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Thomas Canestraro & Maddox VOL. 4 ISSUE 14 WINTER 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTRIBUTOR’S BIOS WHAT CAN YOUR Lenora Dannelke is an independent journalist who covers food, travel or anything fun. She lives in Old Allentown and loves a good Bloody Mary. She LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER DO FOR YOU? 5 is owned by a 12-year-old rescued boxer named Scoobie. Look for her most Saturday afternoons at the Allentown Farmer’s Market. HILDA DOOLITTLE 6 RUSA LGBT’S LYSHA GORSHKOV 9 Scott Laubner, former Allentown resident, now lives in Washington Heights, SHOULD WE BE GRATEFUL FOR CAITLYN JENNER? 12 New York City. In his spare time Scott sings in the New York City Gay Men’s SOMETIMES, YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP 13 Chorus and is a member of the chorus’ Royal Family. He volunteers with Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and SAGE (Services and Advocacy for BOBBY JO VALENTINE 15 Gay Elders). He is also the New York distributor for The Gay Journal. LGBT BUSINESS: ALEJANDRO’S SPARKLE EVENTS 17 KC Miller lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and attended a quaker LGBT BUSINESS: FEGLEY’S BREWWORKS 19 boarding school called Westtown School, which has been instrumental to his journey as a community activist and the creation of Keystone CASE. MIKE RUIZ 21 In the fall, KC is headed to University of Pennsylvania for Nursing and FINDING HAPPINESS IN THE MIRROR 25 Healthcare Management CIVIC THEATRE RENOVATIONS 26 Corinne Goodwin serves as the Webmaster and social coordinator for BRYON YODER: ITALY 28 Lehigh Valley Transgender Renaissance, a support group for transgender individuals that serves the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties. After BRODY RAY 31 serving in executive capacities for Fortune 50 companies she started her own QUEER EYE CREATOR DAVID COLLINS 32 consulting firm in 2010. If you see her out and about be sure to say hello! DOOR CLOSED 34 Jessica F. Moyer, Esquire is a partner with the KingSpry Law Firm. She con- centrates her practice in family and education law and serves as assistant TODD SNOVEL 36 solicitor for numerous school entities. Ms. Moyer has written articles on a JOHN BARROWMAN 37 variety of family law topics and has served as a panelist for several continu- ing legal education courses. SARAH BRIGHTMAN 40 ALEC NYSTEN 42 Liz Bradbury is the Director of the Training Institute of the Bradbury- Sullivan LGBT Community Center and has been an activist since she ran SITUATIONAL THESPIAN 44 an LGBT committee in grad school in 1979. She’s written over 400 published articles on LGBT issues, and is the national award winning author of the SNEAKSNEAK PEEK! PEEK! lesbian detective novels: The Maggie Gale Mysteries. Jason Leonhard recently graduated from Muhlenberg College with a BA in music composition and media & communications. He currently works as Marketing & Communications Manager for Urbanity Dance in Boston, MA. In his free time, he writes music, performs stand-up, and naps (and works for The Gay Journal... ocassionally). [email protected] Brian Wendt is a life long resident of the Lehigh Valley and hold a BA in Speech Communication. He has taken comedy writing courses with the Second City in NYC and is currently active in the LV theater circuit. Most recently he has performed along with the Crowded Kitchen Players and Between the Lines studio. Dan Wirth is a writer, musician & collector of all things Geeky. Most im- portantly he has seen every single episode of Doctor Who. He is the former owner of a popular vintage collectible shop called The Underground Lair. He recently finished his first screenplay which may see production as early as 2020. 32 37 40 Isaiah Zukowski is Supportive Services Coordinator at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. Born and raised in the Lehigh Valley, he earned his B.A. in International Relations and Peace Studies at Goucher College and recently completed a Fulbright Scholarship in Colombia Contact us at [email protected], or Gaugler-Libby, LLC Sharon Lee Glassman is a retired English and drama teacher and the former PO Box 421 President of Civic Theatre of Allenton as well as President of the Allentown Arts Commission. Among her many honors, she is the recipient of the Arts Stockertown, PA 18083 Ovation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Arts, and with her like us on FB and visit our website: husband, the Special Recognition Award for Leadership in the Arts from the www.thegayjournal.net Allentown Arts Commission. The opinions and views expressed by our contributors are not necessarily that of The Gay Journal, Gaugler-Libby, LLC or our -7;uঞv;uvĺ ON THE COVER: Thomas Canestraro & Maddox — photo by Mike Ruiz 2 Editor’s Note elcome to our winter issue, Wpacked with lots of interesting and entertaining articles, interviews, and ads from some of our favorite businesses in and around the Lehigh Valley! Liz Bradbury reminds us of the important contributions of Bethlehem native Hilda Doolittle while the crew at the Bradbury Sullivan Center wants you to know what your local LGBT Center can do for you. Scott Laubner had the opportunity to interview Lyosha Stephen Libby Gorshkov from RUSA LGBT while Dr. Editor-in-Chief Who aficionado Dan Wirth interviews all around entertainer John Barrowman. Corinne Goodwin ponders Caitlyn Jenner’s contributions to the trans community. I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Queer Eye creator, David Collins, musicians Bobby Jo Valentine and America’s Got Talent contestant, Brody Ray, the (not so) Diva(-like) Sarah Brightman and underwear model (because, why not) Alec Nysten. We feature a new LGBT business, Alejandros’ Sparkle Events and long time LGBT-supporter Fegley’s BrewWorks. KC Miller trades in his gym membership for pole dancing lessons. Sharon Glassman takes us through the history of the newly renovated Civic Theatre. Meanwhile, Bryon Yoder and his friends are singing the praises of Italy. Jessica Moyer, Esq. explains the doors that get closed on LGBT people fighting for custody of children from a previous relationship. We talk with Todd Snovel, Executive Director for Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs. And reprint some of our favorite blogs fromSituational Thespian, Brian Wendt. I give all of this to copy editor, Len Dannelke and designer, Jason Leonhard and they make it pretty as eff. 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