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Obama fails to mention same-sex couples in speech

PRESIDENT OBAMA said this week that enacting comprehensive immigration reform would contribute to border security and boost the economy, but he didn’t mention the plight of same-sex bi-national couples in his speech.

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By CHRIS JOHNSON In his address Tuesday at the Chamizal National Obama said enacting new legislation would enable [email protected] Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, Obama emphasized immigrants who come to the United States to attend passage of comprehensive immigration reform in college to stay in the country to use their education to President Obama’s speech this week calling for a Congress would have benefi ts for both the economic advance the economy. bipartisan approach to immigration reform lacked prosperity and border security of the country while “But our laws discourage them from using those skills explicit mention of the plight of bi-national gay couples, making no explicit mention of the plight that many gay to start a business or power a new industry right here but LGBT rights supporters are hoping his emphasis on families face under current immigration laws. family unifi cation was a hint of his support. On the economic benefi ts of immigration reform, CONTINUES ON PAGE 12

Decades of faith ‘Outrage’ as gay man’s MCC-D.C. celebrates 40 years of pro-LGBT gospel ministry with killer gets 12 years events starting tonight. PAGE 21 Court records unsealed; victim Superior Court judge on Wednesday unsealed records showing that District resident William X. Wren, 18, shot 5 times at point-blank range had been sentenced on Jan. 26 to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting Rivers fi ve times at By LOU CHIBBARO JR. point-blank range inside Rivers’ car during a botched [email protected] robbery. Wren, who was 17 at the time of the murder, was Built with pride The United States Attorney’s offi ce this week reversed charged as an adult. Montgomery County an earlier decision to seal court records showing the The unsealed records show that Wren agreed to LGBT group raising outcome of its case against two young men charged plead guilty last October in exchange for a government money to rehab home with fi rst-degree murder while armed for the January offer to lower the charge against him from fi rst-degree with Habitat for Humanity. 2010 shooting death of gay Maryland resident Gordon felony murder while armed to second-degree murder Rivers in Southeast Washington. PAGE 24 At the request of the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce, a D.C. CONTINUES ON PAGE 06

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Delaware gays celebrate as Markell signs civil unions Delaware Gov. Jack Markell was scheduled to sign into law a sweeping civil unions bill late Wednesday after Blade deadline. The signing was scheduled to take place at the World Café Live in Wilmington and a large celebration of local LGBT people was expected to follow. The new law extends all state rights of marriage to same-sex couples in a civil union. The measure passed the Senate last month by a 25-15 vote. STAFF REPORTS D.C. Pride events set to begin this month Events associated with D.C.’s two main LGBT pride festivals – D.C. Black Pride and Capital Pride – are set to begin this month, and organizers say they are looking forward to a record turnout from local and out-of-town participants. As it has since its founding, Black Pride is set to take place Memorial Day weekend, with events beginning on Thursday, May 26, and ending Sunday, May 29, with the annual Black Pride Health and Wellness Festival. The festival will take place 1-7 p.m. at D.C.’s Fort Dupont Park located at Minnesota Avenue and F streets, S.E. The location represents a change from last year’s festival, which was held at the D.C. Convention Center. A series of Black Pride workshops covering a wide variety of topics ranging from domestic violence and heath care to black youth and transgender acceptance in the black community is scheduled to take place 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel at 14th and K streets, N.W. A full list of Black Pride events can be viewed at dcblackpride.org. The 36 annual Capital Pride celebration is set to take place June 2-12. The Capital Pride Parade will take place Saturday, June 11, and similar to past years, will begin at Inclusion of the Kameny documents represents the fi rst time ‘the history of gay and lesbian Americans’ 23rd and P streets, N.W., travel around Dupont Circle to the 17 Street entertainment strip has been included by the library ‘in the story of the Constitution and its evolution as a living instrument before ending at 14th Street, N.W., at Thomas Circle. of freedom.’ WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY PETE EXIS Also similar to past years, the Capital Pride Festival is set to take place 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, June 12 on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., near the U.S. Capitol. A wide variety of Capital Pride events are scheduled for the week preceding the parade and festival, including a June 1 kick-off party and panel discussion at the National Press Club; a June 5 Pride in the Park event at Six Flags amusement park in Upper Marlboro, Md.; and a June 6 Spirituality in the Gay Community Town Hall meeting at the Hotel Kameny papers exhibit opens Palomar at 2121 P St., N.W. A weekly “Pride Idol” singing contest, to be held every Wednesday night beginning at Library of Congress May 11 at Cobalt bar at 17th and R Sts., N.W., is a new addition to the Capital Pride events. Organizers say a fi nal winner in the ongoing singing contest will be selected June The Library of Congress has added two documents “of major historical 8. The prize: a three-month lease for a new Saab automobile, which is being donated by signifi cance” from the papers of gay rights leader Frank Kameny to a widely viewed Saab as part of the company’s sponsorship of Capital Pride. public exhibit about the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. A full list of Capital Pride events can be viewed at www.capitalpride.org. The library quietly placed the Kameny documents on display at its Thomas These additional Pride events are set to take place in conjunction with Capital Pride Jefferson Building across the street from the U.S. Capitol in late April without and Black Pride: publicly announcing the development. • Asian Pacifi c Islander Pride, May 23, 6-8:30 p.m., Café Asia, 1720 I St., N.W. On Monday, organizers of the Kameny Papers Project announced in a press • Trans Pride, June 4, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Metropolitan Community Church of D.C., 474 release that the documents were on display as part of the library’s “Creating the Ridge St., N.W. United States” exhibit. • Latino Pride, June 10, 6-9 p.m., Town nightclub, 2009 8th St., N.W. The release says inclusion of the Kameny documents represents the fi rst time LOU CHIBBARO JR. “the history of gay and lesbian Americans” has been included by the library “in the story of the Constitution and its evolution as a living instrument of freedom.” Director of Baltimore’s LGBT community center resigns In 2006, the Kameny Papers Project donated about 50,000 documents and artifacts to the Library of Congress on Kameny’s behalf that the gay rights pioneer had Craig Wiley, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender produced during his more than 50 years of work on behalf of LGBT equality. The Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB) has resigned. He held documents and artifacts, such as gay rights protest signs from the 1960s, are available the position for more than seven years and became the longest-tenured executive to researchers. Kameny, 85, began working on gay rights activities in the late 1950s. director in GLCCB history. One of the documents now on display at the Library of Congress is Kameny’s Wiley also served on the board of Centerlink: The Community of LGBT Centers. 1961 petition to the U.S. Supreme Court contesting a decision in 1957 by the According to his bio on Centerlink, “Since joining the GLCCB he has systematically then U.S. Army Map Service to fi re him as a civilian astronomer because he was implemented expense-reduction strategies and indentifi ed new and diverse revenue gay. The petition is the fi rst such document ever fi led before the Supreme Court streams for the organization. Mr. Wiley has also fostered relationships with many pertaining to a civil rights violation based on sexual orientation. organizational and community partners and municipal agencies, including the Baltimore The Supreme Court denied Kameny’s petition, upholding the longstanding City Health Department, the Baltimore Police Department, the Offi ce of the Mayor, local policy of the then U.S. Civil Service Commission banning gays and lesbians from colleges and universities, businesses, and nonprofi ts serving diverse constituencies that working for the federal government. The policy remained in effect until 1975. touch the LGBT community either directly or indirectly.” The second Kameny document included in the library’s exhibit is the original “It is with regret that I write you to let you know Craig Wiley has stepped down as copy of a 1966 letter from John W. Macy Jr., the then director of the U.S. Civil Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center Service Commission, to the Mattachine Society of Washington, the city’s fi rst gay of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB),” GLCCB Board President Trevor Ankeny rights group that Kameny founded in the early 1960s. said in a statement. “Craig’s involvement with the GLCCB spanned more than a decade. In the letter, Macy sought to justify the federal government’s ban on gay From volunteering to serving as a board member to assuming the position of executive employees by citing “the revulsion of other employees by homosexual conduct.” director, his support for the GLCCB has touched all facets of our work. In his role as The two Kameny documents are scheduled to remain on display at the library executive director for the past seven years, Craig has tirelessly devoted himself to making until October. the GLCCB a stronger institution so that we may better serve the community.” In other Baltimore news, Trans-United Director Sandy Rawls has been named as Grand LOU CHIBBARO JR. Marshall in the upcoming Baltimore Pride Parade, and Del. Mary Washington will be the Honorary Grand Marshall. BALTIMORE OUTLOUD WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 05 washingtonblade.com 06 • MAY 13, 2011 COVER STORY: LOCAL NEWS U.S. Attorney unseals sentence in D.C. gay murder case

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 01 years for the earlier conviction. Under the D.C. criminal code, Wren faced while armed. Wren also agreed to plead a possible maximum sentence of 70 years guilty to charges of conspiracy to kidnap in prison for second-degree murder while Rivers while armed with co-defendant armed with a fi rearm. First-degree murder Anthony Hager, 23, and conspiracy to rob while armed carries a maximum sentence of Rivers while armed with a fi rearm. Hager 90 years in prison under D.C. law. was 22 at the time of the murder. Separate sentencing memorandums Judge Herbert Dixon also sentenced submitted by the defense and the U.S. Wren to seven years on the two conspiracy Attorney’s Offi ce asked Judge Dixon to charges but agreed to a request by Wren’s consider mitigating factors that would defense lawyer to allow the two sentences justify a sentence signifi cantly lower than to run concurrently, limiting the total time the maximum sentence provided by law. served to 12 years. Among other things, the two pointed to The U.S. Attorney’s offi ce moved to Wren’s cooperation with the government have the court records unsealed following in the prosecution of Hager before the inquires by the Washington Blade, which U.S. Attorney’s offi ce decided to drop its discovered through unsealed court case against Hager. records that the government dropped its Defense attorney Spencer Hecht also case against Hager, who was also charged states in his sentencing memorandum with fi rst-degree murder while armed in that Wren recounted that Rivers paid him GORDON RIVERS was shot fi ve times and killed in 2010. The shooter was sentenced in January, but the River’s killing. for sexual encounters at Rivers’ house in the court records were sealed until a Washington Blade inquiry this week. “The U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce determined Brandywine, Md., during a one-year period WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO that there was probable cause to prior to the murder. Hecht’s sentencing arrest Anthony Hager in the murder memo says the sexual encounters began of Mr. Rivers,” said William Miller, a when Wren was 16. spokesperson for the offi ce. “However, “While the defendant unequivocally into a row house where his girlfriend Rehabilitation Act. the offi ce later concluded that there was accepts responsibility for his extremely serious lived at 2409 S St., S.E., seven months The act allows judges to waive a not suffi cient evidence to meet the higher and dangerous conduct, and is extremely prior to the murder, saying his girlfriend’s required minimum sentence of fi ve years legal standard that is required to obtain remorseful for taking the life of another, he residence provided him with a stable in jail for a conviction or guilty plea to and sustain a conviction.” offers the nature of his relationship with the home. It says he has two children with his second-degree murder while armed. Miller noted that at the government’s decedent in mitigation,” Hecht says in his girlfriend, Breana Smith, with whom he The memo adds, “The government does request, the court dismissed the case “without sentencing memo. had been in a relationship for two years at not oppose a motion by the defendant prejudice,” which allows prosecutors to “The decedent was someone who the time of the murder. for a downward departure under the reinstate charges against Hager in the future preyed on the defendant’s youth, Gay activists have long complained sentencing guidelines.” if more evidence surfaces. immaturity, and impressionability for a that defendants who target gay men for In his sentencing order, Dixon did not “The murder case remains under substantial period of time,” the memo assault, robbery and murder have often indicate that he approved the defense investigation,” he said. says. “On frequent occasions, the claimed, after being charged with such request for a Youth Rehabilitation Act Chris Farris, former co-chair of the decedent would contact the defendant crimes, that the victim made a sexual sentence. D.C. group Gays and Lesbians Opposing and pay him to perform sex acts upon him. pass at them that prompted them to The government’s sentencing memo Violence, said he was “outraged” that Wren This is nothing less than child sexual abuse assault or kill the victim in self-defense. describes Rivers as “an accomplished, could receive just 12 years for committing and rape – offenses which carry signifi cant Gay rights attorneys, who describe such well-loved man with family and friends a murder and that Hager could get off prison sentences.” a claim as the “gay panic defense,” have who dearly miss him.” It says he was born “completely free” in the Rivers’ murder. Hecht provides no evidence or said prosecutors often lack the training or in Alabama and was a retired veteran “Take away the gay angle, take away substantiation of the alleged sexual understanding to adequately contest this of the U.S. Navy who, at the time of his the history of hate crimes against our encounters between Rivers and Wren defense tactic. death, worked as an executive assistant community, take away everything else, and other than Wren’s claim that they occurred. Hecht did not return calls to his offi ce with Raytheon Corporation in Arlington, I just fi nd it incredibly stunning that one The sentencing memo doesn’t say where seeking comment on the case and on his Va., in a job he held for fi ve years. person in the case of a murder of someone the two met or under what circumstances, client’s allegations of sexual encounters The government sentencing memo who was fi red on at point blank range fi ve only that the two met after Wren’s mother between Wren and Rivers. says Wren’s effort to express remorse over times gets 12 years in jail,” Farris said. kicked him out of her home “because her Miller, the spokesperson for the U.S. his action and the prospects that he could Court documents fi led by the live-in girlfriend believed the defendant Attorney’s offi ce, said he could not turn around his life in the future don’t government and the defense in the case a troublemaker.” His estrangement with comment on whether his offi ce considered offset the consequence of his behavior show that Hager allegedly conspired with his mother resulted in his having no fi xed Hecht’s allegations in the sentencing toward Gordon Rivers. Wren to force Rivers at gunpoint to drive address, the memo says. memo as an attempt to invoke the gay “The defendant preyed upon Mr. Rivers the two to Rivers’ house in Maryland, “It was during this period of time that panic defense. by taking advantage of the trust they shared, where they planned to rob him of his the defendant began using and selling In its own sentencing memorandum, the however inappropriate the foundation of valuables and steal his two vehicles. But the drugs and committing robberies of U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce recommended that the relationship,” the memo says. “And it documents show that that Wren shot Rivers known drug dealers to support himself,” the court sentence Wren to the “middle was the defendant, not Mr. Hager, who got before Hager had a chance to enter the car. according to Hecht’s sentencing memo. range” of sentences available to a court in the car, put the gun to Mr. Rivers, and Court records also show that authorities “It was also during this period of time for the offenses to which Wren pleaded pulled the trigger fi ve times.” revoked Hager’s parole from an unrelated that the defendant met the decedent guilty. The government sentencing memo The memo notes that Wren was “no conviction for armed robbery in 2005 after Gordon Rivers (aka ‘Mr. G’), when he (‘Mr. recommends that Dixon sentence Wren newcomer to armed robberies,” referring learning of his arrest in the Rivers case. G’) propositioned him (the defendant) for to some jail time but doesn’t object to his own admission that he committed Miller said the parole revocation resulted paid sex,” it says. to the defense recommendation that armed robberies against drug dealers in the in Hager being ordered to serve two more The memo also states that Wren moved he be sentenced under the D.C. Youth months prior to his arrest in the Rivers case. WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 07

washingtonblade.com 08 • MAY 13, 2011 NATIONAL NEWS Gay assemblyman introduces N.Y. marriage bill Anti-gay group 62-member Senate. Supporters, led by a coalition of LGBT About 100 graduates of Michigan Law School protested the commencement address of U.S. Sen. launches attack ads groups, including the Empire State Pride ROB PORTMAN (R-Mich.) last weekend. opposing measure Agenda (ESPA) and the Human Rights PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.ORG Campaign, have pointed to a recent public opinion poll showing that 58 percent of By LOU CHIBBARO JR. New Yorkers support the right of gay and [email protected] lesbian couples to marry. Advocates for the bill also note that Michigan students walk out on Portman New York Assemblyman Daniel Cuomo, who has a high public approval O’Donnell (D-Manhattan), the gay brother rating, is aggressively lobbying both ANN ARBOR, Mich. — More than 100 graduates at the Michigan Law School walked of TV personality Rosie O’Donnell, Democratic and Republican lawmakers out of the commencement ceremony last weekend in protest of the appearance of introduced a bill this week to legalize to vote for a marriage equality bill that he Sen. Rob Portman, a six-term congressman who was tapped by President George W. same-sex marriage in the state. says he wants to personally introduce. Bush in 2005 to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative and later director of the Offi ce O’Donnell’s action appears to have “We think the environment is strong,” of Management and the Budget, both cabinet-level positions. broken ranks with New York’s Democratic said ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi. He was elected to the U.S. Senate last November. The protest, according to governor, Andrew Cuomo, who promised “To have such a popular governor so the Ann Arbor Journal News, stems from Portman’s voting record in which he to introduce marriage equality legislation forcefully behind it, to have the public opposed gay adoption in Washington, D.C., and opposes marriage equality. but has hesitated in doing so just weeks so solidly on our side at 58 percent, Protesters said his views are incompatible with human dignity, the paper said. before the state legislature is scheduled to to have the LGBT community and so Portman is a 1984 graduate of the school. adjourn for the year. many strong allies working closely and A small group of the seniors had an audience with the senator on Saturday Cuomo, a strong backer of same-sex coordinated together creates a good morning, but in the end, the walkout was even bigger than Andrew Selbst, marriage, reportedly has persuaded environment to work on this and achieve unoffi cial spokesman for the protesting seniors, had hoped. a coalition of LGBT advocacy groups victory,” he said. His conservative estimate was that about 40 students would walk out, but more campaigning for a marriage bill to support In a development that was long than 100 students joined him in the lobby while Portman spoke. his plan to hold off on introducing the bill expected, the anti-gay National until enough votes could be lined up to pass Organization for Marriage announced Presbyterian Church to allow gay ordination it in the Republican-controlled state Senate. this week it is launching a $500,000 TV ad “It is with great pride that I am introducing campaign to defeat the marriage bill. The The Presbyterian Church Tuesday ratifi ed a measure allowing the ordination of the Marriage Equality Act,” O’Donnell said group has also vowed to spend $1 million gay and lesbian ministers and lay leaders while allowing individual parishes the in a statement. “Since the Assembly last to defeat any Republican lawmaker who ability to decide for themselves, several media outlets reported this week. passed the bill in 2009, there has been an votes for the bill and to support the re- With the vote of its regional organization in Minnesota, the Presbyterian Church overwhelming groundswell of support for election of any Democratic legislator who USA became the fourth mainline Protestant church to allow gay ordination, marriage equality across our state.” votes no on the bill. following the Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran churches and the United Church The Democratic-controlled Assembly “It’s become quite clear in recent days of Christ. The Minnesota vote was closely followed by one in Los Angeles, the Los has passed a same-sex marriage bill three in New York that Gov. Cuomo and same- Angeles Times reported. times since 2007, and this is the fourth sex marriage advocates are targeting a The change to the Presbyterian Church constitution was approved last summer time O’Donnell has emerged as the lead select number of Democrat state senators, by the church’s General Assembly, its governing body. But under church rules, sponsor of the bill. But the bill lost in the as well as some Republicans, in their such changes must then be ratifi ed by a majority of the 173 regional organizations Senate in 2009 by an eight-vote margin desperate attempt to coerce legislators known as presbyteries. at a time when Democrats controlled the to support their agenda,” said NOM Late Tuesday, at a meeting in St. Louis Park, a Minneapolis suburb, the Twin body. It was the fi rst time the Senate had President Brian Brown. Cities Presbytery put the measure over the top with a vote of 205 to 56, becoming taken a vote on the measure. “We want to be sure those courageous the 87th regional body to vote yes. About 90 minutes later, the Pacifi c Presbytery, Josh Vlasto, a spokesperson for Cuomo, Democrats and Republicans who cast their representing parts of Southern California and all of Hawaii, added its voice, voting told the New York Times on Tuesday vote of conscience in favor of traditional 102 to 60 in favor, the Times reported. that the governor remains committed to marriage will have a strong supporter if seeing the bill pass before the legislature the radical gay activists come after them Marriage ban slated for Minn. Senate vote adjourns at the end of June. in their next election,” Brown said. “The question has never been the Similar to its practice in other states, ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the fi rst time, Minnesota’s Senate plans to vote on a Assembly,” Vlasto told the Times. “The NOM’s TV ad opposing the bill, which ballot measure aimed at banning same-sex marriage in the state Constitution, the question has always been whether there aired on TV stations this week, claims that Associated Press reported this week. are the votes in the Senate, and that legalizing same-sex marriage would result in The vote scheduled for Wednesday would put the proposal half way toward the remains the question.” elementary schools teaching children about November 2012 ballot, where a majority vote would enact it. The House, which Vlasto’s comments came at a time gay marriage and how it benefi ts society. like the Senate is controlled by Republicans, is expected to follow suit. Proposed when many political observers in the state The Human Rights Campaign has constitutional amendments don’t go through the governor, denying Democratic were hopeful that between four and six responded by launching its own campaign Gov. Mark Dayton a chance to block it, the AP story said. Republican senators would join as many to challenge the NOM ads, saying the Groups on both sides of the debate sent out urgent messages to encourage as 28 Senate Democrats to secure the group is falsely linking marriage equality people to contact lawmakers before the vote. Democrats have long prevented a bill’s passage. Most observers expect the to school curricula. vote by the full Senate but lost their governing majority in the 2010 election. Assembly to once again approve the bill. Republicans have a 32-30 majority in the CONTINUES AT WASHINGTONBLADE.COM WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 09

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Two gay Obama administration offi cials and the Human Rights Campaign were lumped in as defendants with former Bush administration operative Karl Rove JOHN BERRY, director of the U.S. Offi ce of Personnel Management, is named in a lawsuit and more than a dozen others in a federal fi led by anti-gay Bush offi cial Scott Bloch racketeering lawsuit fi led by anti-gay Bush offi cial Scott Bloch. WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY The 64-page lawsuit, fi led in Fairfax County Circuit Court, charges the defendants — including former GOP Congressman Tom Davis of Virginia — Kaplan and others argued that an with conspiring to force Bloch out of his existing U.S. civil service law protected job as head of the U.S. Offi ce of Special federal workers from discrimination Counsel through a trumped up criminal based solely on their sexual orientation investigation. through a provision that barred bias for News of the lawsuit, which was fi rst non-work related factors. Bloch, upon reported by Courthouse News Services, taking offi ce after being appointed by hasn’t been widely reported in major news President George W. Bush, reversed media outlets. Kaplan’s policies, saying he disputed the Bloch and his wife, who is a party assumption that the civil service law could to the suit, are seeking $102 million in be interpreted to bar discrimination based compensatory damages and $100 million on sexual orientation. ELAINE KAPLAN preceded Scott Bloch as in punitive damages. In his lawsuit, Bloch alleges that the Bush head of the Offi ce of Special Counsel during the Clinton administration. She is among those Bloch, who served as director of the White House demanded that he back off named in a 64-page lawsuit. Offi ce of Special Counsel from 2004 to from reversing Kaplan’s polices at the Offi ce October 2008, pleaded guilty in April 2010 of Special Counsel, saying White House WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY to a charge of contempt of Congress. The aides threatened to arrange for his dismissal guilty plea followed a lengthy investigation if he failed to comply with their request. that included an FBI raid on his offi ce and Bloch and his wife, who are home in May 2008. representing themselves in the case, investigating possible breaches of counsel for National Treasury Employees The investigation stemmed from fi led their suit under a federal statute government ethics rules by Bush White Union, and plaintiffs are informed and allegations that Bloch improperly sought called the Racketeer Infl uenced and House staffers, including Karl Rove, and believe and thereon allege, that in her to purge employees in his offi ce who Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO. offi cials with other government agencies. current role as general counsel of OPM, disagreed with him and later sought to The statute allows both criminal and civil The lawsuit alleges that Kaplan was a [Kaplan] is conspiring with or has conspired cover up possible wrong-doing by hiring charges to be brought in cases where the party to the alleged effort to oust him from with third parties to damage plaintiffs as a computer services company to “scrub” government or a private party alleges his post as head of the Offi ce of Special hereinafter alleged, improperly, illegally, fi les from his government offi ce computer. that others conspired to commit an illegal Counsel in her role as general counsel to and against the Ethics in Government Act, A federal judge in Washington act or to damage a person or a business the National Treasury Employees Union, both as to her involvement in previous sentenced him on March 30 to one through a “criminal enterprise.” which opposed Bloch’s policies and issues as Special Counsel of the OSC, and month in jail in connection with his guilty Other parties named as defendants in practices at the OSC. Kaplan became as general counsel of OPM with confl icts plea but agreed to stay the sentence the lawsuit include the Executive Offi ce general counsel to NTEU shortly after her of interest, personal and offi cial, and to while Bloch appeals it on grounds that he of the President, the Offi ce of Special fi ve-year term as head of the Offi ce of conspire to harm plaintiffs…,” Bloch says didn’t know the contempt of Congress Counsel, the National Treasury Employees Special Counsel ended. in his lawsuit. law carries a mandatory minimum jail Union, and several government watchdog The lawsuit alleges that Kaplan joined The lawsuit charges that Kaplan and term of 30 days. groups, including the Government other organizations and individuals who those she allegedly conspired with The gay Obama administration offi cials Accountability Project. disagreed with Bloch’s policies and sought sought to “disrupt offi cial investigations, named in Bloch’s suit are John Berry, In his lawsuit, Bloch names Berry as a his removal. undermine offi cial functions in the director of the U.S. Offi ce of Personnel defendant only in his capacity as director It says the Human Rights Campaign was Offi ce of Special Counsel, divert loyalty Management, and Elaine Kaplan, OPM’s of the Offi ce of Personnel Management, among several outside groups that Kaplan of employees away from Scott Bloch, general counsel. Kaplan preceded Bloch making no allegations that Berry played a and others worked with to discredit Bloch and otherwise seek to undermine and as head of the Offi ce of Special Counsel role in Bloch’s forced resignation as head and “conspire” to oust him from offi ce. harm plaintiffs in their reputation and during the Clinton administration. of the Offi ce of Special Council during the During his tenure as head of the Offi ce of family life.” While working as an attorney in private Bush administration. Special Counsel, HRC criticized Bloch for Berry and Kaplan or a spokesperson practice after her term ended as U.S. However, Bloch repeatedly alleges in rolling back his offi ce’s protections for gay for the Offi ce of Personnel Management Special Counsel, Kaplan joined others the lawsuit that OPM as a government federal workers. couldn’t be immediately reached for who criticized Bloch for dismantling LGBT- agency “conspired” with others in the “We don’t believe this case has any comment on the lawsuit. supportive policies at the Special Counsel’s Bush administration to force his ouster merit,” said HRC spokesperson Fred Sainz. Visit washingtonblade.com for a link to offi ce that Kaplan established there. because, among other things, he was “[F]rom 2005 to the present, both as a copy of the full lawsuit. WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 11

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 01 would be eligible for residency in the United States if not for the Defense of in the United States,” Obama said. “So Marriage Act. instead of training entrepreneurs to create Under questioning from the Washington jobs in America, we train them to create Blade, Carney noted that Obama jobs for our competition. That makes no articulated in his immigration speech on sense. In a global marketplace, we need Tuesday that problems in the immigration all the talent we can get — not just to code — whether they impact gay benefi t those individuals, but because their Americans and their foreign spouses or Rep. MIKE HONDA (D-Calif.) introduced the contributions will benefi t all Americans.” not — require a comprehensive legislative Reuniting Families Act this week. Obama also said enacting solution as opposed to executive action. WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY comprehensive immigration reform would “The president, I think, made the point contribute to border security by allowing in his speech yesterday that he — we U.S. immigration offi cials to focus on have to take comprehensive action on immigrants who come to the United immigration reform and that he can’t just States for unscrupulous purposes. wave a wand and change the law,” Carney business of reforming our laws in a way partners for residency in the United States. “The most signifi cant step we can take said. “So, I’ll leave — I’ll leave it at that that unites, rather than separates, loved Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced now to secure the borders is to fi x the terms in of his view.” ones. That’s the right thing to do, and the the Reuniting Families Act, which has a system as a whole — so that fewer people Pressed on whether he believes the goal we remain committed to.” provision that would protect bi-national have incentive to enter illegally in search of White House has the authority to issue Lavi Soloway, co-founder of Stop the same-sex couples as one of its six prongs work in the fi rst place,” Obama said. “This such a moratorium, Carney replied, “It’s Deportations, also said he applauds the to keep families together in the country. would allow agents to focus on the worst not for me to decide. I’m not a lawyer.” commitment to reform that President During a conference call last week, threats on both of our borders — from Shin Inouye, a White House Obama expressed during his speech and Honda touted his legislation as a means to drug traffi ckers to those who would come spokesperson, said the president’s speech for emphasizing that family unifi cation is make U.S. immigration policy more fair for here to commit acts of violence or terror.” was intended to emphasize the importance the bedrock of immigration law. gay Americans and their foreign partners. But never during the speech did of immigration reform on his agenda and However, Soloway said Obama needs “RFA also ends discrimination in our Obama directly address that under the lack of explicit mention of gay families to take administrative action by exercising immigration system by allowing same- current immigration law, gay Americans shouldn’t be seen as an indication of the his prosecutorial authority to ensure that sex permanent partners to sponsor their are unable to sponsor their foreign president’s position on the issue. foreign nationals in legally recognized same- foreign national partners for immigration partners for residency in the United “The president delivered this speech sex marriages with U.S. citizens can stay in benefi ts,” Honda said. States. Foreign nationals in same-sex because he wants a constructive and civil the country without fear of deportation. The provision allowing gay Americans relationships with Americans could be debate on the need to fi x the broken “To keep our country safe, we must to sponsor their foreign partners for subject to deportation and separation immigration system so that it meets focus our law enforcement resources on residency in the United States is identical from their loved ones upon expiration of America’s economic and security needs deporting those who have committed to other legislation known as the Uniting their temporary visas that allow them to for the 21st century,” Inouye said. “It is crimes and endanger our security,” American Families Act, which is sponsored remain in the country. fundamental for America to win the future. Soloway said. “At the same time this by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in the Even U.S. citizens in legally recognized His remarks are not meant to be a laundry administration must take great care House and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in same-sex marriages with foreign nationals list of all the issues that immigration that, in the zeal to achieve that goal, the Senate. cannot obtain marriage-based I-130 green reform should address.” innocent families are not torn apart. The Rachel Tiven, executive director for cards for their spouses because of the LGBT rights supporters working on administration has not yet delivered Immigration Equality, praised Honda for Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits immigration issues expressed gratitude fully on its goal to protect all families including a provision for bi-national same- federal recognition of the unions. to the president for giving the speech from deportation, where possible, by sex couples as part of his legislation. At one point in his address, Obama said despite his lack of explicit mention of gay application of existing prosecutorial “Separating families has an enormously immigration law should “respect families couples during the address. discretion guidelines.” expensive impact, it is a drain on the following the rules — reuniting them more Steve Ralls, spokesperson for Soloway, who handles immigration economy and separating Americans from quickly instead of splitting them apart.” Immigration Equality, said his organization cases as an attorney with Masliah & their loved ones and forcing them to move The remark seemed directed toward wholeheartedly supports the notion Soloway PC in New York, maintained abroad because they can’t keep their immigrants who are permanent residents expressed by Obama that immigration that Obama can issue such a change family together in this country is simply in the United States seeking to have their system should keep families together in because he has already determined that pointless,” Tiven said. loved ones join them, and not aimed at the United States. DOMA is unconstitutional because of the In addition to including UAFA-like language, problems faced by gay Americans and “We couldn’t agree more, and while impact the anti-gay law has LGBT families, Honda’s legislation would help shorten the their foreign partners. the president didn’t use the ‘LGBT’ including same-sex bi-national couples. wait times that can keep legal immigrants and “While applicants wait for approval, for qualifi er in his reference to families, we’re “This administration can act now to their overseas loved ones separated for years. example, they’re often forbidden from going to ensure the White House knows ensure that no LGBT families are torn The bill would classify spouses and children visiting the United States,” Obama said. — clearly and unambiguously — that apart by instituting a moratorium on of permanent U.S. residents as “immediate “Even husbands and wives may have to any immigration reform effort must be deportations of all spouses of lesbian and relatives” and exempt them from numerical spend years apart. 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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 both the Reuniting Families Act and the Uniting American Families Act were provisions. economic contributions to our country Menendez’s offi ce didn’t respond by and encourages some frustrated relatives deadline to a request for comment on when to resort to illegal migration.” the senator would reintroduce the Reuniting The Reuniting Families Act has 73 Families Act or whether it would include co-sponsors, including House Minority a provision to keep bi-national same-sex Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as well couples together in the United States. as gay Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Steve Ralls, a spokesperson for Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Jared Immigration Equality, said he thinks Polis (D-Colo.). The co-sponsors are all Menendez will likely again introduce Democrats; no Republicans have signed comprehensive legislation this Congress on in support. that would include both Uniting American Rep. David Cicilline, another gay Families Act and the Reuniting Families Act. lawmaker, isn’t among the co-sponsors. “Sen. Menendez would be the best His offi ce didn’t respond on short notice person to talk about the Senate CIR strategy, to explain why his name isn’t on the list of but my expectation is that we will see an supporters. inclusive, all-encompassing Senate bill During the conference call, Honda which incorporates the various other bills, said he intends his legislation to be a such as UAFA and RFA, into one,” Ralls said. marker to set the tone for debate on larger comprehensive immigration reform ‘A positive fi rst step’ legislation in the 112th Congress. In a related development last week, an “It’s to also tell our citizens and those order to vacate from U.S. Attorney General with legal permanent resident status to be Eric Holder halting the deportation of a Attorney General ERIC HOLDER last week questioned whether a petitioner’s civil union with his part of the movement for a comprehensive foreign national in a civil union was seen partner makes him eligible as a ‘spouse’ under New Jersey law. package for everyone in this country,” as a sign of hope for bi-national same- Honda said. “I’d like to make sure that we sex couples in the United States who are WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY just go through the arc once and just fi x all facing separation. the holes and make sure that this thing we In the decision, dated April 26, Holder call immigration system … is a better vessel remands to the Board of Immigration for people that we’re trying to care of.” Appeals the case of Paul Wilson Dorman Tracy Schmaler, a Justice Department issue of bi-national couples,” Ralls said. Until comprehensive immigration — a New Jersey man who’s seeking spokesperson, said the action isn’t Ralls was referring to letters that member reform can be passed, Honda called on residency in the United States through his the fi rst time that an attorney general of Congress sent to the Justice Department Obama to issue a moratorium to stop the partner — to reassess a previous petition has remanded a case to the Board of and the Department of Homeland Security deportation of foreign nationals in same- that was denied based on the Defense Immigration Appeals for reconsideration. urging offi cials to stop the deportations sex unions who would be eligible for of Marriage Act, which prohibits federal “By way of history, over the years, attorneys of foreign nationals in legally recognized marriage-based green cards if not for the recognition of same-sex marriage. general in several administrations have same-sex marriages. Last month, Sen. John Defense of Marriage Act. “In the exercise of my review authority exercised their review authority in immigration Kerry (D-Mass.) and 11 other senators in “The president has at his disposal certain under that regulation, and upon cases,” Schmaler said. “Since 1996, attorneys one letter, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) kinds of statutory existing powers that he consideration of the record in this case, general have reviewed 30 cases involving a and 47 other House members in another can stay a deportation process,” Honda I direct that the order of the Board be variety of immigration law issues.” letter, asked the Obama administration to said. “He can put in a place a situation vacated and that this matter be remanded Lavi Soloway, an attorney who handles make the change. where folks will be held in abeyance and to the Board to make such fi ndings as immigration cases, said the order from “I think it’s a positive sign that the allowed to work and allowed to continue may be necessary to determine whether Holder could be a sign that the Obama attorney general himself decided their lives until such time that we correct and how the constitutionality of DOMA is administration is looking for a way to to intervene to take this step,” Ralls our immigration system.” presented in this case,” Holder writes. help same-sex bi-national couples who continued. “We’re hopeful that it will then Last month, Honda was among the 47 Holder asks the Board of Immigration are barred from the marriage-based be replicated in other cases for couples U.S. House members, who, along with Appeals to clarify questions not addressed immigration process because of DOMA. who are facing separation, but I think it’s a Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), wrote the in the initial proceeding, such as whether “There isn’t yet a fi nal decision that little too early to know for sure that’s going Justice Department and Department the petitioner’s civil union with his partner could be applicable, but on the other to be the case.” of Homeland Security to stop the makes him eligible as a “spouse” under hand, the action by the attorney general Soloway said he plans to use the deportations of foreigners in legally New Jersey law and the Immigration and to vacate the decision would now suggest order to help defend his clients who face recognized same-sex marriages in the Nationality Act as well as whether Dorman that it would be appropriate to adjourn possible separation because of DOMA. United States. can establish exceptional and unusual any deportation proceedings where there Josh Vandiver, a U.S. citizen, and In the 111th Congress, Sen. Robert hardship to qualify for relief. are similar issues at stake,” Soloway said. Henry Velandia, a professional dancer Menendez (D-N.J.) sponsored the Senate The details of the Dorman case weren’t Steve Ralls, spokesperson for from Venezuela, were legally married in version of the Reuniting Families Act, but immediately known, such as when his Immigration Equality, said the implications Connecticut last year. Velandia was placed he has yet to introduce the bill this year. partner fi led the petition, when the Board of the order to vacate remain unclear, into removal proceedings in 2009 when his The version of the bill that Menendez of Immigration appeals initially rejected but could indicate that the Obama employment-based immigration case was previously introduced didn’t include a the application or when any deportation as administration is moving to intercede on denied. Last summer, Vandiver fi led an provision for bi-national same-sex couples, a result of the case is expected to proceed. their behalf. I-130 marriage-based green card petition although the legislation was similar in other Nor was it clear why Holder decided to “It appears to be a positive fi rst step for Velandia, but it was denied in January respects to Honda’s bill. However, at the end intervene in this case when other foreign that, I think, is based at least in part on on the sole basis of DOMA. of last year, Menendez introduced broader nationals in same-sex relationships are the congressional pressure that has been immigration reform legislation in which the faced with potential deportation. placed on DOJ around DOMA and the CONTINUES AT WASHINGTONBLADE.COM WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 15 make This summer Your Best Yet Be confident This summer in Your skin Facial and Body Treatments to help You Look Your Best

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A House defense committee approved on Wednesday a series of anti-gay amendments as part of major Pentagon Rep. DUNCAN HUNTER introduced an budget legislation aimed at disrupting the amendment aimed at disrupting repeal of process for repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ Tell” and at demonstrating support for the Defense of Marriage Act. WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY The most high-profi le amendment came from Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who introduced a measure that would expand the certifi cation requirement most skeptical about whether open service Palazzo added he had a visit earlier today during conference negotiations and needed for repeal to include input from would cause a disruption in the U.S. military. from about 85 veterans of World War II and Obama would have to sign the measure. the four military service chiefs. The Involving the military service chiefs said he believes they’d be displeased with Further, defense offi cials have testifi ed Republican-controlled House Armed in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. that certifi cation could happen mid- Services Committee voted 33-27 in favor certifi cation process could disrupt or delay “I don’t think that they would look upon summer, and the fi nal version of the of adopting the measure as part of the open service in the U.S. military because this as progress,” Palazzo said. “I don’t defense authorization will likely not reach fi scal year 2012 defense authorization bill. some uniform leaders of the military — think they’d look at this as the sacrifi ces the president’s desk until after that time, The vote in favor of the Hunter notably Marine Corps Commandant Gen. they made for our families, for our rendering Hunter’s provision useless. amendment was mostly along party lines, James Amos — expressed opposition to country, for our allies, future generations Hunter’s amendment was one of three anti- although Reps. Todd Platts (R-Pa.) and Chris passing repeal legislation last year. Amos of Americans — to see their military go gay amendments the House Armed Services Gibson (R-N.Y.) voted against the measure. has since said the Marine Corps would down in fl ames by implementing [an end] Committee approved on Wednesday as Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) was the sole work to implement open service. to the DADT policy. Our men and women part of the defense authorization bill. Other Democrat to vote in favor of the measure. Despite the concerns that were expressed in uniform deserve better.” measures affi rmed the panel’s commitment The repeal legislation signed into law in last year, each of the service chiefs testifi ed But Democrats on the committee to DOMA, which prohibits federal recognition December allows for repeal of “Don’t Ask, in April that the process for enacting “Don’t defended repeal of the law that Congress of same-sex marriage. Don’t Tell” after 60 days pass following Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal has been proceeding passed last year and said the current The DOMA-related amendments were certifi cation from the president, the defense smoothly. Some service chiefs — including repeal process is working well. apparently inspired by Navy guidance on secretary and the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking same-sex marriage that was made public Staff. Hunter’s amendment would expand Roughead — have said they oppose Democrat on the House Armed Services this week.The guidance, which is dated the certifi cation requirement to include any effort to expand the certifi cation Committee, said the Hunter amendment April 13 and signed by Chief of Navy input from the uniform chiefs of staff for the requirement and they believe the defense troubled him because it suggests the Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark Tidd, indicated Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. secretary would adequately represent their president and the defense offi cials military bases could be used for same- Hunter, a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq views in the certifi cation process. identifi ed in the repeal law aren’t capable sex marriage ceremonies in states where and Afghanistan, billed the amendment Many Republican committee members of making critical defense decisions. such unions are legal and that Navy as a means to ensure the uniform military voiced support for the Hunter amendment as “It’s a very, very dangerous thing to say chaplains can offi ciate same-sex marriage leaders — which he described “the ones they expressed opposition to implementing that the president of the United States, ceremonies if they so choose. that are actually responsible for the men open service in the U.S. military. the commander in chief; the secretary of However, following an outcry from and women under their care” — are able Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) said he defense; and the chairman of the Joint conservatives, the Navy rescinded the to express their opinion before moving supported the amendment because the Chiefs of Staff are somehow not quite guidance and said further legal review on forward with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. president, the defense secretary and the qualifi ed to make important military the issue was necessary. “Right now as it stands, the only chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had decisions,” Smith said. “These are the Rep. W. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) introduced folks that have to sign on to this are the already backed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” same people that decide whether or not an amendment mandating that marriage president, who has never been to war or in repeal before Congress acted to end the we go to war. They made a decision on ceremonies on military installations must ground combat, Adm. [Mike] Mullen, who, military’s gay ban. whether or not to kill Osama bin Laden.” comply with DOMA and that chaplains with all due respect to him, has never been “I always felt the deck was stacked when Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) directly can only offi ciate in their offi cial capacity to ground combat in Iraq or Afghanistan, the three people who were supposed to responded to the view expressed by over such ceremonies if they comply with and Secretary Gates, a political appointee, sign off on it, agreed to and had all been Palazzo that World War II veterans would be the anti-gay law. who is a very fi ne gentleman, but has on record ahead of time saying what unhappy with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. The committee adopted the amendment never been in ground combat in Iraq or their preference was,” Lamborn said. “Let’s not fool ourselves,” Pingree said. as part of the Pentagon budget legislation Afghanistan,” Hunter said. “I, and others in “This broadens it, and, I think, adds more “Some of those soldiers were gay as well, by a vote of 38-23. Republican members this room, have more combat experience objectivity to the whole matter, and I think and many of them took a long time to of the panel were unanimous in their than the people who would sign off on the that that’s really good thing.” admit to that, or come out on that, but support for the measure. Reps. McIntyre, repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’” Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-Miss.) said he they’ve all been courageous in doing so Larry Kissell (D-N.C.) and Mark Critz (D- Hunter emphasized his amendment opposes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal and I think that they can’t be characterized Pa.) joined with the GOP to vote in favor would require the service chiefs to issue because he hasn’t encountered one as a generation that doesn’t want to see of the amendment. certifi cation only based on their belief that American or U.S. service member who this change in the military.” Akin said the amendment was “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal wouldn’t wants an end to the anti-gay law. 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He writes regularly for the Blade. you ever been divorced? Do you have chil- she has an interest in the outcome is ridicu- LOU CHIBBARO JR. dren and if so please list their sexual orienta- lous in this case. They have no idea wheth- [email protected] ext. 8079 The debate over whether Judge Vaughn tion and that of each member of your family? er Judge Walker wants to get married and NEWS REPORTER Walker should have recused himself, or at Do you have any close friends or relatives the argument was turned down many years CHRIS JOHNSON least come out publicly as gay, before de- who are of a different gender, sexual orien- ago when it was tried with women and [email protected] ext. 8083 ciding on the Prop 8 case in California is ac- tation or racial background than you? Is your minority judges. In this case we could use EDITORIAL INTERN tually a big step forward for the LGBT com- gender the same as the one listed on your the same argument against a married het- JULIETTE EBNER PHOTO EDITOR munity. The world is becoming aware that birth certifi cate? Have any of your children or erosexual judge because this same group MICHAEL KEY we have LGBT judges and some are ready immediate family members or close friends contends that marriage between same-sex [email protected] to be open about who they are. changed their gender from what appeared individuals hurts heterosexual marriages Nearly 50 years after women and Afri- on their birth certifi cate? Please prove those thereby making it a case that would directly CREATIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR can Americans had to listen to the bigots answers by producing the long form of your impact the deciding judge. JAMES M NEAL contemplate whether they could decide or their birth certifi cate. 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VIEWPOINT MAY 13, 2011 • 19 Our invisible moms, dads and grandparents Census suggests more programs in our community recognize and have taken on ageism as just as de- than 5,000 LGBT structive a force in our world? An “ism,” elders living in D.C. When we compare poverty and other circumstances we by the way, that permeates across cat- egories of gender, sex, and race. know that we are probably dealing with a diverse LGBT There are a handful of other LGBT By KEN SOUTH population most likely heavily weighted toward poverty. organizations besides SAGE Metro DC trying to respond to our seniors, includ- Did you know that there are probably ing Prime Timers of DC, a social club for more than 5,000 LGBT seniors living in older gay men and their admirers; Metro the District of Columbia? Retirees, a social club open to men and The newly released 2010 Census data women, Older and Wiser Lesbians (OWL) tells us that there are 601,723 residents in tion in urging the Council to fund this un- to live very discreet lives in a more hostile and local activists in the Transgender Ag- the city. Detailed data for age groups has dertaking. And we will insist that data be environment than today. They are proud ing Network. There is also a coalition of not yet been released. However, based on collected on the LGBT population. that they were able to survive without people concerned about these issues the most recent available age breakdown SAGE Metro DC (Services and Advo- ending up in a prison or mental institu- brought together by the AARP District of data, the D.C. Offi ce on Aging estimates cacy for GLBT Elders) is housed at the DC tion for being LGBT. Unfortunately, too Columbia offi ce called the Washington that the population of residents over 60 Center. We are a new affi liate of SAGEU- many still lead isolated lives. The concept DC LGBT Aging coalition. is more than 100,000. Using conservative SA. We are in the process of fi nishing a of “coming out” was not, and for many, is And, thank goodness, there are sev- estimates at 5 percent to be considered series of focus groups to determine from still not in their vocabulary and suspicions eral D.C.-based senior organizations that as LGBT, it would indeed mean that there LGBT seniors themselves, what programs abound about providing even the most are reaching out and are friendly to LGBT are more than 5,000 seniors among our and services could be helpful. But SAGE general information about their lives. This senior residents including the Methodist LGBT communities. Census data mining Metro DC is keenly aware that they are situation is very different for the LGBT Home, the Residences at Thomas Circle, alone does not offer a complete picture. as “in the dark” as most about the “invis- post-Baby Boomer populations that have IONA senior services, Emmaus Senior Ser- When we compare poverty and other cir- ible” members of our community. lived more of their lives out and proud. vices and senior “villages” in the District. cumstances we know that we are prob- Why no real data, at least up to this So how has our LGBT community re- All this is a good start, but given the ably dealing with a diverse LGBT popula- point? The government, both federal sponded to the needs of the seniors estimates of the size of the population tion most likely heavily weighted toward and local, has never collected statistics among us? With more than 150 organiza- of our invisible brothers, sisters, moms, poverty. on LGBT elders and there are only a few tions in our community, how many have dads, and grandparents, there is also Sadly, more precise information about private non-profi t groups that have col- or seek members over 60 years of age? much more to do. these lives must await a long delayed lected data, usually not in a comparable How many of our social service organiza- comprehensive needs assessment. SAGE format. And part of the problem is also tions have targeted services for seniors? Ken South is treasurer of SAGE Metro DC. For more Metro DC is adding its voice to the agen- due to the fact that many LGBT elders As sensitive as we are to the terrors of ho- information about SAGE, contact sagemetrodc@ cies serving the District’s elderly popula- grew up in the pre-Stonewall era and had mophobia, racism and sexism, how many yahoogroups.com. At last, we are part of the American story Gay inclusion in Library at Kamney’s papers. When she was done she looked back as if to ask, “What y’all of Congress exhibit a looking at,” before moving on. You could milestone to celebrate The true signifi cance of this exhibit is its ability to reach the see her mind work “… women, the blind, the gays … what’s so special here?” person who gives little thought to LGBT rights, and show Then it hit me, the exhibit’s signifi - By VICTOR MALDONADO them that we, too, are part of a common story. cance is neither about a lesbian seeing herself woven into the fabric of our Across the street from the U.S. Capitol, country, nor about an LGBT teen learning on the second fl oor of the Library of Con- about the bravery of a previous genera- gress, beneath a Plexiglas case, between tion of gay activists. The true signifi cance a Suffragette’s scrapbook and a charcoal lection holds startling promise, due to This exhibit is not about protest, sexual of this exhibit is its ability to reach the drawing of Selma Alabama, lay two docu- the fact the Library included then in its revolution, AIDS, or any of the things that person who gives little thought to LGBT ments attesting to the painful history of “Creating the United States” exhibit on make the LGBT community different. rights, and show them that we, too, are discrimination suffered by gay men and the U.S. Constitution. The documents Rather, the exhibit seamlessly includes part of a common story. I stood there as, women. demonstrate the Constitution’s “living” gay civil rights into the story of what again and again, tourists examined the The papers — a 1960 Petition for Writ nature, and its ability to be interpreted unites Americans and makes us whole. contents of the case and moved on with- to the U.S. Supreme Court appealing by successive generations to redefi ne Seeing gays included in this shared his- out a word, a look, a thought as to the the case of a federal employee fi red for concepts of citizenship and broaden the tory is profound, and I recommend every idea that gays did not belong there. being gay, and a 1966 letter from Civil meaning of who is American. The objects gay man and women who lives in, or vis- That is the promise of this display. That Service Commission citing “revulsion” of were selected because as a group they its, D.C. see this exhibit. across the street from the U.S. Capitol, on gay men and lesbians as reason for dis- represent the long march toward consti- I was lucky enough to be present the second fl oor of the Library of Con- missing them from federal employment tutional equality of women, the disabled, on the day the papers were unveiled. I gress, before a Plexiglas case, someone — were culled from the archive of civil African Americans, and now gays and les- stood before the display with wide eyes will stand looking down at these two doc- rights activist Frank Kameny, and testify bians. and an open heart as I saw myself be- uments and, in a quiet moment, come to to the 50-year struggle of gay Americans The Library’s public exhibition of gay come part of the American story. But understand that we are all Americans and to be recognized as full citizens of the civil rights memorabilia in the context then something extraordinary happened. equal in the eyes of our Creator. And that United States with unalienable, constitu- of a shared American history is, to my A tourist stepped forward to see what the moment will be truly historic. tional rights. knowledge, the fi rst time a major Ameri- commotion was. She paused, fi rst over While there is nothing particularly im- can institution has presented LGBT histo- the Suffragette’s scrapbook, then the Victor Maldonado can be reached at vmold@ pressive about the display itself, its col- ry as a natural part of the American story. Braille copy of the Constitution, and then yahoo.com. 20 • MAY 13, 2011 WASHINGTONBLADE.COM

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MCC-D.C. celebrates By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO to have it rain the entire weekend. The joke for years was never to 40 years of pro-LGBT [email protected] have her pray for weather again. She also remembers feeling ridiculous blessing the current gospel ministry The memories come fl ooding back for Candace Shultis when Ridge Street location with former pastor, the late Rev. Larry Uhrig, asked about her 25-plus years on staff at Metropolitan Community who died of AIDS in 1993, going around the new church with a Church of Washington, the District’s largest mostly gay church. plant he’d brought from Hawaii throwing water at the building, She’s been gone a few years now having left to pastor a St. again in the pouring rain. Petersburg, Fla., MCC church. But so much of her ministry was It never takes long, though, for talk of MCC’s history to come in Washington, on the occasion of the church’s 40th anniversary around to the AIDS crisis, which took a staggering toll on its — the festivities kick off tonight with an event at Human Rights members and which Shultis admits defi ned much of her ministry Campaign headquarters — she waxes nostalgic during an hour- there, especially in the 1980s and well into the ’90s. plus phone chat from her new parish. Her memories run the “I think in many ways my time there, certainly for a good bulk gamut of human emotion, from tedium and tragedy to laughter of it even early on in the pastorate, was defi ned by HIV and AIDS,” After stabilizing its membership and attendance MCC- and tears of joy. Shultis says. “You just can’t say anything but that. It was just real D.C. experienced a boom era around 1999 and 2000 She remembers one anniversary weekend where outside clear, this had a huge impact on the community and we lost a in which it wasn’t uncommon for 500 faithful to come festivities were planned at the old M Street location. Members lot of people. Not all from AIDS — some had heart attacks, Bob through the doors on an average Sunday morning. asked her to pray for good weather — “I guess they fi gured I had WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO a closer connection to God about such things,” she says — only CONTINUES ON PAGE 38 washingtonblade.com 22 • MAY 13, 2011 QUEERY: 20 QUESTIONS FOR MATTHEW GARDINER

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT “Questionable Sensibility” AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST PERSON TO TELL? IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTINA SHERK Since I was 18 but it took a while to CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION, have the conversation with my parents. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? They probably knew since I was 5 when Protest By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO I begged my mother to buy me all the [email protected] Judy Garland albums. Was it hard to tell WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND them I was gay? No. They knew. But is THE PHYSICAL WORLD? Matthew Gardiner’s fi rst exposure to Stephen Sondheim is a vivid memory. a conversation about sexual preference The tooth fairy… defi nitely the tooth He was 5 and remembers his mom watching “Into the Woods” on PBS. He was with your parents a bit awkward. Sure. fairy. supposed to be in bed but hid behind the sofa watching it unbeknownst to her. “His lyrics are unlike anybody else’s who writes for musical theater,” the WHO’S YOUR LGBT HERO? WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT 27-year-old gay College Park, Md., resident says. “His music is spectacular and Socially: Harvey Milk. Artistically: There MOVEMENT LEADERS? he’s an amazing wordsmith.” are many. But presently, Arthur Laurents, I have no advice, except to keep Gardiner is directing “Side by Side by Sondheim,” which runs through June who recently passed away. He was a giant on. I am amazed daily by people who 12 at Arlington’s Signature Theatre. It’s a revue of the gay composer’s early in the theatre world (the writer of West Side dedicate their lives to fi ghting for their works that features music from “West Side Story,” “Company,” “Follies,” “A Story, which in my opinion is perfection) and rights and others. Little Night Music” and more. Gardiner changed a couple of the songs — with an open and proud gay man. Sondheim’s blessing — and tweaked the between-song patter, but says the WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS simple presentation is intrinsic to the show. WHAT’S WASHINGTON’S BEST HOT COALS FOR? “There’s no reason to clutter Sondheim’s work with excessive spectacle,” he NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT? My parents and brother. says. “His words are what you want to focus on.” Ali’s Bar at Signature Theatre Gardiner is also directing “Art,” another current Signature production. Eric WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS Schaeffer, whom Gardiner calls “my mentor and teacher” slated him for both DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING. YOU MOST? productions — it’s the fi rst time Gardiner knows of that a Signature director has I don’t think I’ve ever given that much Well the whole “show queen” helmed simultaneous productions. thought. I guess something simple and stereotype … oh and the word “twink.” Gardiner and his twin brother grew up active in the arts. He studied ballet intimate, with close friends and family. for years but eventually wanted to fi nd something that would allow him more Something personal, that speaks to my WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE LGBT MOVIE? creative input so he pursued directing. He joined Signature after going to relationship with that other person. “Philadelphia.” That scene with school at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. And though he has a group Tom Hanks, listening to the of friends with whom he enjoys exploring new restaurants and activities in WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU Maria Callas recording, it does a Washington, the theater, he says, is his life. MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT? number on me every time I see it. Also “I’m a workaholic and I’m doing what I love and I love the people I do it with,” Arts education “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” but for he says. “So it’s not a job for me. It’s what I want to be doing. I have a wonderful very different reasons. group of friends and we do lots of stuff together but I enjoy the theater most so WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME I spend a lot of time doing it.” WOULD YOU CHANGE? WHAT’S THE MOST OVERRATED Gardiner is single and lives in Arlington. Everything happens for a reason. But I SOCIAL CUSTOM? guess the election of and the re-election If by customs you mean etiquette then of George W. Bush. I think nothing is overrated. Shaking hands, opening the door for others, WHAT’S BEEN THE MOST saying please and thank you. I’m all for MEMORABLE POP CULTURE social etiquette and good manners. MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME? Being in an elevator with Al Pacino. WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU MOST COVET? ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST? Positive feedback on my work from have you 110 percent. Will you always achieve or my brother. Is that corny? OK, my “Most get from those around you? No. But I strive Improved” trophy from a bowling team I for and expect it from those around me. was on in elementary school. I was awful.

seen us lately? WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU’D POST OR TWEET? KNOWN AT 18? I enjoy sharing YouTube videos. The Have conﬁ dence and don’t worry what most recent was a video of Anne Reinking, others think of you and your decisions. I Donna McKechnie and Chita Rivera singing still have to remind myself of this. “Let Me Entertain” you on a television workin’ a street corner near you! special in 1987. Look it up. It’s amazing. WHY WASHINGTON? Because it’s my home. I grew up IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT here. And because it is one of the most WOULD THE TITLE BE? exciting theatre towns in America. WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 23 washingtonblade.com 24 • MAY 13, 2011 COMMUNITY Built with pride

Local gay group So the group is hosting a fundraising reception next week featuring blue- working to rehab ribbon LGBT sponsors such as state Sen. home with Habitat Rich Madaleno, and three delegates from the county, Bonnie Cullison, Anne Kaiser and Heather Mizeur, all from Montgomery By DAVID HOFFMAN County, as well as Elizabeth Birch, former Human Rights Campaign executive There’s an old saying that if all you have director. Acting as special guest host will is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. be Tom Sherwood, a reporter for NBC Usually, that’s not a compliment. But it’s News Channel 4 who specializes in politics a good place to begin — with hanging and D.C. government. Guest admission is wallboard, and pounding nails — if the $50 and host committee admission is $75. task at hand is to rehab a home through The group will start if it reaches its volunteer labor and sweat equity, with $5,000 goal. Organizations contributing the dwelling to be turned over to a family include Washington Blade, PFLAG, the needing a hand up, not a handout. National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, the

To secure affordable home ownership National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.ORG one family at a time in Montgomery County, Commerce and the Sanford and Doris HABITAT FOR HUMANITY in Montgomery County is working to raise funds from the LGBT one of the nation’s most affl uent suburban Slavin Foundation. The lead corporate community for a rehab project. areas, is the goal of the county’s Habitat sponsor is Marriott International, which is for Humanity affi liate, founded in 1982 but donating two vacations for a live auction now in a new partnership with activists in to be held at the reception. interested in the broader community,” their own homes, these “partner families” the LGBT community and their allies in an The reception will take place on Thursday Bernstein, whose daughter is a lesbian, also attend workshops on handling money initiative called Pride Build 2011. at 5706 Warwick Place, from 6:30-8:30 says. “I thought, ‘Here’s a way to step that and basic home maintenance and repair. Michael Meller, who is gay and chairs the p.m. at the home of Jeffrey Slavin, mayor up and also meet a need, so a family can The next local Habitat homeownership effort, hopes to raise the $60,000 needed of Somerset, Md., an affl uent community get an affordable home,’ so I contacted information session is Wednesday at 6:30 to bring the 67th Habitat-sponsored of little more than 1,000 people wedged Habitat for Humanity in Montgomery at the group’s offi ces at 9110 Gaither home in Montgomery County to fruition near Chevy Chase and Bethesda close to County, and they were equally excited to Road in Gaithersburg, Md. Interested later this year. Friendship Heights. Joining Slavin, fi rst get something similar started here.” people must live or work in the county “Too often the LGBT community may be elected Somerset’s mayor in 2008, will be It’s unknown who the family receiving for at least one year prior to application viewed as separate from the community at two other mayors, also gay, David Lublin, the home will be. The group isn’t targeting and be permanent legal residents of the large, and that’s just false,” Meller says. mayor of Chevy Chase and professor of an LGBT family. Habitat’s Amanda Fein U.S. People must be currently living in “We do care, we do give back, we do government at American University; and says the project “will defi nitely” be done substandard housing conditions. They want to make a better life for everybody, Peter Fosselman, a civil engineer and by year’s end. It will likely be a house must pre-register to attend and must pre- not just ourselves, and this kind of project since 2006 mayor of Kensington, Md., needing signifi cant rehab work. She says qualify based upon family size and family makes it clear that the LGBT community and also as of last month, an appointee they hope to have it selected this month. income, ranging from $31,050 to $36,250 is in fact an integral part of the greater of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley as Habitat’s modus operandi is using for one person to $31,050 to $68,350 for community as a whole,” says Meller, a the state’s deputy secretary of state. volunteers — sometimes hundreds — to eight or more people. business consultant specializing in real Meller says his group is using this project build or rehabilitate houses that are sold to For more details, visit habitat-mc. estate fi nancial and market feasibility to get a feel for how receptive the local qualifi ed families at no profi t and are fi nanced org. The Pride Build homeowner will be studies. “In doing this, we’re bringing LGBT community is to helping Habitat. with affordable, no-interest mortgages. selected by Habitat’s Family Selection together a very high-profi le and renowned Meller points to Bob Bernstein, a Monthly payments are deposited into Committee based on housing need, organization, Habitat for Humanity, which Bethesda resident, as the “genesis for this a local Habitat fund that helps to build or willingness to put in a set number of doesn’t just go out and ask for money, idea,” after Bernstein, a Pride Build donor, rehab more homes. In addition to a down hours of work themselves and their ability but also for blood, sweat and tears from saw a similar idea at play in Portland. payment and the monthly mortgage to repay when the house is sold to the volunteers to get invested in the project.” “It was so exciting to see this as a good payment, the new homeowners invest, selected homeowner at a below market The group has $25,000 saved but example of the equality movement today, says Fein, on average between 200 and price and with a 30-year, no-interest needs $30,000 to get started, then where much progress is being made by 500 hours of their own labor into building mortgage, gaining equity in the home another $30,000 to complete the project. people meeting openly LGBT people their homes. In addition to working on each year.

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E-mail calendar items to [email protected] the Shadows,” tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 be available. The Warehouse is the white two weeks prior to your event. Space is limited so a.m. at Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, garage in the northside alley, west of 11th priority is given to LGBT-specifi c events or those N.W.). Part of POZ D.C., this is a monthly St., on Monroe St., N.W. with LGBT participants. Recurring events must be re-submitted each time. party for those who are HIV positive. The D.C. Ice Breakers will be having its The cast of “50Faggots” will be monthly skate and social tonight. The celebrating the release of its second webisode group will be skating at Kettler Capitals TODAY “I Was Just a Poor Lost Boy Myself” at Cobalt Iceplex (627 N. Glebe Rd.) in Arlington The St. Mark’s Players (301 A St., S.E.) (1639 R St., N.W.) tonight from 10:30 p.m. to from 8:15 to 9:15 p.m. then they’ll hit a present “Chicago,” opening tonight at 8 1:30 a.m. with DJ Alex Cohen and Kuhmeleon local bar for a social hour. Skating is $8 and p.m. Tickets range from $15 to $20 and can hosted by Cyon Flare. skate rentals are $3. be purchased online at stmarksplayers. Epic Win Burlesque will be performing at The Capital Area AIDS Prevention Effort org. The show will run through May 21. the Red Palace (1212 H St., N.E.) tonight with (CAAPE) has its its monthly meeting Siren returns to Green Lantern (1335 Schaffer the Darklord and Nelson Lugo. Doors tonight at the D.C. Center (1318 U St., Green Court, N.W.) with “F*** the Fame open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 10. All N.W.) from 7 to 9 p.m. Away,” a Lady Gaga vs. Peaches Dance attendees must be 21 or older. Tickets are $10 R-Group presents “Hunks in Trunks 2011: Party with a performance by “Slim Pu$$y” in advance and $15 at the door and can be All Make Swimsuit Fashion Show” at Red at midnight. Doors open at 10 p.m. purchased online at redpalacedc.com. Maple (930 North Charles St.) in Baltimore D.C. Front Runners is having its “spring A kickball tournament and fundraiser tonight from 7:30 to 11 p.m. A swimsuit charity fl ing” rooftop martinee soiree tonight benefi t, presented by The Lodge (21614 auction will take place to benefi t AIDS Action at 6:30 p.m. hosted by Jeff Dutton and National Pike) in Boonsboro, starts tonight PHOTO COURTESY OF R-GROUP Baltimore. Tickets vary from $22 for one to Kei Koizumi on their roof deck. The with a pre-party. The fundraiser will feature Model Cody will be at the ‘Hunks in Trunks’ $169 for a VIP-Sponsor Group Ticket for four address will be posted to the group’s a silent auction and 50/50 raffl e to benefi t benefi t in Baltimore on Wednesday. people. For more information and to purchase weekly e-news or e-mail outreach@ the Washington County Special Olympics. tickets, visit hunksintrunks.org. dcfrontrunners.org. New Front Runners The tournament will be help Sunday. The Tom Davaron Social Bridge Club will shirts will be available for sale. For more Zenith Gallery is hosting a lecture of photos by women from 1865 to 2004 called meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity Center information, visit dcfrontrunners.org. demonstration with Rosetta DeBerardinis “Eye Wonder: Photography From the Bank (721 8th St., S.E.) for social bridge. No The Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art on the use of acrylic paints today from of American Collection.” Containing 115 partner is needed. For more information, Museum Drive) has more than 200 images 1 to 3 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Pavilion pieces by 45 artists, the exhibit is arranged visit lambdabridge.com and click “Social by Diane Arbus, William Eggleston and (5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.). Artists of thematically rather than chronologically. Bridge in Washington, D.C.” Cindy Sherman in its exhibit, “Seeing all levels are invited to attend. An artist Admission is $10, $8 for seniors and students. UltimateOut, D.C.’s only LGBT ultimate Now: Photography Since 1960.” The reception will follow the lecture. E-mail The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. frisbee team, will be practicing from 6:30 to 8 exhibit closes Sunday. The museum is [email protected] to RSVP. Ford’s Theatre (511 Tenth St., N.W.) p.m. on the National Mall fi eld in front of the open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. presents “Liberty Smith,” a musical about Air and Space Museum in preparation for Evolve Urban Arts Project presents SUNDAY, MAY 15 Revolutionary America focusing on Liberty summer league play. Participants of all skill “Shenanigans” featuring works by Lindsey Flip-Out, D.C.’s LGBT fl ip cup league, has Smith, a childhood friend of George levels are welcome. Contact Ben Schock at Applebee in the Pierce School Lofts (1375 its weekly games today at 5 p.m. at Cobalt Washington, an apprentice of Benjamin [email protected], or for more info visit the Maryland Ave., N.E.). The gallery is open (1639 R St., N.W.). For more information, Franklin and linked to Paul Revere’s ride, at 7 group’s Facebook page on.fb.me/lqcEoF. from 1 to 4 p.m. visit fl ipoutdc.com. p.m. Tickets range from $44 to $49 and can “Follies,” an award-winning musical Pocket Gays present Maypole Sunday be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. THURSDAY, MAY 19 starring Bernadette Peters, will be School today from 3 to 9 p.m. on the OutWrite presents “Pioneers: Celebrating performed tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets roof deck of Local 16 (1602 U St., N.W.) TUESDAY, MAY 17 Ruth Simpson and Shirley Chisholm” range from $45 to $150 and can be featuring the tunes of Glowstick. Join Burgundy Crescent Volunteers to tonight at 7 p.m. at the D.C. Center (1318 purchased online at kennedy-center.org. Lambda Divers Scuba Club is having a help pack safer sex kits from 7 to 9 p.m. U St., N.W.). happy hour tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at tonight at FUK!T’s new packing location The Metropolitan Community Churches SATURDAY, MAY 14 Nellie’s (900 U St., N.W.). Green Lantern, 1335 Green Ct., N.W. will hold the fi rst day of its Conference for Protect and Defend presents “Copcakes Pier Six Pavilion presents Sunday The Washington National Opera will be People of African Descent, Our Friends and for a Cause” wine and dessert tasting at Funday with Amos Lee, Josh Ritter, Eric performing “Iphigénie en Tauride” tonight Allis today at the Fairmont Washington (2401 Remingtons (639 Pennsylvania Ave., N.E.) Hutchinson, Mason Jennings, Justin at 7:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Center (2700 M St., N.W.). The conference runs through tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $25 and Jones and Bobby Long, with Sweet F St., N.W.). Sunday. Visit padconference.mccchurch.org/ includes wine, dessert and soda. Proceeds will Leda, Taylor Carson and Kentavius Jones. for more information. benefi t Concerns of Police Offi cers. Protect Tickets range from $20 to $60 and can be WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 The D.C. Log Cabin Republicans will host and Defend serves the interests of gay and purchased online at piersixpavilion.com. Dream City Collective is kicking off a its May general meeting tonight from lesbian law enforcement, fi refi ghters, military Gates open at 12:30 p.m. monthly queer fi lm series tonight with 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Camden Roosevelt and other public safety and justice system “But I’m a Cheerleader” in the Dream City (2101 16th St., N.W.) featuring Jeffrey workers. For more information or to purchase MONDAY, MAY 16 Warehouse from 8 to 11 p.m. Dream City Richardson, director of the mayor’s Offi ce tickets, visit protectanddefend.org. The National Museum of Women in the is asking for a dollar donation at the door. of GLBT Affairs. For more information, visit Jacob Pring presents “Come Out of Arts (1250 New York Ave., N.W.) has an exhibit Refreshments, books and T-shirts will also dclogcabin.org.

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WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY The St. Marks players in rehearsal for ‘Chicago.’ Murder at St. Mark’s Community players a comic sensibility as well as the chops and gams to sing and dance and just the shine in lavish right mix of curve, verve and nerve as they ‘Chicago’ production shimmy and shake and bring high-kicking whoopee to their dreams of making it big in show business. By DAVID HOFFMAN Also noteworthy is Genevieve Williams as their jailor, Mama Morton, with her The Tony Award winning “Chicago: deep rumble of a contralto voice. With The Musical” — with its heart of purest heavy hints that she is lesbian (Billy calls bile, its lyrics by Fred Ebb, and its music her “butch”), there’s real spice in this by John Kander — mocks everything we Mama’s gumbo. claim to value in life (truth, love, justice, Heather Cipu also deserves notice — you name it). On the Capitol Hill stage of she shines as Mary Sunshine, hitting every the St. Mark’s Players, consistently one of high note with her operetta-soprano ode Washington Blade original fi le: Adobethe area’s InDesign sharpest CS5 community theaters, to saccharine, “A Little Bit of Good,” it’s here through May 21. though later she drops the goodie-two- Fri, May 13, 2011 This “Chicago” with its iconic shoes image and matronly frock to reveal 1/8H (4.75” x 2.6875”) Non-SAU choreographyPDF by Bob Fosse and later Ann a very different persona underneath. Reinking is stylishly restaged by director Finally, there is Stephen Yednock as poor, Landmark Theatres/CF Rick Hayes[if circled]and choreographer Rikki put-upon Amos Hart, the one and only Howie, sharply punched up with jokes and decent person, Roxie’s good-natured THE KATHY & MO SHOW sight gags to fi t this top-notch production but basically dimwitted husband who is neatly into the historic church’s tall- prepared at every turn to take the fall for . ceilinged but narrow nave. But it delivers her if he can. Yednock brings real feeling Friday, May 20th at 8 p.m. the same signature Kander and Ebb tap- to several songs, especially his solo dance around a seedy world of jail cells, its lament, “Mister Cellophane.” TICKETS ARE $35 REGULAR, $33 SENIORS/STUDENTS story forever doomed. This staging of “Chicago” is simply The satirical story of Roxie Hart and great right down to the terrifi c ensemble Velma Kelly, and how they beat their who among them function like a chorus, BOX OFFICE: 240-567-5301 respective murder raps, has been told singing and dancing different roles, M, 9A.M.-5P.M. & T-F, 10A.M.-6P.M. · VISA/MC/DISCOVER/AMEX many times before. At St. Mark’s it is including the females in a fi rst-rate “Cell WWW.MONTGOMERYCOLLEGE.EDU/PAC · 51 MANNAKEE ST., ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 staged with all the famed double-snap, Block Tango,” wicked and wonderful in red wise crackle and syncopated pop that this lips and black leather, and in the opening show can be at its best. song, “All That Jazz.” Other show- Billy Flynn is portrayed by Eric Kennedy, stoppers include “We Both Reached for PRESENTS who packs the part with animal appeal — a the Gun” and “Nowadays.” Special kudos wolf’s whistle, a fox’s morals and a cat’s grin of go to the show’s director, Rick Hayes, also “Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.” self-satisfaction. Kennedy, who’s gay, imbues the Players’ artistic director, and as the Billy with oodles of smarm and charm in the musical director, the veteran musician J. key role as the mercenary mouthpiece for N. Wickert III, at the baton of an 11-piece the murderesses. But he’s more than being orchestra. Both are gay, as is the Players’ both sleazy and sleek in the role — Kennedy president Jerry Dale Jr., who also serves as also has a great voice and a fi ne soft shoe to stage manager for this show. go with dark good looks. Attention must also be paid to the three ‘CHICAGO’ women playing the two roles of Velma music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb FEATURING LIVE SHADOW CAST and Roxie. Anya Nebel is Velma, with the based on book by Ebb and Bob Fosse SONIC TRANSDUCERS! voice and the lung power to belt it out 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday and the comic tease to add sparkle to the thru May 21 part. Sharing the role of Roxie on different St. Marks Players Fri & Sat, May 13 & 14 at Midnight! nights are the equally talented Kim Pyle 3rd and A Streets, S.E. Washington Buy Advance Tickets Online tickets.landmarktheatres.com (May 13-15) and choreographer Howie Tickets $20 ($18 seniors and students) herself (May 20-21). All three ladies bring 202-546-9670 or visit stmarksplayers.org washingtonblade.com THEATER MAY 13, 2011 • 29

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KENNEDY CENTER TERRI WHITE feels she ﬁ nally grew into her ‘Follies’ role and is thrilled to be in the current Kennedy Center production. Finding ‘Follies’

Gay actress says role enjoy ourselves while we’re here. I respect all the ladies and relish the opportunity to feels conceived for her share the stage with them.” As a kid, White was part of the family act By PATRICK FOLLIARD the White Quartet, and travelled the South and the Midwest performing on the TOBA Throughout her long career in show — Theater Owners Booking Association, business, Terri White has certainly sung or more familiarly known to performers as her share of Stephen Sondheim tunes Tough on Black Asses — circuit. in nightclubs and piano bars, but it’s not “My father was a crooner and a hoofer. until now that she is actually tackling a full- He taught me to tap dance and put me fl edged role in one of his musicals. on stage when I was 8. Times were often As has-been dancer Stella Deems in tough. Sometimes managers didn’t pay us Sondheim’s nostalgic backstage story and we’d get very low on funds,” she says. “Follies” (currently enjoying a much White’s Broadway and off-Broadway anticipated run at the Kennedy Center), experience includes Joice Heth in White, who is also gay, feels she’s found “Barnum,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’” as Neal, the part of a lifetime. gay director/choreographer Tommy Tune’s “I fi rst saw ‘Follies’ when it opened on “The Club” (Obie Award 1976) in which she Broadway in 1971,” says White, 62. “And over literally tap danced from her entrance to her the years I’ve sort of grown into the part.” Not exit, “Nunsense,” “Stepping Out” at Radio only do White and her character both share City with Liza Minnelli, “Chicago,” and the roots in theater of a different era, they also recent revival of “Finian’s Rainbow.” know what it means to step away from show Despite her big talent, White has known business and fi nd respite in sunny Florida. lulls in her career. After appearing in Tony “It’s uncanny,” White says. “It’s as if Stella was Award-winning “Barnum” on Broadway in written especially for me. I’ve just had to wait 1980, White was unable to fi nd similar gigs 40 years to be old enough to give it a try.” for eight years. “I was effectively blacklisted Considered among the best of for being gay,” she says. “There were a lot Sondheim and James Goldman’s of gay men in the theater, but you didn’t collaborations, “Follies” is a hauntingly see a lot of openly gay women performing beautiful tribute to lavish revues and on Broadway then or now.” increasingly complicated lives. Gathered In 2008, White lost her apartment and for a fi nal goodbye in a once grand New slept in Manhattan’s Washington Square York theater on the eve of its destruction, Park for three months. With the help of a group of former showgirls reminisce friends she found a signing gig in Key about the glamorous, good old days and West, Fla., where she met her wife and share where their post-chorine lives have business partner Rhonda Everett. A taken them. On top of Goldman’s rich year later the couple was celebrated a libretto, the show boasts a memorable hit commitment ceremony on the stage of laden score: “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still the St. James Theater where White was Here,” “Too Many Mornings,” “Could I playing in “Finnian’s Rainbow.” Shortly Leave You?” and “Losing My Mind.” thereafter, they were legally married in With a multi-million dollar budget, nearby Connecticut. a 28-piece orchestra, and a large “For now,” White says, “I’m happy cast including megawatt dames like playing this incredible part Stella in Bernadette Peters, Elaine Page and Linda ‘Follies.’” Lavin, the Kennedy Center’s “Follies” (staged by gay director Eric Schaeffer) is ‘Follies’ produced big as it should be, says White. Through June 19 “And there are no divas here,” she adds. The Kennedy Center $45-$150 “It’s a brilliantly cast group of professionals 202-467-4600 who’ve come not only to work, but also to www.kennedy-center.org washingtonblade.com 30 • MAY 13, 2011 THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE OPENINGS 703-933-1111. janefranklin.com. HOT HITS AND HIDDEN JEWELS TUE, MAY 17 Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber FRI, MAY 13 Music Concert, Friday Morning Music Don Pasquale, WNO, Kennedy Center. Club, Dumbarton House. fmmc.org. 202-295-2400. dc-opera.org. WED, MAY 18 WED, MAY 18 Art After Hours: Laura Tsaggaris, Works by Gordon Binder, Tanja Bos, and Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org Beverly Ryan, Gallery plan b. NEXT at the Corcoran Gallery Talk Series. 202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com. getinvolved.corcoran.org. THU, MAY 19 Shenson Chamber Music Concert: Sarah Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival Coburn, Soprano, Museum of Women in - 16th Annual, Kennedy Center. the Arts. 202-783-7370. nmwa.org. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org Como si fuera esta noche / As If It Were Tonight, Teatro de la Luna, ONGOING STAGE Gunston Theatre Two. 703-548-3092. IphigÈnie en Tauride, WNO, Kennedy teatrodelaluna.org. Center. 202-295-2400. dc-opera.org PAUL APPLEBY, TENOR, IN RECITAL Contain, Maintain, Sustain, ARTISPHERE. Follies, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. PRESENTED BY VOCAL ARTS DC 703-875-1100. artisphere.com. kennedy-center.org. MON, MAY 16 NSO: Thomas Dausgaard, conductor / The Moscows of Nantucket, Theater J. KENNEDY CENTER. 202-669-1463. VOCALARTSDC.ORG. Nikolai Lugansky, piano, plays Beethoven, 800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org Paul Appleby’s solo recital debut will feature songs and sensuous arias from Italy, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Liberty Smith, Ford’s Theatre. Austria, France, Brazil, and the US - composers ranging from Verdi and Villa-Lobos kennedy-center.org. 202-397-7328. fords.org. to Zemlinsky and Gershwin. Steven Blier at the piano, will accompany Appleby. Tennessee Continuum: Two One-Acts Farragut North, Olney Theatre Center. by Williams, Washington Shakespeare 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org SAME SEX AMERICA Company, Artisphere. 888-841-2787. Amadeus, Round House Theatre WED, MAY 18 washingtonshakespeare.org. ARTISPHERE. 703-875-1100. ARTISPHERE.COM. Bethesda. 240-644-1100. This Showtime documentary takes a hard look at the confl ict over same-sex marriage, roundhousetheatre.org. following several gay and lesbian couples who have a personal stake in this civil rights LAST CHANCE Washington Stage Guild: The Apple Cart clash. Filmmaker Henry Corra weaves the story of seven gay and lesbian couples on by George Bernard Shaw, Washington their emotional journey to the altar with the dramatic showdown at Massachusetts’ SAT, MAY 14 Stage Guild, Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050. stageguild.org. constitutional convention, a vivid demonstration of democracy in action. National Pastime, Keegan Theatre, In Your Ear: Avant Garde Poetry, & The Church Street Theater. 703-892-0202. Capital City Showcase, DCAC. CARMEN, THE WASHINGTON BALLET keegantheatre.com. WED, MAY 18 - SUN, MAY 22 202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org. HARMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 877-487-8849. WASHINGTONBALLET.ORG. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT ONGOING EXHIBITONS Septime Webre closes the season with his smoldering Carmen. This passion- fi lled portrayal of the feisty title character, set to Georges Bizet’s spirited score, is MAY 13 - MAY 14 Corcoran Gallery of Art. NEXT at the complimented by Pablo Picasso-inspired sets. Trey McIntyre Project, WPAS, Sidney Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011, Body. 202- Harman Hall. wpas.org. 639-1700. corcoran.org. NIGHT AND DAY, WASHINGTON SHAKESPEARE COMPANY MAY 14 - MAY 15 Dumbarton House. From House to Home: THRU THU, JULY 31 Alexandria Symphony Orchestra: Mahler Reinterpreting Dumbarton House. 202- ARTISPHERE. 888-841-2787. Anniversary Concert, Schlesinger Center. 337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org. WASHINGTONSHAKESPEARE.ORG. 703-548-0885. alexsym.org. Kreeger Museum. Tom Wesselmann This rarely mounted, typically wide-ranging 1978 play looks at a British newspaper DRAWS. 202-338-3552. kreegermuseum.org. strike through the prism of journalists covering a civil war in Africa and introduces us National Gallery of Art. Venice: Canaletto to Ruth Carson, the expatriate wife of a British mine owner and your scintillatingly ONE NIGHT ONLY and His Rivals, Gauguin: Maker of Myth, witty Stoppardian guide to the proceedings. Gabriel Metsu, 1629ñ1667, Lewis Baltz: FRI, MAY 13 Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit, In the Tower: The Guide to Arts & Culture is provided by CultureCapital.com, your link to the arts in Metro DC. A Nam June Paik, From Impressionism to program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. Photo courtesy of Vocal Arts DC. Buckwheat Zydeco, Montpelier Arts Center. 301-377-7800. arts.pgparks.com Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection. emma’s revolution in Concert, Joe’s 202-737-4215. nga.gov. Movement Emporium. 301-699-1819. National Geographic. Beyond the Story: Friday Night Eclectic: Ted Garber CD National Geographic Unpublished. 202- Release Party, Strathmore. 301-581-5100. 857-7700. nglive.org/dc. strathmore.org. Museum of Women in the Arts. Eye Step Festival, Dance Place. 202-269-1600. Wonder: Photography from the Bank of danceplace.org. America Collection. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org. SAT, MAY 14 Surratt House Museum. Maryland: A House Divided. 301-868-1121. surratt.org. Alma Tropicalia & Special Guests, Artisphere. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com Joy of Motion’s Spring 2011 Dance ONGOING GALLERIES Project, Guidone Theater. 202-520-3690. joyofmotion.org. PEEP Show, Barcode Orchestra, & Carrier, Bach and Mozart, National Philharmonic, ARTISPHERE. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com . Strathmore. 301-581-5100. Put a CORC in It!, Corcoran Gallery of Art, nationalphilharmonic.org. Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel. NSO Pops: Jon Secada and Tito Puente 202-775-0800. getinvolved.corcoran.org. Jr. / Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, Kennedy Baa-merica! Icons Revisited, The Art Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org. League. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org SUN, MAY 15 Jenny Freestone: New Prints, Washington Zip Through a Tight Space, Jane Franklin Printmakers Gallery. 301-273-3660. Dance, Arlington Arts Center. washingtonprintmakers.com. WASHINGTONBLADE.COM MAY 13, 2011 • 31

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PHOTO COURTESY OF WAL-MART ARETHA FRANKLIN’s new album, a long-awaited indie release, is an epic disappointment KEEP THEM CLEAN. NATURALLY. Franklin’s fumble New album fi nds ‘woman produced), “Put it Back Together Again,” “When 2 Become One” and fi rst single falling’ with bad songs, “How Long I’ve Been Waiting” sink like dated production quicksand in a soggy stew of momentum- sapping and dated-sounding R&B drivel. Franklin, thankfully, sounds great. Her By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO voice — while not quite the rafter-raising INTRODUCING FLEET® NATURALS CLEANSING ENEMAS. feat of nature it was 30 years ago — still It’s painful when a long-awaited album has a luster and sheen that’s delightful to Gentle enough for daily use, now you can feel clean from a much-loved artist fi nally appears hear. In a way, though, it makes this album and fresh—without the drugs found in laxative enemas. and is a disaster. doubly tragic — with better material, The pain is especially acute on Aretha it’s obvious Franklin possesses the vocal Drug Free | Safe For Daily Use | Hygienic Franklin’s new album, the Wal-Mart wherewithal to have produced a home run. exclusive “A Woman Falling Out of Love.” The covers are hit or miss, but two of Rumors swirled wildly last fall that she the three are the record’s high points. A had pancreatic cancer — Rolling Stone sassy, bluesy cover of B.B. King’s “Sweet even went to press with the news citing Sixteen” promises early hope but proves anonymous Franklin family members. an isolated and fl eeting moment. A duet So it’s a delight and huge relief to see a with an oddly uncredited Ronald Isley on 2033 M Street, NW | 202 530 3621 much trimmer Aretha — she lost about “The Way We Were” is sweeping and 85 pounds — back on the media circuit, feels positively glorious compared to looking healthier than she has in years and everything else. Revisions Preschedulinglease check you rconcerts ad copy she postponed last The insipid “New Day” sounds like a Redesign foyearr acc uduringracy. 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PHOTO BY STEVE VACCARIELLO; COURTESY OF WASHINGTON BALLET ‘Carmen’ to close season

The gay-helmed Washington Ballet is closing its 210-2011 season with “Carmen,” opening Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Harman Center for the Arts (610 F St., N.W.). The program will also feature the premiere of Associate Artistic Director David Palmer’s “Passing Through” and Edwaard Liang’s “As Above, So Below.” The show runs through May 22. Tickets range from $20 to $87 and can be purchased online at washingtonballet.org.

PHOTO COURTESY OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA Patricia Racette in ‘Iphigenie en Tauride.’

Out soprano in ‘Iphigenie’

The Washington National Opera will be performing Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” starring out soprano, Patricia Racette, at the Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) this weekend and through May 28. “Iphigénie en Tauride” is about Iphigénie, saved by the goddess Diana then held captive to serve as her high priestess. She must decide if she will obey the PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY King Thoas and sacriﬁ ce two strangers, including her brother Oreste. Racette, a lesbian, last performed at WNO in “Peter Grimes” in 2009. She has also performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera Exhibit honors AIDS history of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and the Santa Fe Opera. Sunday’s performance will be followed by question-answer session with The National Museum of American History (1400 Constitution Ave., N.W.) will mark the Christina Scheppelmann, WNO’s director of artistic operations and select cast 30th anniversary of the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with a three-part display members. and website opening June 3. “Iphigénie en Tauride” is performed in French with English supertitles. Tickets One display, “HIV and AIDS Thirty Years Ago,” will look at the early phase of the range from $25 to $300. pandemic. Located in the “Science in American Life” exhibition, this display will feature For more information or to purchase tickets, visit dc-opera.org. photographs, magazine covers and the equipment Dr. Jay Levy used to isolate the virus. Another display, “Archiving the History of an Epidemic: HIV and AIDS 1985-2009” will how people were affected by the disease. In the museum’s Archives Center, this display will feature popular culture materials including posters for the 1993 movie Philadelphia, photographs and quotations from oral histories. The last display will be of a panel from the AIDS Memorial Quilt of the Names Project Foundation honoring Roger Lyon, who died of complications from AIDS in 1948, not long after he testiﬁ ed before Congress to get funding to combat the epidemic. For more information, visit americanhistory.si.edu. The exhibit’s website will be available FROM PAPER OF RECORD TO APP OF RECORD at americanhistory.si.edu/hivaids.

Drag show at Town this weekend

LGBT theater group, Crack presents “A Crack in Time,” hosted by drag queen Summer Camp, Saturday and Sunday at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.). After the show Saturday, DJ Matt Bailer will be spinning upstairs. Sunday’s show will feature the same performers as Saturday night, plus a few “special FOR i P hone & ANDROID twists.” Saturday’s show will be at 10 p.m. and tickets are $10. Sunday’s show will be at 6 p.m. and tickets are $8. Doors open an hour prior to the show both nights. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, visit crackdc.com.

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I even remember Shultis, who became senior pastor in the ratios but I think he really listened. our fi rst member who died, James Vincent 1995, remembers that “it was nice not to Things began to change after that.” McCann, Jim McCann. We named a have as many funerals” for a change, but also Shirli Hughes, the church’s minister of ministry award after him … but we lost remembers there was rarely a dull moment. music since 2001, says it’s important to honor so many. We became kind of known as One of her most poignant memories the church’s past, a reason she’s excited the place where you could come and we started around banal circumstances. about the bounty of anniversary festivities would do your funeral … it was just really After settling into the magnifi cent Ridge that are planned throughout the year. hard on the congregation. The only we Street building, a series of properties “It’s taking all of that rich history of what got through it was by relying on God and around the new church became available has been our past and all those saints who each other.” and members sensed a rare chance to have gone on before us and the sacrifi ces MCC-D.C., as it’s casually known, is part purchase them and eventually expand that so many have made to make it of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan the parking area. But the logistics were possible to be where we are today,” she Community Churches, a liberal Christian dicey — purchase had to be approved says. “It’s taking that collective wisdom denomination with a vastly, but not by the congregation and involved three and energy and using it to propel us into a completely, LGBT membership. The D.C. contracts, the failure of any one of which new vision, to really embrace the limitless church’s roots go back to 1970 when a could sink the whole project. They also possibilities of the future.” group of gay believers started meeting as had to move fast. But now with so many mainline Christian Community Church of Washington. The “This involved taking out, like a WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY churches opening and welcoming LGBT church was chartered as an MCC church $700,000 or $800,000 loan and so we Rev. DWAYNE JOHNSON, current pastor believers, is MCC-D.C. in danger of on May 11, 1971 under the leadership of had a very large congregational meeting becoming an anachronism? Has the Rev. J.E. Paul Breton. and I couldn’t believe it, the vote to do decline in attendance been partially due Rev. Troy Perry, the denomination’s it was unanimous,” Shultus says. “I had to that trend? founder, remembers vividly the D.C. tears in my eyes. I thought, ‘Golly gee, senior pastor, says. “We welcome people’s Johnson says no. church joining the Fellowship. we’ve worked so long and people really doubts and our core theology is really “The difference is we’re not just an “We said right away, yes, we’d love to understand what we’re trying to do here God’s unconditional love.” affi rming church, it’s hard to fi nd the have them,” Perry says by phone from Los and support it.’” Johnson, well respected within the right language,” he says. “I don’t want to Angeles where he’s lived for 48 years. He The D.C. church, as with the Fellowship Fellowship for leading a Houston MCC bash any other churches by any means, resigned as the Fellowship’s moderator in as a whole, has long sought to be a place church through a period that saw its but I think it’s because of MCC in a lot 2005 but is still active among the church’s of refuge for gay Christians chastised by attendance double, succeeded Shultis in of ways that other churches even started 250 congregations around the globe. the churches of their youth. The church early 2010 after a lengthy national search. opening their doors [to gays]. There were “It was one of the briefest dedications offers classes on its interpretation of the He volunteered at the D.C. church from ’89 many, many years when it was just us. we ever did,” he says. “We got there and scriptures that many Christian churches to ’92 and has high praise for both Uhrig And many others are still fi ghting that it was like 22 degrees. It was so cold I use to condemn gay sex. (whom he calls “incredibly passionate — battle internally. … Other churches may thought my jaws would fall off. So it only Longtime member John Dewey, the prophetic in the best sense of the word”) welcome and affi rm you but we are you.” lasted about 15 minutes.” church’s lay delegate who represents the and Shultis (“strength, integrity and Sue Elliott, an Upper Marlboro, Md., MCC-D.C. is one of the largest churches parish at denominational meetings, says grounding”). resident who’s been active in the church in the Fellowship. Shultis says it’s always in an underlying theme woven into nearly Despite the adage that Sunday since the early ’90s, knows what that feels the top 10 in terms of weekly attendance every sermon is that “God loves and mornings provide the U.S. with its most like fi rst hand. It’s a big reason she’s been and often in the top fi ve. accepts you no matter who you are.” He segregated hour, MCC-D.C. is widely in the church choir and on the church’s Perry has visited most of the says the scriptures need to be considered known for its healthy interracial mix vestry council for so long. denomination’s churches and says in their proper historical context and and array of ages. Shultis says it wasn’t She says the 40th anniversary comes visiting the Washington church is always a modern readers need to realize they were always that way and in its early years was as no surprise considering how much the highlight and blessing for him. crafted before there was any notion or dominated by white gay men, a trend she church offers. But not all has been easy in recent understanding of sexual orientation. was eventually concerned about. “I never thought for a minute it wouldn’t years. After stabilizing its membership “We take a non-judgmental approach Shultis put her neck on the line during be here to see 40,” she says. “I’m excited. and attendance after the advent of anti- to Christianity that welcomes people a heart-to-heart with Uhrig when she was We’re moving forward and have a lot of retroviral therapy, the church experienced exactly where they are,” Rev. Dwayne still assistant pastor and said, “You have new things planned. I never doubted for a a boom era around 1999 and 2000 in Johnson, the church’s sixth and current got to pay more attention to women, minute that it would last.”

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