide, and keeping the par- issues, you could see an increase in those ents from becoming overwhelmed. Another

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movements has raised a number of ques- tions because in many ways this is new Beyond territory for us. In the past, when a celeb- know how it feels to be trans. Brian’s rity or public figure was caught misbehav- the Ice If you have ever felt utter hopeless- ing there was an unofficial protocol to be ness; feeling you just cannot take another Brain followed. The offender would apologize, Machine step – if you have ever been so desperate Brian George Hose maybe even make a donation to a relevant L:aura Anderson for something; wishing and praying and charity, seek treatment, lay low for a while, hoping beyond hope ... and eventually re- then gradually re-enter the public sphere. alizing that your dreams are so futile – you It’s a kind of time-out for grownups and, do indeed know what it’s like to be trans. What Should We while we know this is usually done as dam- What’s it If you’ve ever felt like the biggest mis- age control, it follows the rules of manners, take in the universe has occurred, and you Do with James which is enough to appease some people. Like to be are it – you know what it’s like to be trans. As of now, there are no criminal If you’ve ever felt so sad and hopeless Franco? charges pending against Franco, so rather Transgender? and unable to function, and then been told than relying on a judge and jury, we’re try- to “get over it” – you definitely know what Every year the Oscar nominations are ing him in the court of public opinion. The Someone recently asked me what it was it’s like to be trans. somewhat of a mixed bag. If Meryl Streep public has already decided that it will not like being transgender. It wasn’t the first If you’ve ever felt like the world was was in a movie, you know she’s going to accept the behavior he’s accused of, but time I had been asked that question and crashing down around, you from all direc- be nominated (and she was again this we haven’t established a new protocol for I have come to know that this transgender tions with nowhere to turn and nowhere to year, making 21 nominations in total); but what to do when powerful celebrities abuse journey is indeed a mystery to others. Yet, go – you know how it feels to be trans. there are always brilliant performances, their power (and I’ve been thinking – most people may al- If you have ever been curled up on films, and work other people). Will ready know what it really is like to be trans. that aren’t nomi- he be placed on Consider . . . “If you’ve ever felt like nated, leading au- time-out like an un- If you have ever held a secret so deep diences and critics ruly toddler, or will and dark and knew you could never, ever the world was crashing to the conclusion he be completely share it with anyone and hoped you would down around, you from that they were and permanently die before that secret got out – you might “snubbed.” banished like Har- already know what it’s like to be trans. all directions with This year, the vey Weinstein and If you ever felt, you were always on the big snub is James Kevin Spacey? outside looking in and belonging nowhere nowhere to turn and Franco for his per- It reminds me – you may know how it feels to be trans. nowhere to go – you formance in The Di- of the public’s re- If you have ever looked in the mirror saster Artist, which action to Bill Clin- and saw someone else looking back – if know how it feels to be he also directed and ton’s scandalous you have ever been rejected by your family for which he won a (but consensual) and unwelcome at family events – if you trans.” Golden Globe Award. affair with Moni- have ever been laughed at, disparaged, or His performance may ca Lewinsky. At made to feel you are less of a human being the floor in the middle of the night crying have been worthy of the time, some merely because of the way you look – you your eyes out; feeling isolated and lost and a nomination, but it said they didn’t know how it feels to be trans. so desperate that you can hardly breathe If you have ever been worried that you – you absolutely know how it feels to be seems his personal James care what he did life prevented that Franco in his personal life as long as he might lose your job or your apartment or trans. from happening. Shortly before the did a good job leading the coun- even your friends merely because of the Being transgender is a lonely, diffi- end of the voting period for nomina- try. The idea is that the person- way you are – you know what it’s like to cult journey filled with anguish and pain. tions Franco was accused of inappropri- al is separate from the professional. But be trans. From an early age we are confronted with ate sexual behavior by five women. This that doesn’t apply to Franco. He doesn’t If you have ever been told you should a mind-numbing realization that this life is caused some Academy members to ask if have the nuclear codes; he doesn’t nego- not attend a friend’s funeral because you going to be really, really hard. Yet, for most they could change their vote, citing the Me tiate peace treaties or trade deals. He’s would create a spectacle – you might pos- anyone – trans or otherwise, each of our Too and Time’s Up movements, saying it an actor, and actors have to be liked to be sibly know what it’s like to be trans. journeys is really, really hard. There is no would be inappropriate to have a person successful. Actors are also easily replace- If you have ever been terrified to speak monopoly on pain and we all must endure surrounding by controversy nominated for able, just like Kevin Spacey was replaced – at the deli counter, in a store, in a restau- our own dose of what life has in store. the entertainment industry’s top award. In by Christopher Plummer at the last minute rant, at a movie theatre box office, or even So, what is it like to be transgender? other words, his behavior, not his perfor- for his role in All the Money in the World, nervous about answering the phone – you I would guess you already know. t mance, cost him the nomination. which earned Plummer a nomination. might know how it feels to be trans. Laura Anderson is an educator, author, To be clear, I don’t really care about Will there be a new protocol for future If you have ever been told that you are researcher, parent, and granddad. Her James Franco or the Oscars. The only rea- Francos and, if so, what will it be? It’s dif- going to hell, not for what you have done, years teaching in public school classrooms son I’m writing about this topic is because ficult to think of a one-size-fits all solution but merely because of the way you are – as male provided the foundation for her I have questions that I can’t easily answer. to a problem that ranges from being a jerk if you have ever lived with relentless guilt more recent role educating future teach- I’ve been mulling over these questions for to being a predator. Will we decide on a and shame, blaming yourself for some- ers. Living female for the past decade, she months, but the end result is only more case-by-case basis, or will we adopt a thing completely beyond your control – you has come to appreciate the privileges she questions. Specifically, what should we do one-strike policy for offenders? Unlike the know what it’s like to be trans. once held – both male and cisgender – with offenders? And now, What should we Oscars and its nominees, this is a decision If you have been told that someone will privileges now replaced with the fulfillment do with James Franco? that is up to us to make. t continue to love you only if ... you change, of living as her true self. The rise of the Me Too and Time’s Up or stop, or comply, or deny – you definitely

22 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD FEBRUArY 2, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com out in the valley Affairs of the Heart at the device viewing your website, it loads By Frankie Kujawa cleanly, quickly, and is easy to use. Along Chance meetings of the heart are a rare the Rodeo All Things with ease of use and helping potential thing, and even more in unexpected places. customers find information, back in 2015, However, that is exactly how the meeting of family members and their rodeo family pres- Techie Google changed its search algorithm in rodeo couple Jan Stange and Denise Rein- ent. Jan added, “Both my brother Carl and Adam Romanik their search engine to display responsive hart-Stange took place. The couple chatted Todd were there. They gave their speech about us.” websites first in their search order. So if The two ladies, who now call Wichita, someone searches for info and your web- The day Jan Stange Kansas, home are members of the Red River Is Your Website site is in the list and your site is not re- met her beau was the Rodeo Association. Denise, who is a certified sponsive, others could appear higher in Chute Coordinator, will be attending the 2nd Responsive the search ranking taking people away day she had her heart Annual Keystone State Charity Rodeo with from your business. Jan this June. and Mobile- So how do I move to attack “I competed in 2011, 2012, and 2013, and or setup a responsive took my own wild drag team to finals that I Building the website? Friendly? There are many op- exclusively with Baltimore OUTloud to share qualified in.” Denise explained. “It was hard to From mainframes in the 1960s to per- tions, from hiring a web how they met, their passion for the rodeo and find a consistent team with the same people. web for the sonal computers in the 1990s and the developer to using off- how love can overcome anything that ails the Also, I’m 50-plus years-old, and I just thought power-packing mobile devices of the the-shelf content man- heart. that I didn’t want to small screen 2000s, information tech is always on agement systems that, “I’d never been to a gay ro- the march. Today’s phones and tablets can with a little technical skill and learning, can deo,” began Denise. “I went with handle a lot of what PCs used to do – in- let you do-it- yourself. Popular content a friend of mine, Todd Tramp, to cluding accessing management systems in- the Oklahoma City rodeo in 2011. the web. If you run clude WordPress, Joom- It was Memorial Day Weekend and a site, you probably la, Drupal, and many oth- I met Jan on that Friday night, and notice that often over ers. Most CMS’s can run we’ve been together ever since. 50% of traffic that is on just about any hosting That day I also had a heart attack.” generated from mo- service. Other propri- “Yep,” Jan chimed in with a bile devices. So is etary services – such as chuckle. “I gave her a heart attack. your site responsive Wix.com, Squarespace. In all seriousness, though, she has and mobile friendly? com and Weebly.com – a family history. Actually, the day Okay, what is re- let you create your own she had her heart attack was the sponsive web design? website by adding con- same day that her father had passed It’s the approach in tent and pictures using away 29 years earlier.” web design to make A problem their predefined tem- “I was very lucky,” Denise added. your site render and of real estate plates and settings. t For Jan, her foray into rodeo be- load well on a variety Adam Romanik is gan with a phone call from her broth- of typically narrow- the owner of Comput- er. “In 2004, I received a call from my er-screen devices, in- er Solutions for Less, brother Carl, who was in Minnesota at cluding smartphones, iPads, laptops, an IT consulting business. Adam has over the time and asked for me to come up and desktop computers. Responsive web 15 years experience working in the both and see the rodeo. He surprised me Jan Stange design takes into account menu, text the IT industry, in libraries, and as an IT when I saw that he was competing in get hurt. and Denise and graphic sizes so that no matter what instructor. For more info, it’s Computerso- the rodeo. I started competing with him, and I need my job, and I’m not a Reinhart- lutionsforless.com we’d always have fun competing against our very good just sitting in the Stange times.” stands kind of person. My It was at Denise’s first rodeo in 2011, that daughters used to show cat- Jan and Denise met. “She walked in with tle. So, I as very comfortable around them. It one new, and a stress and drama free rodeo. Todd, a good buddy of mine. I was there with made sense to go into the chute coordinator From an official’s standpoint, I’m looking for- my brother Carl. Todd and Carl always had a program. So, I did every rodeo in 2014 and ward to it running smoothly.” Jan added, “I friendly rivalry competing-wise. I was stand- 2015 and became certified in Palm Springs in won the All-Around Buckle at Keystone. I’m • Family Law • Estate Planning ing there talking to the Arena Director, and 2016. I’m not the committee chair but I help originally from Ohio, so I love the Ohio-Penn- • Real Estate Todd introduced me to his new buddy.” Jan train any new certification program members sylvania area. I love the Steelers, so it’s great laughed. “He was like ‘Let me go introduce who are interested in the program and want to be over there. I just love the country there Stephanie Cañas Hunnell, Esq. her to all the girls.’ Todd is like the Elton John to be certified.” – it’s beautiful country. I also loved where the Sylvia L. Breitowich, Esq. of the International Gay Rodeo Association Denise and Jan are both very excited for rodeo was held. It was really nice, and I hope 408 7th Ave. (IGRA) rodeos. So, he took her around and I the upcoming Keystone State Charity Ro- it stays there.” Asbury Park, NJ 07712 just left it alone and kept competing. But then deo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this June. Plan to attend the Keystone State Chari- 732-749-3500 I realized every time I looked up by the chutes “I am looking forward to them using a differ- ty Rodeo, June 22nd to 24th, where you will fax 732-749-3503 she was there starting at me.” ent stock contractor this year.” Denise said. meet the cowboys, cowgirls, and members of Monmouth-Divorce.com Denise and Jan married in November “I was their chute coordinator last year and the IGRA rodeo family from all over the US. t 2012 in Sioux City, Iowa with their closest I’m looking forward to working with some- For more information, visit Ksgra.org.

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ee (Employee B). Employee B speaks very The More you loudly, which is her normal speaking voice. My 2¢ on Bitcoin Know About Employee A felt as if she was being yelled coin exchanges aren’t like having at, and walked away with an impression of By Woody Derricks FDIC insurance. If someone takes Business “this person does not like me.” A week lat- What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is an open- your Bitcoins, they’re likely gone for good. Richard Finger & Lauren Lynch er, the two employees have an accidental source, digital currency. That means that Just as with any other currency, pric- incident where Employee B was getting up pretty much anyone can help create (or ing of Bitcoin can go up from her chair and had swung her back- mine) Bitcoins and it’s or down based on supply pack across her back, not realizing Em- only used for electronic and demand. The price How to Salvage ployee A was standing closely behind her. payments. Because the has increased significantly The backpack made contact with Employ- currency is all digital, it’s over the past year as de- Potentially ee A and she began to yell at Employee B, not tied to a country and mand for it has increased. causing a commotion and disruption. Em- can pass quickly and If interest were to wane, Damaging ployee B wasb completely taken off-guard anonymously as pay- it’s possible that Bitcoin and did not even know why she was being ment between people or could see a sharp pull- Office Situations yelled at. people and companies. back in price over a short After a few minutes the situation dif- Where can you use period of time (which has This week we were able to salvage a po- fused and the manager was able to speak Bitcoin? You can use already started happen- tentially damaging office situation with a with both employees and they were able Bitcoin as online pay- ing this year). client group. In a team meeting where the to figure out the ments to other people and there are some Bitcoin as an investment. Of course, main topic was engage- ATMs that can be used to withdrawal your I can’t speculate if any investment is good ment and communica- Bitcoins in exchange for local currency. for a particular reader. Typically, an invest- tion, a supervisor was There are also some companies – such as ment that carries this much risk is best sharing his point of view Expedia, Virgin Galactic, Overstock.com, suited for someone willing to accept high with the audience (of al- Zynga, and Newegg – that allow for pay- risk. Even then, it’s often recommended most 50 people). As he ment of goods in Bitcoin. that investments such as this only occu- was speaking, he kept What are the risks? If you want to buy py a small portion of someone’s portfolio using the phrase “when Bitcoin, you’ll either need to receive them – the portion that someone is comfortable I was just an employee.” from someone else or go through on on- losing entirely if the investment loses all As we were standing in line currency exchange to convert your lo- its value. front of the group, we cal currency into Bitcoin. Because Bitcoin Here’s some insight from a well-regard- could see some raised is only online, it’s possible that a thief can eyebrows and concerned hack into an exchange and steal the Bit- “An investment that facial expressions. Quick Before it communication lapse be- coins held on that exchange. Without any to see this reaction, we were able to nip comes to tween the two of them. Em- governmental regulation or oversight, Bit- carries this much this in this in the bud by asking the speak- this... ployee A came to realize risk is best suited for er to clarify his intent, as we were all “just that Employee B is a usual employees.” This is a great example of loud-talker and was not yelling at her at all. someone willing to when words and actions do not always Additionally, Employee B apologized pro- you with enough time to think. match our intentions. fusely for any misunderstanding and also • Secondly, always assume positive accept high risk. Even We explained to the group that had we stated there was no intentional action to intent. Sometimes we may hear things or then, only for a small not taken the time to clarify his intent, the hit Employee A with her backpack. Had the see things that seem odd or misdirected. following morning the office gossip would manager not intercepted quickly, the situa- As was the case in our first example, it portion of someone’s have been swirling about what this su- tion could have been exponentially worse. could be a simple case of misaligned ac- pervisor had said at the meeting the night It is easy to foresee each employee tell- tions and intentions. With an assumption portfolio – the portion before. The gossip likely would have been ing their coworkers about the incident, and of positive intent, we are of the mindset one is comfortable the focus of the day instead of the import- again the gossip would have taken over that most people do not purposely mean ant tasks at hand. In the course of just a the department instead of the important to cause harm or hard feelings to their co- losing entirely.” minute or two the office dynamic could work to be done on their shift. workers. By taking a pause and assuming have changed for the worse longer term Both examples above are common, positive intent, it becomes easier to take ed economist Robert Shiller on Bitcoin: had we not intervened. This supervisor everyday occurrences. Both illustrate the the last step, which is to respectfully ask Cnbc.com/2017/09/06/economist-rob- was fortunate to have a unique opportunity power erroneous assumptions can have a clarifying question. By taking this action, ert-shiller-explains-how-bitcoin-resem- to clean up his words and clarify his intent with interpersonal relationships and set- you avoid a misunderstanding that can bles-past-bubbles.html in front of the group, but this is usually not ting the wrong tone in an office environ- have a lasting impact. Bitcoin and similar digital currencies the case. ment. • A final thought to share. It’s common may be the wave of the future, but for most In the situation above, we were able to To combat problems like this, we rec- that coworkers do harbor bad feelings to- investors, digital currencies might be too salvage it, however, we are not always in ommend three steps. wards one another because explanations much risk and too pricey for an investment the right place at the right time, like super- • Firstly, when, or if, you find yourself of past encounters have gone unexplained. today. t heroes. in an uncomfortable interaction with a co- Rather than harbor those hard feelings, we Contact Woody Derricks at Partnership Several weeks ago, we learned of an- worker, the best thing to do is to take a recommend that forgiveness can go a long Wealth Management, a comprehensive finan- other unfortunate incident between two step back and do not engage in a knee- way in restoring a positive work environ- cial services company. Visit Partnershipwm. coworkers. 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energy. Millions of them light up and turn off to fill up the screen. OLED does not Mister require a backlight system as the diodes are on all the time. MicroLED is basically Tech a term Samsung is using for its OLED type TVs. John Redmond-Palmer • QLED (Quantum LED), is an LED TV that uses quantum dots to enhance its performance in key picture quality areas. Have a Career, Screen Time It’s said that its brightness levels meet or exceed any competing TV technology, that Not a Job! This past September, Apple triumphantly it has better black levels than other LED Join the Weichert announced both the iPhone 8, the next TV’s, and can reproduce more colors than generation in the current series, but also LED TV’s without quantum dots. What Realtors-Urban the $1000 iPhone X, supposed makes it different is that quantum Lifestyles Team to demonstrate the future of dots do not directly emit the col- mobile phones. Yet only this Which ors you see, but instead they are and become part month, rumors abounded that spread on a piece of film where the of the family. Apple was planning to kill of the display LED backlights beam through to iPhone X this year, due to much is best for create the ideal color temperature. Check out our lower than expected sales. The career night. thought was that they would To help with the confusion, Dig- rather avoid the embarrassment what? italTrends.com recently did a side Call us for further of a failed model that is relegated to a col- by side comparison of OLED vs. QLED in lector’s item, instead of keeping it around key areas. information for several years and making them avail- • Flexibility: OLED can be made thin- 410-752-1050 able at discounted prices as is the usual ner and more flexible, allowing for the cre- Proud sponsor of Apple practice. ation of things like curved screens. The original rumors suggested Apple • Black level: OLED produces better would replace the iPhone black levels and better X with three new phone contrast. models, while other sug- • Brightness: QLED gested there would be has a considerable ad- four new models. Still vantage. others suggest the cur- • Color space: For rent iPhone X would be color, it’s basically a kept around until at least draw. 2019, and two new mod- Who’s the • Response time: els would be sold beside it. The reports fairer? OLED TVs have a better re- are confusing, and while it’s too soon to sponse time. speculate, the poor sales feed speculation • Input lag: Input lag is also a draw. and concern amongst users and investors • Viewing angles: OLED provides the alike. best viewing angles. Most experts agree that the $1000 • Size: QLED is the winner in maximum price tag for the iPhone X has hampered available size as it can go up to 100 inches sales the most. That cost is directly tied to and beyond. the high cost of manufacturing the OLED • Lifespan: QLED is considered the screens used on that model, a newer longest lasting, primarily because it has a screen technology originally used by Sam- proven track record, and OLED has only sung. been on the market since 2013. If you don’t know the difference be- • Screen burn-in: QLED has the ad- tween LED, OLED, QLED, and MicroLED, vantage, as it is not susceptible to burn-in. you are not alone! Here are some of their • Power consumption: OLED TVs primary differences. tend to be lighter, thinner, and require less • LED (Light Emitting Diode), is a tech- power making them more energy efficient. nology that has been around for a long • Price: Both OLED and QLED are pric- time now, where dots of light are used to ey premium TVs. create a picture. One of its down sides is At the end of the day, DigitalTrends. the blue electronic hue it emits, because it com says OLED comes out on top, but it is not a true white light. comes down to user preference. QLED • OLED (Organic LED), is a system viewed during the day will have a punch- where the LED lights are made up of or- ier picture, but when the lights go down, ganic compounds that light up when fed OLED is the better option. t

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Your trusty ly announced events correspondent The 47th annual Scarlet’s Bake Sale, a live end up being canceled. with titleholders auction of sexy cakes and other sweets, (Mid-Atlantic Drum- will be held on Sunday, February 11th from Leather mer North America 3 to 6 pm at the DC Eagle. It is worth the Line scheduled for March Baltimore Ea- trip just to see some of the cakes that are Rodney Burger in Asbury Park has gle. Doors created by area leather clubs and leath- been canceled due to open a 4 pm. er titleholders. This year’s Scarlet’s Bake conflicts between pro- From 4 to 6 pm Sale will benefit LGBT Fallen Heroes and ducers. This drama enjoy drinks, the Scarlet’s Foundation. recently played out on food, and so- On Saturday, February 17th starting Pencil Facebook and I’m go- cial time with a 9 pm Maryland’s first leather club, the ing to leave it there.) 10% of food ShipMates Club of Baltimore, will start So maybe it is time I sales going to their new year with a bar night at Leon’s. This In stop writing appoint- the fundrais- (It was originally scheduled for the 24th but Maybe it’s obsessive. For years now I al- ments and events on er. From 6 to 9 got changed due to a scheduling conflict ways like to write to-do lists and keep a de- my calendar in ink. pm the real fun at the bar. Should have penciled it in!) On tailed calendar noting the things I did each Here are some com- begins with “try Saturday, March 10th at 9 pm the Ship- day and my future plans. I do these lists in ing events that you it out stations” Mates will continue the party with a bar ink. Also I like to plan what the next Leath- will want to pencil in. that include night at the Baltimore Eagle. The Ship- er Line will be about. I have been cranking Mid-Atlantic spanking, pad- Mates have been around since 1974, but out this column every other week for over Leather Woman dling, bondage, on March 17th starting at 9 pm the Spar- 13 years now and I haven’t missed an is- 2018 Foxxy Phillips, flogging, and tan MC from Washington, DC, will toast 50 sue yet. There’s never a shortage of leath- Mid-Atlantic Leather more. There will years of brotherhood with their bar night er events to write about or leather folks to Woman Bootblack 2018 Bumper Boot- also be a kissing booth, a silent auction, at the DC Eagle. That should really be a interview. Unfortunately this year is off to a black, and International Community Boot- and a show emceed by Ms. Woods Leath- historic night. strange start. I’ve had several planned in- black 2017 John Urso will be hosting a er 2017 Alyssa Durnien with performances terviews with leather titleholders cancelled fundraiser for the Leather Heart Founda- by the Imperial Court of Washington, DC; “This year is off to at the last minute due to this year’s wide- tion and their travel fund called My Kinky Ms. New Jersey Leather 2017 Velvet, King spread flu season. I’ve also seen previous- Valentine on Saturday, February 3rd at the of Baltimore Pride Chris Jay, Dr. Ginger a strange start. I’ve Snapz, and more. Cover charge will be had several planned $10. Ever wish that you could be a boot- interviews with leather black but don’t really know how to start? On Sunday, February 4th from 9 am to 3 titleholders cancelled pm the Jersey Kollege of Kink is hosting at the last minute their 2018 Bootblack Institute at Project Real (805 4th Avenue, Asbury Park, New due to this year’s Jersey). This full-day interactive workshop will teach you how to build a bootblack kit, widespread flu season. basic bootblacking 101, and more. Break- I’ve also seen previously fast and lunch is being provided by the New Jersey leather family. announced events end Last year I had a fantastic time in Phila- delphia during Philadelphia Leather Week- up being canceled.” end. I can’t believe a year has gone by al- ready. The fun starts on Friday, February Mark your calendars and make your 9th with Union Suit / Bear Happy Hour, 5 reservations ASAP for the big events: In- to 9 pm at Tabu Lounge (200 South 12th ternational Ms. Leather / International Ms. Street). On February 10th the Philadel- Bootblack 2018 is April 19th – 22th in San phians MC present the Mr. & Ms. Philadel- Jose, California (Imslbb.org for details) phia Leather 2018 Contest at the Bike Stop and International Mr. Leather 2018 is May starting at 7 pm. This year’s emcees are 24th to 28th in Chicago, Illinois (Imrl.com International Ms. Leather 2016 / Ms. Phila- for details) There are great deals on airline delphia Leather 2015 Lascivious Jane and tickets if you book now. Speaking of book- Mr. Philadelphia Leather 2016 Rudy Flesh- ing now, folks are still unpacking and re- er. Make sure you bring your phone be- covering from Mid-Atlantic Leather Week- cause at this contest the audience gets to end 2018 and I’m already hearing that MAL vote online! Afterwards the popular “Gear 2019 scheduled for January 18th to 20th, Up Dance” will be held. There is no cost for 2019 in Washington, DC at the Hyatt Re- the contest. A $5 donation is suggested for gency Capitol Hill has the hotel half sold- the dance. Details and contest applications out. Guess I better hurry and pencil that can be found at Phillyleathercontest.org. one in! t

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