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Sheffield Blade March14.indd 1 3/12/14 3:33 PM washingtonblade.com 04 • MARCH 14, 2014 LOCAL NEWS Alvin Bethea has said in a series of emails Distinguished Service Award, which will be to local community activists that he and presented at the group’s 43rd Anniversary his wife, Judean Jones, envision the public Reception scheduled for Aril 30. service announcements or short programs GLAA says it presents the annual awards to include appearances by parents talking to local individuals and organizations “that about their experiences in losing their have served the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children through violence. transgender community in the national He has said the aim is to help change the capital area.” hearts and minds of viewers through fi rst- Clark, a health benefi ts consultant, is chair hand accounts by parents who tell of their of the D.C. Statehood Coalition, political love and acceptance of their transgender director of D.C. for Democracy, and board children and their support of efforts by the member of the Coalition to Stop Gun LGBT community to end discrimination and Violence. Among other endeavors, he is anti-trans violence. a member of the Democratic National “Mr. Bethea introduced himself to me Committee’s Gay and Lesbian Leadership at a recent D.C. Council hearing and I Council and a former board member of the thought it would be ideal to have him in National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. the production,” Richardson said in an Gill is government affairs director of ANDREW BARNETT is leaving to pursue a doctorate. email to the Blade. He said the producer of The Trevor Project, a leading national the program was expected in the process organization providing crisis intervention WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY of interviewing the participants in the and suicide prevention services for LGBT program and an update on the status of the and questioning youth. production would be announced soon. Fowlkes is president and CEO of the LOU CHIBBARO JR. Center for Black Equity, formerly known as SMYAL exec director to step down the International Federation of Black Prides, Alston Foundation which serves as the world’s only black LGBT SMYAL Executive Director Andrew Barnett on Tuesday announced he plans to international organization. Fowlkes also step down in August to pursue his doctorate in clinical psychology. names new director serves as chair of the Democratic National “After nine years as part of the SMYAL family, I look forward to this new chapter of Committee’s LGBT Caucus. my life, where I plan to research psychosocial factors impacting health among LGBTQ The Wanda Alston Foundation, which LOU CHIBBARO JR. youth,” said Barnett in a press release. “Serving as SMYAL’s executive director and operates the city’s Wanda Alston House being part of such an extraordinary organization has been an incredible experience.” for homeless LGBT youth, announced Anti-gay Episcopal Barnett became a SMYAL staffer in 2005. He has been the organization’s executive on Tuesday that its board has named director since 2009. Ken Pettigrew as the foundation’s interim faction loses court fi ght SMYAL in 2012 adopted a new strategic plan that Barnett said would allow his executive director. in Falls Church organization to identify issues facing LGBT youth and how it can most effectively “Ken recently served as the director of respond to them. It includes a new logo and acronym — Supporting and Mentoring programs for the Wanda Alston Foundation Youth Advocates and Leaders as opposed to Sexual Minority Youth Assistance and has extensive experience in program The U.S. Supreme Court on March 10 League – that Barnett unveiled last April. management, fundraising and advocacy for upheld a Virginia court ruling denying Former SMYAL Board of Directors Chair Betsy Pursell will oversee the effort to the LGBTQ community,” said Christopher ownership rights to an Episcopal Church select Barnett’s replacement. Dyer, chair of the foundation’s board, in a building in Falls Church, Va., from a MICHAEL K. LAVERS March 11 statement. conservative congregation that broke Dyer said that prior to joining the Alston away from the church in 2006 over the Foundation, Pettigrew served as Chief of appointment of gay Bishop Gene Robinson Programs at the local D.C. group Metro of New Hampshire. Teen AIDS and as Senior Program Director The high court gave no reason why it Us Helping Us debuts new and implementation of the program, which of the local HIV/AIDS services group Us let stand an earlier ruling by the Virginia HIV testing van is called “Testing Makes Us Stronger.” Helping Us-People Into Living. Supreme Court that the multi-million dollar That slogan along with a large drawing In a separate action, the board promoted church building and grounds belonged An eye-catching new mobile health of a bare chested young man fl exing the Lisa Dupree, who had been serving as the to the mainline Episcopal denomination screening van launched on February 28 muscle of his raised arm appears on the Alston Foundation’s director of operations of Virginia. The breakaway congregation, is carrying out its mission of encouraging side of the new van. to become director of programs and which named itself the Congregation of black gay and bisexual men throughout LOU CHIBBARO JR. operations, according to Dyer. Anglicans of North America, initially seized the city to get tested for HIV, according to “Brian Watson, previous executive control of the historic church building and Ron Simmons, president and CEO of Us Trans PSA to appear director, has resigned to pursue other sprawling grounds before being ousted Helping Us, the HIV advocacy group that’s opportunities,” Dyer’s statement says. “The from the building by a lawsuit fi led by operating the van. on cable TV board thanks him for his service and wishes members of the mainline church. Simmons said the mobile health unit him success in his future endeavors.” Nick Benton, editor and publisher of the van is part of a national HIV testing and The parents of slain transgender woman Dyer said the Alston House is operating Falls Church News-Press, which reported prevention program directed toward black Deoni JaParker Jones are collaborating with at full capacity with eight residents and has on the dispute, called the court rulings gay and bisexual men through a grant from the D.C. Offi ce of Cable Television Director a waiting list for youth seeking to move into siding with the establishment Episcopal the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Eric Richardson in developing public service the facility. Church an important victory for the more Prevention, which developed the program. announcements about discrimination LOU CHIBBARO JR. progressive, LGBT supportive faction within The CDC says the program is aimed at and violence targeting the transgender the Episcopal denomination. lowering the HIV infection rate of black men community. GLAA reveals service He said the decision by the congregation who have sex with men, which is the highest Richardson told the Blade the OCT was to leave the Episcopal Church was based of all the population groups deemed to be in the “pre-production stage of what we awards winners “explicitly on grounds that the leadership of affected by the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. hope will be a half-hour program” with the National Episcopal Church had voted to Simmons is a nationally recognized expert a talk show type format that would be The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance elevate an openly gay priest, the Rev. Gene on HIV-related services for people of color. broadcast over the District of Columbia announced it has selected community Robinson, to standing as a bishop in the He served as a member of a working group Network (DCN), which was formerly known activists Jerry Clark, Alison Gill and church in 2003.” that advised the CDC in the development as the city’s Channel 16 cable station. Earl Fowlkes Jr. as recipients of its 2014 LOU CHIBBARO JR. WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MARCH 14, 2014 • 05 Washingtonian Plastic Surgery Navin K. Singh, MD We provide each client with the latest and safest personalized plastic surgery care in order to meet our patients’ goals and create beautiful natural results with concierge attention. Dr. Singh is a dual board certified plastic surgeon and a Washingtonian Top Doctor, as voted by the doctors in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. He is educated at Brown and Harvard and is the former Director of Cosmetic Surgery at Johns Hopkins.