Paging READERS! Day, Sep- Baltimore Book Ed About It,” Says Moll

September 28, 2018 | Volume XVI, Issue 10 By Bill Redmond-Palmer “Baltimore Black LGBTQ Pride is a little over two weeks away,” notes Dr. Durryle Get Set for Black LGBTQ Pride 2018 Brooks, head of Baltimore’s Center for Black Equity. “Baltimore will continue a ent healing strategies and the interconnec- invited to join in a long-held tradition of honoring and cele- tions of race, gender, and sexual identity family-friendly envi- brating black LGBTQ life in the city.” This and their relation to health, wholeness, ronment with games, year’s theme is “Healing and celebrating and love. RSVP for the event at Bit.ly/2I- face painting, and ourselves.” fUANf. other activities for The event officially begins ‘An opportunity Later on October 6th, youth. on Friday, October 5th, with head back to the Downtown “With roots going the opening celebration from for all of us to Radisson Hotel from 7:30 to back into the 80s,” 7:30 to 11:30 pm at the Down- 11:30 pm for the Baltimore said Brooks, “Balti- town Radisson Hotel (101 West come together Black Pride Community Gala, more Black Pride has Fayette Street, Baltimore). Net- and appreciate honoring local leaders who served as an oppor- work, dance, and enjoy light re- fight for resources and a seat tunity for all of us to freshments as DJ Rosie spins. how far we’ve at the table. All are welcome come together and FreeState Justice will provide a and admission is free. appreciate how far legal and gender clinic as well come’ On Sunday, October 7th, we’ve come as a com- our con- At the as voter registration. celebrate Sunday Family munity as well as a society more broadly. nections to one another.” t 2017 Black On Saturday, October 6th, from 11:30 Fun Day at the GLCCB community center Additionally, I’m excited because the Cen- For more information contact Pride am to 3:30 pm at Jacques Journey Center (2530 North Charles Street, third floor). ter for Black Equity gets another opportu- Durryle Brooks at durryle@cbe- gala (880 Park Avenue, third floor), join in on Black LGBTQ families with children are nity to bring us all together and strengthen baltimore.org. the themed brunch “Healing Black LGBTQ Trauma: Health, Agency and Love.” Join others as they explore healing our individ- By Brynn Devereaux ual and collective traumas, explore differ- The 23rd annual Baltimore Book Festival returns to the Inner Harbor on Friday, Sep- tember 28th through Sun- Paging READERS! day, Sep- Baltimore Book ed about it,” says Moll. “I’ve been attending tember 30th. ston / Wright Lega- the Baltimore Book Festival for as long as Produced Festival features cy Award recipient I’ve been living in Baltimore. It’s one of my by the Balti- bisexual memoirist Tayari Jones, and favorite festivals. Now that I have a book more Office many others. and a podcast, I’ve been invited to be a of Promo- Anthony Moll, Baltimore au- part of this celebration of books.” tion and the Sept. 29th & 30th thor Anthony Moll The festival is full of author readings Arts, the is excited to be and signing, exhibitors, bookseller tents festival features included in the festival. His book, Out of (including the festival’s official booksell- local, region- Step: A Memoir, is about a bisexual boy er, the Ivy Bookshop), readings, cooking al and national that enlists in the army during the era of demonstrations, workshops, panel discus- authors. This “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” The book pushes the sions, children’s activities, live music, and year’s lineup boundaries of the traditional literary form. more. Attendees can enjoy local food and includes White It is written in sections that are complete- craft beverages from Charm City Pops, El House corre- ly different and create a literary mosaic of Tenedor de Nacho, Farm to Face, Island spondent April Moll’s story. In addition to doing two read- Quizine, and Smokin’ Joe’s. Ryan, New York ings of his book on Saturday, September “[The festival] is so big, and there’s Times bestsell- 29th, Moll will be doing a live taping on his so many different approaches and au- ing author A.J. podcast, “Lit!Pop!Bang” with co-host CeCe thors and booksellers. I hope that people Jacobs, Hur- on Sunday, September 30th. “I’m so excit- —continued on page 18 Co-Publishers Jim Becker • Jim Williams [email protected]

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Dining Out for Life

At Schola Cooking School – Amy von Lange giving a class as part of Dining Out for Life credit: Ken Espinosa

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munity of joy and justice that affirms trance; if that’s a problem, contact Pastor will deliver food on foot and by vehicle. New Lutheran- that everyone, including LGBTQ folk, is Emily Scott at [email protected] to People of all ages are encouraged to par- Based Church Group made in the image of God,” and aims to troubleshoot solutions. ticipate. Meet at the Phoenix Shot Tower, “dismantle the death-dealing structures For more information contact Pastor with volunteers then spreading out to dif- of racism.” Scott or visit the group’s Facebook event ferent areas. For more info, visit Bit.ly/2O- Welcomes LGBT t t “Sunday’s gathering will be a time page at Bit.ly/2QWU7mX. baUE5. Parishoners to explore our belovedness,” said Scott. “So many LGBTQ people have been ex- A new Lutheran faith group,“#Imagine cluded from sacred spaces or told that Help the Homeless: AChurch,” has formed in Baltimore, and something about them was the opposite welcomes LGBT people. The group is not of good or Godly. We’ll create a space Lunch Patrol: having regular services just yet, but 25 together where we remember that that’s to 30 people are gathering about once a simply not true. God made you exact- Sept. 30th Starting in month, with each meeting exploring a ly as you are, calls you by name and knows you by name, whether that name Join B and Dee’s Baltimore Love on Sep- September was given or chosen.” tember 30th at 1 pm for the September The group meets in an unconven- Lunch Patrol, to help distribute brown bag "Receive your tional space: The Red Canoe on Harford lunches to the area homeless. Participants Road, a cafe and children’s book shop Baltimore that lets the group use the space after hours. “It’s freeing to meet in a space that’s so different from a traditional OUTloud news church building,” says Scott, “because just walking up the stairs to a building right to your filled with pews can elicit negative memories for queer folks.” inbox" The September 30th gathering will include singing, a group art project, and sign-up on our dinner. Speaking will be Merrick Moses, a leader at Church of the Holy Nativity, who will speak about the role of faith in website Pastor Emily his transitioning to be a trans man. Kids theme. This month’s Scott are welcome to participate. “They can gathering will be Sep- work on an art project with the adults, tember 30th from 4 to 5:30 pm at the Red there will be plenty of sights and sounds Canoe (4337 Harford Road, Baltimore). to captivate them, and there will be an Dining Out The group is part of the Evangelical area where they can sit on the floor Lutheran Church in America and sup- for Life ported by the Delaware-Maryland Synod. during quieter moments of worship,” “Lutherans believe that no matter how says Scott. far we have wandered, we are never out Parking is available at the Safeway of God’s reach,” says Pastor Emily Scott. located just north of the Red Canoe at “We believe that grace is offered freely: we 4401 Harford Road. The 54 bus is the don’t need to earn God’s love.” “#Imagine best public transit option. The Red Ca- AChuch” says they are a “Christian com- noe has a few steps leading to the en- Law Office of David M. Lutz, P.A.

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compiled by Jim Becker from her perspective, her daughter’s death immediate family to provide details. Police was a murder motivated by hate and the reports may be only going by available re- Grand jury father got away with it. sources: a piece of legal ID, a set of finger- Song graduated from University of prints, and so on. They may not be privy to refuse to indict Texas in 2015 with a degree in radiation the whole story of a person. physics. She began hormone therapy To me, it becomes an issue of accuracy father for while she was at school. Sutton said at versus truth. It may indeed be accurate, for that time, Song was still welcome in her fa- example, to include the name I was born killing trans ther’s house, and she even visited him with under and used on legal documents until I a partner, who is also transgender. Song was in my early 20s – but this isn’t exactly daughter moved to California in 2016 and continued my truth. That surely isn’t me and isn’t my Coming out party ... someday her transition. She moved back to Texas identity now. In this discussion of obituar- Ellis County, Texas – A grand jury in early in 2017. Sutton said her daughter’s ies, an argument was put forth: How some- the “Sesame Street” stars is long overdue. Ellis County has no-billed Robert Wayne visit to her father that day in August was one who knew me in high school would Kilmnick says that these two main charac- Mosher in connection with the murder the first time she had seen him since she know that I passed. To me, that’s largely ters being part of the LGBT community will last year of his daughter, Gwynevere Riv- had returned to Waxahachie. Now that the irrelevant for one big reason: Those who help children discover who they are and er Song, 26. Mosher shot his daughter to grand jury has failed to indict Mosher, Sut- knew me then – and who I still may main- further enable parents to speak openly death at his house in Waxahachie on Au- ton said she is considering filing a wrongful tain at least a nodding acquaintance – are with their children about LGBT causes at gust 12th, 2017. She was the 17th trans- death lawsuit. (Dallas Voice – David Taffet aware of my transition. I do know that if a young age. gender woman murdered last year. Song’s at Dallasvoice.com/no-justice-for-gwen) someone were to pen what I’d consider a Kilmnick said in a statement, “Bert mother, Marcy Sutton, said Ellis County truth obituary of a transgender person, it and Ernie are icons of the LGBT commu- would be just as easy to discuss their tran- nity, and this announcement warrants a sition in language that makes it clear that long-overdue ‘coming-out’ party. LGBT Trans people whatever gender or name they were born advocates everywhere see this as a terrif- with is not the “accurate” one. To be trans ic step in the right direction for inclusion claiming their is to reveal deep inner truths and shed an everywhere, teaching kids that they may erroneous gender assignment. Who we feel welcome and safe everywhere – in- identity by were seen as by others up to a given part cluding on Sesame Street.” (Seattle Gay of our lives is not the sum of our lives, and News & the LGBT Network at Sgn.org/sgn- telling their in my opinion misses the whole point of be- news46_38/page1.cfm) ing transgender in the first place. We are stories the authors of our lives, and our identities matter. (Philadelphia Gay News – Gwen Philadelphia – One of the most import- Smith at Epgn.com/news/local/13789- Lesbian prime ant things for a trans person is their iden- who-lives-who-dies-who-tells-our-story) Sheriff’s Office investigator Dennis Clay tity. We live in a world that is constantly, minister of sent her a short email explaining the grand doggedly, trying to strip that away from us. jury’s decision: “Marcy, the Grand Jury No- We face pressure over this throughout our Serbia not Billed Robert,” Clay wrote. “That means lives – and often end up losing that battle Sesame Street’s the case does not move forward.” Mosher after death. In 1993, a transgender woman wanted at Pride was stabbed by his daughter and claims named Lauren Diana Wilson took her life. gay couple he shot her in self-defense. Her family claimed her body, and later held Belgrade, Serbia – Serbia’s lesbi- Everyone agrees on several details a funeral. From what I was able to learn finally comes an prime minister is “not wanted” at the in the case: An argument took place be- about it, she was buried in male clothing, country’s Pride march LGBT activists say. tween Song and her father at the door of with her hair clipped. Her parents listed her out When Ana Brnabic became prime minister his house. She was holding a knife, and as male and under her birth name – known last year – the first LGBT head of govern- he shot her four times. But that’s where in trans circles as one’s “deadname.” They New York City – Emmy Award-winning ment in a Balkan country – she became an the agreement stops. Sutton doesn’t be- kept the event private, so that no one in “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman has instant celebrity. At the 2017 Pride parade lieve his account of the shooting. Sutton her life could attend. Those of us who were announced that two of the show’s iconic in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, she was sur- said none of the evidence she sent Clay’s her friends held our own memorial, and characters, “Bert” and “Ernie,” were writ- rounded by supporters carrying placards office was introduced to the grand jury still do not know where Lauren was laid to ten as a gay couple. The relationship re- saying, “Ana is here!” Dozens of Pride that he said showed Mosher’s propensity rest by a family that did not care for the flected his own same-sex relationship, ac- marchers swarmed around to take selfies for violence, and she still wants to know person she became. cording to Saltzman, who began writing for with her. where the knife – a military knife with a I recently ended up at a discussion the show in 1984. Now she’s been disinvited to the event. sheath – came from. “We have pocket about transgender people, our “dead- Bert and Ernie shared a basement According to BBC News, a group of Ser- knives around the house,” Sutton said, names” – that is, the name we were given apartment at “123 Sesame Street” since bian LGBT activists has organized a “Say “not military knives.” Mosher had served at birth and may have long-since given up the show’s beginning and have been long- No” campaign, aimed at excluding all pol- in the military. Sutton also questions her – and obituaries. The panel revealed some time gay icons for the LGBT community. iticians from Pride events. The country’s ex-husband’s stab wounds. Police reports of the biases within the nature of obitu- “Sesame Street” is a staple educational political leaders. Brnabic is the main tar- said he was stabbed 11 times, but since aries and other reporting on transgender television show for children and has been get of their campaign, because her “work he was released from the hospital the next deaths. So often, when a newspaper tells seen by billions of children worldwide. on strengthening LGBT rights has been day, she suggested, the wounds couldn’t the story of a transgender person after New York LGBT Network CEO David Kilm- disappointing,” said a statement from the have been very severe. Sutton said that they pass, they rely on police reports and nick has said that a coming-out party for —continued on page 8

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—continued from page 5 viduals, but cases rarely come to justice. A chlin said a home-birth midwife makes sense. “The hysteria generated by the appear- survey EHRA showed that 90% of people “I offer a lot of the things that queer and trans ance of two essays, Ghomeshi’s ‘Reflec- in Serbia are against giving LGBT cou- people want in care, like having continuity, a tions from a Hashtag’ and ‘Exile’ (in Harp- Gay and Lesbian Info Center (GLIC), the ples the right to adopt, while about 70% known provider, not having to deal with office er’s magazine) by John Hockenberry, the organization behind the campaign. As a are against gay couples inheriting a part- staff, since I do all my labs in house, and not former New York Public Radio host accused featured speaker at the 2017 Pride parade, ner’s belongings after death. Same-sex having to interact with other healthcare proof sexual harassment in December 2017, Brnabic disappointed the crowd by telling marriage is still illegal in Serbia. (Seattle viders. Rachlin also offers ways for clients to reveals considerable nervousness that the them that LGBT rights would be addressed Gay News – Mike Andrew at Sgn.org/sgn- track their fertility, guides them through intra- “free-fire zone” in which unsubstantiated and only after more pressing problems facing news46_38/page3.cfm) uterine inseminations (IUIs), and performs often anonymous allegations are allowed to Serbia – inflation, pensions, and the stan- IUIs at her clients’ homes. If Rachlin has a destroy lives and careers may be in trouble. dard of living – had been resolved. niche within the home-birth arena, it’s fertility There are signs of questioning and even “It was a scandalous statement,” Pre- care for trans clients. During her three-year drag Azdejkovic, the head of GLIC, told certification program at Birthingway College the BBC. Critical of the original group of Midwifery queer and Midwifery in Portland, she spent a term Pride organizers for cooperating with gov- caring exclusively for trans patients. “I spe- ernment officials like Brnabic, Azdejkovic style in West cialized in this niche of helping people get off started a rival Pride parade in June. Its hormones and helping them figure out when goal is to “bring the gay march back to or- Philadelphia and how to use their genetic material to get dinary people and away from politicians.” pregnant.” said Rachlin. (Philadelphia Gay He says little has changed for Serbia’s Philadelphia – Ray Rachlin, certified News – Suzannah Cavanaugh at Epgn.com/ LGBT community since the bad old days of professional midwife and owner of Refuge news/local/13760-queer-focused-midwifery- nationalist strong man Slobodan Milosevic Midwifery, is celebrating the one-year anni- expands-in-west-philly) in the 1990s. “They say: ‘You have a gay versary of her home-birth practice and its ex- Neo-McCarthyism? Ian Buruma forced out prime minister, two parades, you should be pansion in West Philly just this month. Refuge content.’ But it’s all just made up,” Azde- Midwifery is one of four CPMs in city limits, conscious opposition to this anti-democratic jkovic said. For Serbia’s LGBT community, and one of the only home-birth practices ca- NY Review of crusade within artistic and intellectual circles. everyday life is still marred by widespread tering to LGBTQ patients. “Ghomeshi’s arrest and trial were treated – often violent -homophobia. Serbia’s first For Rachlin, her specialization is per- Books editor with great fanfare by the Canadian and in- Pride parade in 2001 ended in violence sonal. As a teen, she remembers receiving ternational media …. Justice William B. Hor- personalized healthcare as a participant in pressured to kins of the Ontario Court of Justice meticu- a youth program at Callen-Lorde, the New lously evaluated the testimony of the three York City LGBTQ community health center. “It resign over complainants .... In his conclusion, Horkins was life-changing to have providers that treat- writes, “At trial, each complainant recount- ed me with respect: to just be treated as a article ed their experience with Mr. Ghomeshi and person who could make decisions about my was then subjected to extensive and reveal- own body and be given the information and New York City -- The following is a ing cross-examination. The cross-examina- tools to do that,” said Rachlin, who identifies substantially abridged opinion piece by Da- tion dramatically demonstrated that each as queer. Thus, her decision to explore these vid Walsh published by the World Socialist complainant was less than full, frank, and values through midwifery was a natural tran- Website. “In an extraordinary act of political forthcoming in the information they provided Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic sition. Rachlin attended her first home birth censorship, New York Review of Books edi- to the media, to the police, to Crown coun- as a doula – a birth coach – in 2010 and was tor Ian Buruma was forced out this week af- sel and to this Court .… Each complainant when hundreds of right-wing hooligans at- immediately hooked. “It just looked so differ- ter he published an article by Jian Ghomeshi, was confronted with a volume of evidence tacked the peaceful march despite a heavy ent,” she recalled. In the past year, Rachlin the former Canadian Broadcasting Corpo- that was contrary to their prior sworn state- police presence. In 2010, about 100 peo- ration (CBC) radio broadcaster accused of ments and their evidence in-chief. Each ple were injured when that year’s march sexual misconduct in 2014 [but acquitted of complainant demonstrated, to some de- was also attacked in central Belgrade. The all charges in a 2016 trial]. The appearance gree, a willingness to ignore their oath to government has adopted the Law Against of the Ghomeshi essay provoked a storm of tell the truth on more than one occasion. It Discrimination, which protects LGBT indi- outrage on social media from #MeToo cir- is this aspect of their evidence that is most cles, including demands for Buruma’s ouster. troubling to the Court.” Given all that, Hor- Buruma, 66, a Dutch-born writer and histori- kins found “Mr. Ghomeshi not guilty on all These news notes have been compiled, an, told a Dutch magazine according to the of these charges and they will be noted as with permission, from the online version Toronto Star, that it was “rather ironic: as ed- dismissed.” The violent and venomous re- of various newspapers and other web itor of the New York Review of Books I pub- action to Ghomeshi’s inoffensive and rather sites. We thank these publications for lished a theme issue about #MeToo-offend- contrite article is telling. The removal of Ian allowing us to bring you their news sto- Ray Rachlin, midwife, with small client ers who had not been convicted in a court of Buruma at the New York Review of Books ries. Usually the reports have been sig- law but by social media. And now I myself is a cowardly capitulation to right-wing, an- nificantly edited and you can read the has attended close to 25 births as the owner am publicly pilloried.” He further commented, ti-democratic forces. t (World Socialist full story by going to the web site men- of Refuge. She averages four births a month “I have now myself been convicted on Twitter, Website – David Walsh at Wsws.org/en/ar- tioned following the item. Comments and is helping some five to ten people get without any due process.” Buruma [was not ticles/2018/09/22/nyrb-s22.html. are strictly the opinions of Jim Becker pregnant at any given time. Of those couples, fired but resigned] “after it became clear that and not of Baltimore OUTloud or Pride a third are LGBTQ. university publishers who advertise in the Media. For queer clients looking to conceive, Ra- NYRB were threatening a boycott.”

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It was my privilege in the service of NMAC’s agenda. (You to lead the workshop, can watch Larry’s full remarks in the vid- “Are we shaming those eo of the closing plenary, beginning at who are detectable?” the 1:49:10 mark – Bit.ly/2xFi5uZ.) My Fabulous with the formidable Apologies were made. The full video Charles Stephens of the was then shown at the closing plenary. Disease Counter Narrative Proj- But the ordeal left activists like me shak- By Mark S. King ect – a two-hour interac- ing our heads. NMAC’s inspired idea tive process in which we to include an outspoken voice instead countered the prevailing became an example of their devotion to Five narrative ourselves. A their corporate ties – and Gilead could packed room of engaged have handled the criticism to begin Takeaways attendees explored con- with! NMAC’s miscalculation squan- temporary AIDS deaths dered a wonderful opportunity to truly from the 2018 US and whether or not we are NMAC The presenters of honor Larry in all of his mercurial glory. And creating space for those who had invited the iconic the HIV Survivor what a shame that is. are detectable to be open about it. It was activist and ACT UP Monologues: Lillibeth “Historical Trauma” was the best pre- Conference on Gonzales, Bryan Jones, fascinating. (Special thanks to break-out founder Larry Kram- sentation I’ve seen at USCA … ever. This Teresa Sullivan, Mark S. group leaders Dazon Dixon Diallo, Charles er to be a plenary presentation taught me things that I will use AIDS King, Rick Guasco, and Sanchez, and Manuel Rodriguez.) in my advocacy right away. Dr. Michele An- speaker. I loved the Esther Ross. “What family doesn’t have its ups and The one remark during the workshop that gesture, of course, drasik’s brilliant insight into historical trauma downs?” – Eleanor of Aquitaine, remains with me: “I’m detectable,” said one and it was clever for and how it reverberates through generations The Lion in Winter attendee. The room was quiet with unsure NMAC to roll the dice – centuries, even – was worth the trip to Or- The 2018 US Conference on AIDS (USCA) responses. How have we come to a place on a volcanic speaker who kicks ass and lando for me. Brava! – the HIV advocacy, education and network- where someone who is detectable – and half takes names. The power of our community tran- ing behemoth produced by the National of those living with HIV in the US are – is met But, as the saying goes, the best laid scends all. Everywhere in the conference Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) – is the be- with confused reactions even from the most plans… When Larry was unable to attend hotel – the hallways, the lobby, the smoking nevolent and wealthy grandfather of the HIV informed advocates in the country? The in person for health reasons, NMAC video- area, the workshop rooms – you could wit- conference scene. We adore him sincerely, workshop left me convinced that the U=U taped his address. The video ran long, as ness old friends and fellow soldiers in this we marvel at his station in the world and the message isn’t the problem, per se, but we it was explained during the plenary, so they fight greeting one another, em- fortitude that got him there, and we tread must also sensitize ourselves to the plight of showed bracing, laughing over shared carefully. And sometimes, to our delight or to those who may feel isolated and si- victories and tribulations. Peo- our chagrin, Grandpa does the damnedest lenced for not having achieved this ple we know on social media things. clinical goal. whom we’ve never met before The recent USCA in Orlando was no ex- Past slights were corrected. sprang to life before our eyes. ception. Thousands of community HIV advo- There’s practically a tradition at This is the value and the cates converged in Orlando on September USCA that, at some point during a miracle of USCA. Our com- 6th to 9th for a highly professional event rich plenary, trans activists will mount a munity spirit spills out from with corporate sponsors – and a conference protest to call for better recognition the workshops and into the that is also careful to keep one foot firmly and support from the conference. halls and beyond. planted in the grassroots arena it has served It’s literally been scheduled into the There were too many old since its early days as the annual “Skills agenda in past years. This year, friends and personal heroes Building Conference” for AIDS service orga- that slight was corrected with a ma- on site for me to mention, but nizations. It is a perilous balancing act that jor plenary devoted to trans issues, I was especially delighted to NMAC has honed through the last 20 years. including a woman speaking as the meet Rajee Narinesingh, No report about the weekend’s many first trans community relations per- the trans activist who won The author with events and hero sightings and educational the hearts of television viewers during her son representing pharma. Charles Stephens at revelations can sufficiently encapsulate the Meanwhile, it might surprise you to know an edited version for the U=U workshop, ‘Are three appearances on the “E!” channel se- conference, so allow me to offer five of my that USCA has never devoted a plenary the crowd – a ver- we shaming those who ries “Botched.” Her pure joy sends you reel- personal takeaways from the conference. to long-term survivors of HIV before. That sion that convenient- are undetectable?’ ing. She has never allowed the disfigurement The U=U bandwagon plays on – and was also rectified this year, with a plenary ly deleted Larry’s ex- of her early facial feminization surgeries – a allows space for thoughtful dissent. The on trauma-informed care that featured “The coriation of pharma condition the surgeons on “Botched” were U=U (“Undetectable equals untransmitta- Survivor Monologues,” six long-term sur- greed, and of Gilead able to correct – to dampen her spirit. I prac- ble”) rallying cry continued growing in vol- vivors, myself included, offering glimpses in particular. You know the one. The pharma tically pounced when I spotted her, and our ume and among diverse communities at of our lives, challenges, and personal vic- that is a major sponsor of USCA. Facebook Live interview has her funny, au- USCA, getting name-checked by one speak- tories. There’s a video of the monologues I would love to know who the genius was dacious personality on full display. er or another at nearly every plenary. It was (thanks to Derrick Mapp for taping it! See who thought it was a good idea to cut Larry’s And that, my friends, is what keeps me satisfying, too, that the Prevention Access Bit.ly/20hnSjK.) criticism of a corporate sponsor and then coming back to USCA and enjoying the ex- Campaign chose to devote two hours of its It was terrific to see NMAC so willing to hope that no one would notice. Well, Mr. perience as much as I do. Activism is joy. U=U pathway at USCA to explore whether soothe past wounds. Alas, sadly, the confer- Kramer noticed, thank you very much, and Activism is friendship. Activism is life. or not the movement it has created might ence stumbled right into a brand new one. the boneheaded act of censorship backfired Thanks for all that you do in this strug- somehow be leaving those who are detect- Nobody puts Larry in a corner – Con- horribly when Larry posted on social media gle, and please be well. t able behind – and feeling like failures. sider my eyebrow raised when I heard that how disgusted he was to have his fangs cut

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 9 quality of life // Health and Wellness Chase-Brexton Charm Ball 2018 Raises More Than $240,000 Chase Brexton Health Care’s Charm Ball provided crucial support during Chase 2018 succeeded in raising more than Brexton’s early days and accepted the $240,000 to support Chase Brexton’s pa- Community Partner Award, as well as for- tients during an exciting, fun-filled evening mer board members Joanne Kraus, who on September 22nd honoring the communi- accepted the Lifetime Volunteer Award, ty health center’s 40th anniversary. and Franklin N. McNeil, Jr., who accept- More than 500 attendees came together ed the Legacy Award. In addition, Chase at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Brexton staff member Michael Shilling re- Hotel for a journey through four decades of ceived the Dr. Ronald Taylor Award, given welcoming, affirming care. Current and for- each year to a staff member who best ex- mer board members and staff guided guests emplifies Chase Brexton’s mission. through the challenges and victories of de- Chase Brexton thanks the following cades past and shared an exciting glimpse sponsors of Charm Ball 2018 for their of what’s to come. generous support: Allied Universal, Johns All funds raised supported the Hope Hopkins Medicine, Quest Diagnostics, Gil- Lives Here Fund, which assists Chase ead Sciences, Kaiser Permanente, M&T Brexton patients with critical needs. Bank, McKesson, PNC Bank, Priority Part- “It’s only fitting that our 40th anniversa- ners, The Agora Companies, the Annie E. ry year saw our most successful Charm Ball Casey Foundation, Port Covington, Guppy ever,” said Becky Frank, Chase Brexton’s VP Management, Henry Schein, Ironmark, of development. “The generosity shown during Janssen, The O’Neil Group – Merrill Lynch, this very special event will make an enormous Total Health Care, University of Maryland impact in the lives of many of our patients.” Baltimore Washington Medical Center, The evening’s honorees included the Walgreens, and PSA Insurance. t Baltimore City Health Department, which Charm Ball 2018 Saturday MIXERS-REMIXEDMIXERS-REMIXED September 22

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son who prepares food without first wash- magazine has a section called Date Lab. I ing their hands well. That is why hepatitis A read it out of curiosity and am amazed at outbreaks are often traced to restaurants. Ask how many dates lead nowhere. The couple Open Wide The severity of illness from hepatitis A var- seems well-matched, had a great time, but ask Dr Eva ies. Hepatitis A can make some people Dr. J then … nothing. This is what prompted me Dr Eva Hersh very ill for several weeks, but other people Janan Broadbent, Ph.D. to write about expectations last time (Bal- can be infected with hepatitis A and recov- timoreoutloud.com/wp/are-you-expecting- er from it without ever feeling sick. After too-much). recovering from hepatitis A, a person is im- Granted there are personality types Can You Get mune, meaning they can never be infected Do You Keep such as the Enneagram’s Type 7, the En- with hepatitis A again. Unlike types B and thusiast, the person who seeks what is Hepatitis C... C, hepatitis A never becomes a long-term Seeking Greener new, exciting, and interesting in a quest for infection. There is a vaccine to prevent improvement and sometimes to avoid bore- Dear Dr. Eva, hepatitis A. It is given as two shots, six Grass ? dom. It is not that there are zillions of Type I have been told that I have hepatitis C months apart. The hepatitis A vaccine is 7 people on dating sites. I do believe that and also that I need to get shots to protect especially recommended for gay men, in- Swipe left, swipe right! In the age of social culturally, social media has affected us all in me from hepatitis A and hepatitis B. This ternational travelers, food service workers, media and online dating, do we keep look- what it offers, and it promotes, whether you does not make sense to me. If I have hep- and health care workers. Since you may ing for the better deal? Too fast and easy to spend 15 minutes a day or check your feed atitis C now, doesn’t that mean I already have had hepatitis A without knowing it, it go on to the next one, in the hope 87 times a day. The glut had A and B? is a good idea to get a blood antibody test that it will be better than the last of information available, Just Diagnosed to see if you are already immune before one. Not to mention the fact that the ease with which we taking the vaccine. we have been trained to expect im- can access it and answer Dear Just Diagnosed, Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood mediate feedback. In the old days, questions that pop into our Your question makes total sense and and other body secretions including ejac- if you wanted to contact some- heads surely has made an shows how confusing med- ulate (cum) and vaginal se- one, you had to be home to use impact on how we seek re- ical terminology sometimes cretions, as well as through the phone, and then, if busy or no lationships. can be. Hepatitis A, B, and ... without feces. It is most easily trans- answer, you didn’t think they were So, what is the way C are not different stages of mitted by unsafe sex and avoiding you and you tried again. out? How do you indeed one disease: they are three having A and B sharing needles. Hepatitis Now, if a text or email is not responded to choose a partner? I get the question of how different infections caused first? B often causes severe ill- right away, it creates doubt or at a mini- one knows he/she is “the one.” Well, first of by three very different vi- ness and can lead to death. mum, interpretations. The Washington Post all, that is a fallacy. If it were true, it would ruses. They are called A, B, However, the same as with be like a needle in a haystack in all the peo- and C for the order in which they were dis- hepatitis A, some people never show any ples of the world and there would be very covered. There are now hepatitis viruses signs of infection. Most people recover few relationships. We choose a person, named all the way up to hepatitis G, but from hepatitis B, but 6% to 10% become mune before starting the vaccine series. most of the time on the basis of chemistry, only A, B, and C are important in causing chronically infected. In the last few years, Hepatitis C is transmitted mainly or because they fit what we think will make human illness. effective treatment has become available through blood contact, by sharing needles, us happy, and then expect it to lead to hap- ‘’Hepatitis” just means liver irritation. for chronic hepatitis B, and through contaminated blood products, piness ever after. Good connections take Hepatitis can be caused by infections, but it must be tak- but it is also sometimes transmitted sex- work. For that work, we need to look at our- chemicals, legal and illegal drugs, and en continuously ually. Hepatitis C does not cause severe selves first, assess who we are, what our by some over-the-counter herbal (like HIV treat- illness at the time of infection, but it often strong and weak points are, and then con- products. The commonest form of ment). There becomes a chronic infection. Like hepatitis sider what we want to compliment those. chemical hepatitis is caused by is currently B, chronic hepatitis C infection can cause What do you offer to the other? What do drinking alcohol. This is alco- no cure cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death. Hepatitis you want from the other? Then you have to holic hepatitis, which can prog- available C can now be cured with a several-month focus on the communication, the trust, the ress over a period of years to for hepati- course of anti-viral medicines similar to the honesty and finally, the complementarity of alcoholic cirrhosis (liver failure) tis B. The medicines used to treat HIV. Unfortunately, your traits. Accepting one’s self comes first, and death. Hepatitis can also treatment so far there is no vaccine to prevent hep- to be strengthened and reciprocated by tol- be caused by excess fat in the stops the atitis C. erance for the partner’s strong and weak liver. This is called “fatty liver” progres- Getting vaccinated against hepatitis A points. and is caused by overweight or sion of cir- and B is a smart idea for all sexually active Think of how many hours you put in at alcohol use. Any type of chronic rhosis and adults and for everyone who travels out- work, so you can perform well and excel. hepatitis can eventually lead to liver decreases side North America and Europe. There’s How much effort do you devote to the rela- failure (cirrhosis), cancer of the liver, the risk of liver really no downside to these vaccines. In tionship? How accepting are you of your be- and death. People with any type of hepa- failure and cancer. fact, both vaccines are now given to infants loved, and equally important, how accept- titis should avoid liver irritants, particularly There is a vaccine to as part of routine immunization. Hepatitis ing is he/she of you? I am not suggesting Don’t let this alcohol and acetaminophen (Tylenol). prevent hepatitis B. It is B vaccine was the first vaccine known to settling for what is compromising of yourself be you Hepatitis A is transmitted through fe- given as three shots over prevent a form of cancer, hepatoma (liver and your beliefs. I am, however, saying that t ces (bowel movements). Among gay men, a six month period. Since cancer). it takes two to tango (yes, corny!) and at it is often transmitted by rimming (oral-anal some people have had hepatitis B without Eva Hersh is a family physician. Send the heart of the relationship is knowing that sex). In other social groups, hepatitis A is knowing it, it is a good idea to get a blood your comments and questions to her by your grass is green and searching for the t most often transmitted by an infected per- antibody test to see if you are already im- email at [email protected]. greener is wasting time.

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(who remembers them?), one on top of Social Worker, Gay, and GOP the other, with a fluffy water-filled disc be- Mending tween them. The space between them is critical for the nerves of the spine to get Candidate for Delegate the out of the cage of the spinal column and By Andy Zipay Gap out into the body. DDD occurs when one or My name is Andy Zipay and I am ond Amendment. I believe our more of the discs lose some of their fluid, running for House of Delegates founders created the greatest Charles Dudley start to wear out, and get thinner, allowing in the 45th district, which covers document of all time – the US the bones of the spine to be closer togeth- much of Baltimore City, including Constitution. We should follow er, leaving less room for the spinal nerves. Mount Vernon. I am gay and a Re- the Constitution as it was in- Your Spine Has Stand up. Hands on your hips. Lean back publican. If elected, I would be the tended by our founders. a bit. Any pain? If so, this could be DDD. first openly gay elected official to Governor Larry Hogan is Your Back These are the people at the store you see hold office fromB altimore City. I am doing an amazing job. If elect- leaning forward onto their running because we need to have ed, I will work with him. Many So far I have brought you carts because it feels better. balance in our representation in An- of his policies have been very information about erectile So pay it some Bulging discs are next on napolis. Currently, our legislature is good for the city. dysfunction, bladder control, the list. Hydrodynamics tells filled two-to-one with Democrats. Andy I believe we must do better Kegel exercises, and what mind us that water likes to go from And the last Republican elected Zipay with crime fighting strategies. I a pelvic physical therapist high pressure to low pres- from Baltimore City was in 1942! I truly believe the problem is does that is different from traditional thera- sure, path of least resistance. Remember- believe our community deserves to have at that the people in leadership who are making py. I think it is time to move just north of the ing that the discs are 80% fliud. If we are least one representative who is a Republican. these decisions are all from the same party pelvis to the lower back. Don’t worry, I will always bent forward we are putting more Growing up gay, I learned to have a good and they continue to recycle old ideas. New still have the pelvic spin on things because pressure on the front of the disc than the awareness of members of our society who York City in the 1980s had the highest levels they are very connected! It is estimated back of the disc. It is encouraged to glide are oppressed. This led me to my day job as of crime ever recorded. Then they elected a that 80% of us will have some form of back backward toward the spinal cord. Thank- a social worker. I work to empower people so Republican mayor. And by 2000, New York issue in our lifetime, and collectively, these fully we have a fail-safe before it gets to they can get back on their feet. I am living City was one of the safest cities in America. cost some $50 billion a year in treatments. the spinal cord, a ligament, which causes proof that you can be a strong conservative When you elect both Democrats and Republi- You are probably wondering what sci- the disc to glide to the left or right, which- politically and still care for the less fortu- cans, you get a balance of ideas and the best atica, disc degeneration, and disc bulging ever is easiest. When this happens, it can nate. I am a Republican because I support ideas get implemented. mean. Sciatica is known as pain that runs push out a little into the space between the a strong national defense, support tax cuts, Will you give me a chance? I hope to earn down the back of the leg to the knee or the bones where the spinal nerves live. Stand am pro-life, and believe strongly in our Sec- your vote this November 6th. t toes. Often times it starts in your buttock up again. Bend forward this time. Any but can also start in the low back. It can be pain? This could be a disc caused by a number of issues such as issue if you disc degeneration, disc have pain with bulging, but often I bending for- find the culprit to be ward. one of the hip mus- I want to cles, the piriformis. leave you The piriformis mus- with a few cle is in a unique po- thoughts. A sition in that the sci- 2018 Cana- atic nerve (a complex dian study mixing of lumbar and of women sacral nerves) runs with back pain right by the piriformis found that over 90% of them and in some cases runs also had some level of pelvic floor dys- through the piriformis. If that muscle is function – for instance, general weakness tight from years of sitting or standing a cer- due to stress incontinence or urinary fre- tain way it can pinch the sciatic nerve as it quency. Most pelvic floor studies are on passes by it thus causing a nice pain that women as it has been historically treated runs down your leg. The pelvic connection? as a woman’s issue, but I think the num- The piriformis muscles attaches to the side bers are similar for men and transgender of the hip and the sacrum, one of the pelvic people. The nerves of the body are prima bones that is also the base of the spine. donnas: everything has to be perfect or Guess what else won’t move correctly if they will complain and won’t work as well your piriformis is tight? You guessed it, the whether the pressure is from the hip, the sacrum. If the sacrum doesn’t move well disc, or the bones. In any case, physical then you can have another source of pain therapy can help. t at the sacro-iliac joints or even further up If you have questions or comments, PrEP UP the chain into the lumbar spine/low back. Charles Dudley says, “Feel free to reach Contact AIDS Action Baltimore 410-837-2437 or Enough about sciatica….what about out to me,” at [email protected] or degenerative disc disease (DDD)? The call/text 443-742-0019. PrEPUPmsm2gmail.com bones of the spine stack like Lincoln logs Supported by funding from Baltimore City Health Department

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 13 TheThe quality of life But wait, there’s more to do with linens! Getting the Caterers and wedding planners have binders and binders full of linen samples DrinkerDrinkeryy Wedding from the big rental companies. There are all kinds of textures, overlays, table runners, TheThe LittleLittle CoCorrnerner BarBar withwith aa GreatGreat BigBig HeHeartart!! You Want and more from which to choose. The cost of David Egan these linen upgrades is absolutely minimal 205205 WestWest ReadRead StreetStreet “Corner“Corner ofof ReadRead andand Park”Park” compared to any other form of decor. Think ten to 30 dollars per table. Cheap. The ef- on fect can be outstanding. There is no need to 410-225-3100410-225-3100 •• ATMATM AvailableAvailable Decorating settle for plain when you can have fantastic! Let’s talk centerpieces – A big way to the Cheap save decor money is to minimize cut flow- ers. Use potted plants, candles, photographs Want to know what single piece of decor will in frames, and other low-cost centerpieces. give you the biggest bang for your buck? Of Candles, especially, go a long way, partic- course you do! It’s your table linens! Sure ularly in a reception space where the lights you can use white on white. Lots of couples can be dimmed. do. But how about jazzing it up a bit? The Make it meaningful – I love seeing cost of using other colors is often the same couples choose meaningful things to add to as that of basic white linens, or only slightly their decor. Consider using books that repre- more. So if you’re feeling royal blue or hunter sent what you enjoy or where you’ve been. green or springtime yellow, go for it! You can create a theme around cites where One of my favorite tricks is to reverse the you’ve lived or visited, or even just family, colors of the guest tables and the service ta- with photographs of you and your parents bles – the bar, buffet, coffee service, cake, and grandparents. etc. – and do the napkins in the same color Pro tip: Massed anything creates a pow- as the latter. For example, let’s say that the erful, larger-than-itself look. Use groups of guest tables are covered in a crimson red candles, candle lan- linen. The service tables terns, blooms, piles might be covered with of used books, what- a contrasting blue linen. ever. The napkins would also Avoid Pinter- be in that same blue. est hell – A word Building on this of caution: Lots of scheme, you might also couples do some reverse-out the sweet- or all of their own heart or head table, using decor. That’s great! the same look as the ser- But before you be- vice tables, and add crim- gin, be realistic son red napkins. with yourself about Let’s take this a step your skills and your 1111 a.m.a.m. toto 99 p.m.p.m. further and really mix it up! time. It’s easy to Consider using multiple col- look at that big ors of table linens on your and complex Pin- BESTBEST PRICESPRICES ININ TOWNTOWN guest tables. A creative cou- terest centerpiece, with ple did just that earlier this year at everything put together just so, and say, “I my venue, Chase Court, with spectacular re- can do that!” It’s quite another to do it for all sults! They used several different, delightfully of your guest tables, to get it all done in time bright linen colors, pairing each with napkins for your wedding, and to have the time and in a contrasting color. The service tables person-power to set it all up on your wedding BACK BAR OPEN were a different, slightly more subdued color. day. BACK BAR OPEN Everyone loved it! There are a million ways to create gor- Another way to go, still just using color geous, meaningful decor for your wedding. as a variable, is to put a neutral color – ivo- With some time and effort, you can create a FRIDAYFRIDAY && SATURDAYSATURDAY ry for example – on your tables and use an look that you love, and one that your guests assortment of colored napkins on each table. will remember! Four or five colors that repeat will create a Next time: Theme Weddings! t UntilUntil 1:301:30 a.m.a.m. fabulous look. David L. Egan is the proprietor and stew- You can see how this can go on and on. ard of Chase Court, a wedding and event The idea is to be creative, and express who venue in downtown Baltimore. Visit Cha- with Karaoke you are as a couple in this most basic of dec- secourt.com, and follow ChaseCourtWed- with Karaoke orating methods. dingVenue on Instagram and Facebook.

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Star Wars: A New Hope and Harry Potter an even wider audience and engage with for the show, Aggiano gets to play many BSO’s Upcoming and the Order of the Phoenix.” partners and collaborators across Mary- different roles throughout the perfor- It takes hard work and time to create land.” t mance, as well as perform in some of Dis- 2018-19 Season a series of programming that is this com- To see the entire list of upcoming per- ney’s most classic songs. “I do just about pelling. “Planning a season is like putting formances and for ticket info, visit Bsomu- everything. I’ll be in the opening, in ‘Be By Brynn Devereaux together a jigsaw puzzle where the picture sic.org. Our Guest,’ in ‘Friend Like Me,’ and songs The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) keeps changing,” continues Sengupta. from Frozen. In many of our acts we have has a long history of delivering an inter- “The BSO maintains close relationships so many different things going on such as esting symphonic season for audiences to with artists and their managers all over the juggling, people on stilts and skaters doing enjoy. The upcoming 2018-19 season is no world. Often, it takes two or three years amazingly cool tricks.” different. With beautiful classical perfor- of planning to engage an artist the BSO Aggiano went on to explain that there mances, family programs, and fan favor- feels has something special to say to Disney on Ice are many aspects of his job that he re- ites like “Off the Cuff” and “BSO Pulse,” the Baltimore au- ally enjoys. “I tried having a regular BSO will diences. Great Skates Back into nine-to-five life. I’ve been on care is taken to and off the make sure we Baltimore are putting together a varied By Frankie Kujawa set of artists The entrancing magic of Disney on Ice re- and programs turns to Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena each season. this October. Running from Wednes- And this is just day, October 10th to Sunday, October in the selec- 14th, Disney on Ice presents “Mick- tion of artists ey’s Search Party,” a brand-new ad- Baltimore and reper- venture filled with world-class skat- toire! Once ing, high-flying acrobatics, and of the season is course, the most beloved of Disney Fall planned, the characters. Ice skater Daniel Ag- detailed work giano recently chatted with Bal- OUTloud of preparing timore OUTloud to discuss his the produc- role in Disney on Ice and what tion aspects audiences will most enjoy from Theatre of the sea- this new production. 2018 son begins, “This is the brand-new show,” BSO wins which pres- began Aggiano, “and in my opinion, ! over another ents a complex set of problems that re- the best Disney on Ice show we ever have something for audience quires incredible teamwork to solve.” made. It brings people closer to the Special everyone to enjoy this Fans of the BSO do not need to trav- magic than ever before. There’s literal- year. el to Baltimore to enjoy the symphony. ly so much audience participation. The “In the 2018-19 sea- “The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has hosts of the show will sit next to different son, there is something a unique situation because it is the only people in the audience and interact with for every music lover in Baltimore,” says major American symphony orchestra to them. The plot revolves around the Disney BSO artistic planner Ab Sengupta. “From perform regularly in two major metropoli- characters using Captain Hook’s treasure all the masterworks you would expect to tan areas: the Joseph Meyerhoff Sympho- map in search of clues to find the beloved road hear from one of the best orchestras in the ny Hall in Baltimore and the Music Center Tinker Bell. In order to do that, we’ll need so many times. country to rarely performed gems, such of Strathmore in North Bethesda, Mary- help from everyone in the show.” I’ve been doing this type of work on and as French composer Olivier Messiaen’s land,” says Sengupta. “This allows us to As part of the ensemble off since 2009. Every time I go back to groundbreaking ‘Turangalîla-symphonie,’ share our performances with a regular nine-to-five life I miss the as- and from Broadway stars like Leslie pects of being on the road and being in Odom, Jr., to the immensely talented a different city. It’s also going to sound trumpeter Chris Botti, the Baltimore really cheesy, but I enjoy seeing the fac- Symphony each season performs a es of the kids when I perform. Especially, wide range of outstanding concerts. when you make eye contact with them, The innovative series, BSO Pulse and they come to watch and think that pushes the boundaries this season you’re just performing for them. They with its most diverse line-up to date, featuring contemporary R&B artist Kelela, indie darlings Parquet Courts, hometown hero Dan Deacon, and singer and multi-instrumentalist Rhi- annon Giddens. Film buffs will also be thrilled to hear the BSO will present five ‘Movies with Orchestra,’ including

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don’t even see the other people around podrome Theatre from Tuesday, October themes. “I think the story of Jean Valjean them. You don’t get that type of rewarding 9th to Sunday, October 14th. Set in ear- is something that anyone can really con- feeling working in just an office.” ly 19th-century France, Les Misérables nect to. A story of having been wrongfully Think Disney equals “formulaic”? Ag- is the story of Jean Valjean, accused of something. Having to over- giano says there’s a ton creativity a French peasant, come the adversity to that and inspir- that’s been poured into this proj- and his quest for ing hope out of what seems like an ect. “I’ve never been as excited redemption af- impossible situation. And, I think ev- to perform in an ice show like this ter serving 19 eryone at some point has felt on the one. I truly do believe that we have years in jail for outskirts of something. They have one of the best ice shows out there having stolen a loaf of bread for grappled with what to do and how right now. The cast is super excited. So his sister’s starving child. Valjean to do it and hopefully many people much artistry will decides to break his parole and have done that and succeeded. It’s start his life anew after a kindly [Jean Valjean’s] humanity, and his bishop inspires him by an act hope that we fall in love with every of mercy, but he is relentless- night. The secondary characters, ly tracked down by a police as well, are finding their way to the inspector named Javert. same thing. If you follow Valjean or Along the way, Valjean and Éponine or Cosette, they are all striv- a slew of characters are ing for the same things. There’s a way swept into a revolutionary for people to connect and for people to period in France, where a strive to be a better person, to fall in love group of young idealists and strive to stay there. In the magic of make their last stand at front, John musical theater, the music and staging in a street barricade. Balti- Baltimore so Jean Ambrosino this production are exceptional. All those more OUTloud recently plays the Valjean can meet her again things together is what makes this show chatted with John Am- roles of and realize what his ac- not only iconic but a mainstay for what brosino who plays the Bamatabois and Fall tions have caused.” we consider a great evening in the the- roles of Bamatabois Claquesousk in What makes the story Hippodrome’s ater.” t OUTloud and Claquesous in the so enduring is its universal Les Mis production. Theatre “This musical, Les Misérables, is an epic sto- 2018 ry of humans overcoming A MUST SEE SEASON! ! adversity and hope for all of us in the world,” began Am- Special brosino. “It’s an epic story of the quest of one man, and love in your youth. Ultimately, what people find is a story of great hu- Let Me Entertain You! manity, and audiences leave with a great sense of hope. Everything about this ® be in this show that production, from the way it’s acted to the we have something for way it’s designed, is done to give the audi- both the kids and the adults. ence that experience. And, it gives people You’ll have to see it!” t that experience night after night.” For more info visit Royalfarmsarena. Along with playing a feature ensemble com/events/detail/disney-on-ice-presents- character, Ambrosio also plays multiple mickeys-search-party characters throughout the show. “At one point, I play a rather sinister man who goes to the docks to terrorize women – specif- ically, ‘women of the night’ as it were. He clearly has, in my interpretation of the character, some sort of sexual ambiguity Les Mis Marches and sexual dangerousness. What’s exciting about the character that I play is his into Hippodrome evilness propels the character of Fantine forward to Jean Valjean. Unbeknownst to Jean Valjean he has led to her being thrown Order On-Line at By Frankie Kujawa out of her job and she has to take up with TobysDinnerTheatre.com With its glorious staging and dazzlingly re- being a woman of the night. My character imagined scenery inspired by the paintings terrorizes her and exerts all type of pow- 410-730-8311 of Victor Hugo, the breathtaking produc- er – male domination power, money, and tion of Les Misérables will run at the Hip- bourgeois power. He brings her to the fore- 5900 Symphony Woods Road • Columbia, MD 21044 • Due to the nature of theatrical bookings, all shows and dates are subject to change.

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Love) Don’t Throw It All Away,” and the Ol- Like En Vogue, Matthew Sweet has ivia Newton-John duet “I Can’t Help It.” a storied past in music. Sweet released a Voices from the Past Back when it was a quartet known for couple of albums for a couple of different its sassy harmonies, En Vogue owned the labels in the eighties that weren’t met with By Gregg Shapiro what this album does is pave the way for early 1990s. En Vogue’s first two albums much fanfare. Everything changed with the All hail Liz Phair! Kicking the male-dom- Phair’s self-titled 2003 pop-oriented Born to Sing and Funky 1991 release of his breakthrough album inated Chicago rock scene in its tender album which Divas contained a string Girlfriend. From the vintage Tuesday Weld nuts with her steel-toe boots, Phair’s gave her an of dazzling hit singles pic on the cover to the album’s irresistible 1993 debut album Exile in Guyville didn’t official hit sin- including “Lies,” “Hold string of hit singles including the title tune, mince words when it came to the battle of gle in “Extraor- On,” “My Lovin’ (You’re “Divine Intervention” and “I’ve Been Wait- the sexes. It was a bruising felt round the dinary.” Never Gonna Get It),” ing.” Sweet maintained the momentum world, as dudes and bros moved to cover It’s no ex- “Free your Mind,” and throughout the 1990s. Beginning in 2006, their privates. Twenty-five years later, the aggeration to a cover of Curtis May- he teamed up with Susanna Hoffs (of the 18 songs on that album, as well as those say that when field’s Sparkle tune Bangles fame) for a series of Under the on the preceding Girlysound home demo Gomez re- “Giving Him Something Covers album on which they performed tapes, still sound fresh and ring true. The leased its debut He Can Feel.” They renditions of songs from the 1960s, 1970s, restored triple disc set Girly-Sound to album in 1998, even teamed up with and 1980s. In 2017, Sweet returned with Guyville (Matador), a provocative musical it didn’t sound female rap outfit Salt- the solo recording Tomorrow Forever, history lesson if there ever was one, is a po- like anything n-Pepa for “Whatta and has followed it up with Tomorrow’s tent reminder of female resilience in these else. Newly re- Man.” This was also Daughter (Honeycomb Hideout), both #metoo days. With Exile, and songs such issued in an ex- at a time when music of which sound as strong as the best of as “Fuck and Run,” “Dance of the Seven panded four-disc videos still held sway Sweet’s earlier work. Standout tracks on Veils,” “Stratford-On-Guy,” “Flower,” and 20th anniversary and En Vogue took Tomorrow’s Daughter include “Ever After,” “Divorce Song,” Phair essentially left Ma- edition box set, full advantage of the “I Belong to Yout “Lady Frankenstein,” and donna in the dust while planting the seeds Bring It On (Vir- medium. The depar- “Now Was the Future.” for Alanis Morissette. Regardless of what gin), still doesn’t ture of Dawn Rob- Formerly known as the Grammy you think of Phair’s later output (2003’s have any com- inson changed the Award-winning Les Mystere Des Voix Bul- eponymous disc, we’re talking to you!), parable record- group’s fortunes as gares, the renamed female choir The Mys- nothing compares to this masterwork. (Liz ings to match its they added and re- tery of the Bulgarian Voices teams up Phair performs on October 3rd in Washing- unusual sonics. moved members. En with Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard for its ton, DC, at 9:30 Club and on October 5th in A big factor is the Liz Phair – in DC Vogue returns with the first new studio album in two (!) decades, Philadelphia at Union Transfer.) shared vocal duties by Ben Ottewell October 3rd and Philly on delicious Electric Cafe BooCheeMish (Prophecy). It’s a success- October 5th In addition to the Girlysound to Guyville and Ian Ball. Ottewell’s vocals in par- (eOne), its first album ful pairing, with the incredible voices of the reissue, Phair is also being feted on vinyl ticular, alternately warm and ragged, in 14 (!) years, with an choir members complementing Gerrard’s via the LP reissues of 1994’s Whip-Smart provide the songs with a bluesy soul that incarnation featuring Cindy Herron, Terry distinctive wail. Merging the Middle Ages and 1998’s Whitechocolatespaceegg is hard to match. This is best exemplified Ellis, and Rhona Bennett. Sounding very with a contemporary approach, the songs (both on Capitol/UMe). Arriving as it did so in “Make No Sound.” Songs such as “78 au courant, En Vogue returns to form on BooCheeMish, including “Rano Ranila,” soon after Exile in Guyville, Whip-Smart Stone Wobble,” “Whippin’ Picadilly,” “Get with outstanding numbers including “Blue “Mani Yanni,” “Yove,” “Unison,” “Tropnitsa,” had a lot resting on its shoulders. It not Miles,” “Tijuana Lady,” the twangy “Free To Skies,” “Déjà Vu,” “Reach 4 Me,” “Life,” and “Shandai Ya,” have an unexpected im- only held up on its release, it still holds up Run,” and the jazzy “Bubble Gum Years” “Love The Way,” “Have a Seat” (featuring mediacy and go a long way in eliminating today. Aside from featuring a few songs also provide Gomez with its distinguishing Snoop Dogg), and the title cut. any language barriers. t from the legendary Girlysound sessions edge. In addition to a 2018 remaster of (such as the lo-fi tunes “Chopsticks” and the original album, the box set includes a “Shane”), Whip-Smart also included nu- disc of remastered single B-sides, a record merous daring standouts such as the rock- company demo tape, four-track recording single “Supernova,” “Cinco de Mayo,” ings, live recordings, and more. the early alt-country of “Nashville,” and the Avoiding membership in the so-called Paging READERS! sexy punk sneer of “Jealousy.” It may have “27 Club” by three years, Andy Gibb was suffered by comparison to Exile in Guyville yet another tragic loss in the pantheon —continued from page 1 upon its release, but if you’re wise you’ll of gone-too-soon pop music deaths. The continues Moll. “We’re normal people in give Whip-Smart another chance. Very Best of Andy Gibb (Capitol / UMe) find something that they need,” says Moll. the community out here in the literary and Four years passed before the release is not the first compilation of the hits of the “There’s an audience for everything there. arts community, and we’re looking forward of Phair’s Whitechocolatespaceegg. Like most attractive of the brothers Gibb, but it Readers and non-readers can find what to connecting with everyone. I’m excited to its predecessor, this album also contained is the first time one has been tied to an an- they need. I’m hoping that I can connect be an attendee as a reader. I’m excited to a revisited Girlysound selection, “Polyester niversary (the 30th) of his passing. In ad- either the book or podcast to people who find other authors who excite me and lis- Bride.” The remainder of the disc sounds dition to his looks (have those been men- should hear it. I’m hoping to connect the ten to the presentations of queer writers like a marriage of the hipster aesthetic with tioned yet?), Gibb could sing as well as his right art with the right audience or read- and leaders. There are many communities t arena rock. That’s not necessarily a bad older siblings and he also co-wrote his no- ers.” coming together at once.” thing, and songs such as “Johnny Feel- table number one singles “Shadow Danc- The Baltimore Book Festival is more To get a full schedule of events, visit good,” “Big Tall Man,” “Shitloads of Mon- ing” and “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water.” than a place to hear authors or buy books. Baltimorebookfestival.org. To learn more ey,” “Go On Ahead,” “Ride,” “What Makes Not surprisingly, his other big hits included It’s a place to celebrate community and about author Anthony Moll and his pod- You Happy,” and the gorgeous “Uncle Alva- here were written (or co-written) by brother enjoy new experiences. “I want people cast, visit Anthonymoll.com and Masonjar- rez,” sound as good now, if not better than Barry and include “I Just Want To Be Your to know that the people who are creating press.xyz/litpopbang. they did 20 years ago. More than anything, Everything,” “An Everlasting Love,” “(Our the festival are in the city and the region,” 18 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com Lively Arts // screen savor Oh, the Horror! By Gregg Shapiro By the time Regan and Lamont end You know how somethings improve with up back at the Georgetown house for the age? Well, Exorcist II: The Heretic ultimate battle of good versus evil, you’ll (Scream Factory), now available in a col- probably feel like you’ve been possessed lector’s edition Blu-ray, isn’t one of them. by confusion. The combination of Burton’s An incoherent mess when it was first overacting and Blair’s underact- released, the catastrophic 1977 ing, matched with the awk- CLASSICAL sequel to The Exorcist, direct- ward editing that is the ed by John Boorman (De- movie’s trademark, BEETHOVEN EROICA liverance and Hope and make Exorcist II: SYMPHONY Glory), features an intox- The Heretic scary icated Richard Burton at for all the wrong SEPT 21 & 23 his scenery-chomping reasons. worst. 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BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 19 Lively Arts // Between the cover NEW GROWTH ON WEST 40TH STREET. Picking Up the Pieces By Brynn Devereaux always extend to other aspects Actors in general are brave The only time of her life except in short bursts, souls. If it were easy to deliv- Field fought for roles that chal- er a performance – an inter- that Sally Field lenged her and ripped her away pretation of a script or char- becomes alive from the typecasting she suf- acter – in front of a camera fered after “Gidget” and “The or on stage for an audience is when Flying Nun.” These moments of to critique, then more peo- the book – the moments where ple would do it. It takes more she is acting Field stand up for herself – are than bravery to embrace the the most inspiring and fulfilling art of the memoir. Opening moments of the book. Roland Park Place – Baltimore City’s only certiﬁ ed Continuing yourself and your perspec- There are some people who tive to the world takes grit and resolve. In will focus on the salacious details and fa- Care Retirement Community – will soon be transformed, her memoir, In Pieces, Sally Field demon- mous people mentioned in the book. The adding 8 new stories and 58 spacious new residences, strates that she not only has bravery from numerous accounts of sexual abuse, an being an actor, but the grit to be a true abortion at 17, and her relationship with to create the perfect setting for your Baltimore story. memoirist. In Pieces is different from most Hollywood memoirs. READY FOR MOVEIN 443.338.6212 The only “juicy” sto- FALL 2020 RolandParkPlace.org ries are the ones that directly relate to Field and only the Pending final approval from Maryland Department of Aging necessary bits are shared from behind- the-scenes of her TV and film experiences. Instead, Field takes the reader on a journey of self-dis- covery. She tries to objectively analyze her family, romantic relationships, and career to gain a deeper understand- Sally ing of who she is and how Field Burt Reynolds are items that will be sure she has evolved over the to gain media exposure. In this political cli- years. mate, some of Field’s remarks about her The book begins with an in-depth look aggressors can come across as though at her family. Field sets the stage by div- she is making excuses for their bad behav- ing into her family history to explain her ior, and it can be difficult to accept that as prudish grandmother, absent father, and her point of view. The writing is raw and (at times) neglectful mother, actress Mar- sometimes disjointed, but readers can feel garet Morlan. This cast of characters and that journey as Field tries to organize her their actions help introduce her stepfather, thoughts and form opinions about her life. Jacques O’Mahoney (Jocko). With the in- In Pieces is about more than scandal troduction of Jocko, Field becomes a vic- and Hollywood. It is about a woman’s jour- tim of child sexual and mental abuse that ney to independence and repairing a re- follows her for her entire life. It impacts her lationship between mother and daughter. relationship with her mother and causes Readers will get a deeper understanding of the shyness and insecurities that Field had where the iconic Sally Field performances in many of her romantic relationships. come from and will appreciate her as not In fact, the only time that Field be- only an actor, but as a person. t comes alive is when she is acting. There is a deep desire to not only be liked by her peers and audiences, but to thrive and succeed. Her mother and stepfather were actors with short lived careers and suffered from it. With a tenacity that didn’t 20 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com When used as prescribed, PrEPis more than 90% effective in stopping HIV infection from sex. Same-day-start prescriptions are available at Chase Brexton Health Care.

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 21 out in the valley Hagerstown Hopes October Advocacy & Events by Brian George Hose There’s always something going on with Hagerstown Hopes. We’ve been doing a world isn’t always safe and supportive of lot of work behind the scenes to find ways the LGBTQ community; many in our com- the Walk will begin at 10:00. The Walk will to give back to the community. I’m happy munity have experienced dark thoughts end at 12:00 pm. There will be memorial to say we’re making progress, and October and moments. One of our primary goals as activities to honor loved ones, as well as promises to be a busy month for us. We an organization is to provide safe, affirming resource tables before and after hope you’ll mark your calendars and join environments for those the Walk. coming years, and we want to hear how us for one (or more) of our October events! in our commu- All pro- we can support you in our own community. We’re kicking off the month with a nity. We want ceeds will The FreeState Justice LGBTQ Issues Night Out! Join us Thursday, October 11th others to know benefit the and Advocacy Meeting will be held from for an evening of food, friends, and fun. they’re not American 6:30 to 8 pm at the Hagerstown Hopes Hub Nights Out are social events held at local alone and that Foundation (22 North Mulberry Street, Suite 016 – bot- restaurants. It’s a chance to have dinner help is avail- for Suicide tom floor). A link to register for the meeting with friends, meet new people, and learn able. So, Hag- Preven- is available on our Facebook page. about what’s going on in our community. erstown Hopes tion. Join If you’ve been looking for a reason to In the past, our generous host restaurants will be support- our team go out, look no further. The Lodge will be have been kind enough to give us a portion ing the Ameri- (or donate) at hosting us for a Night Out to Dance on of the evening’s proceeds, which means can Foundation for Suicide Pre- Hagerstownhopesmd.org Saturday, October 20th. The Lodge is a Night Out is also a casual, low-key fund- vention by walking as a team in the 2018 Do you have concerns about the 21-and-over nightclub, so be sure to bring raiser. (Yes, I’m encouraging you to order Hagerstown Out of the Darkness Walk. LGBTQ community in Maryland? If so, join your ID. We will have a resource table set appetizers and desserts). Check out our The 2018 Hagerstown Out of the Dark- us Tuesday, October 16th for our FreeS- up, so come see what we’re up to and say Facebook page or website (Hagerstown- ness Walk will be held Saturday, October tate Justice LGBTQ Issues and Advocacy hello! hopesmd.org) for location and time. 13 at Hagerstown City Park (501 Virgin- Meeting. FreeState Justice, a Maryland These are just a few of our upcoming We’re always looking for ways to get ia Avenue). Check-in begins at 8:30 and LGBTQ legal advocacy organization, will events. To see our full calendar, visit Hag- involved in the community. We know the be joining us to discuss issues that are im- erstownhopesmd.org If you’d like to get portant to us and our community. As a le- involved, please contact us through Face- gal advocacy organization, FreeState Jus- book or our website. We have several ac- tice is dedicated to making sure that the tive committees and are always looking for LGBTQ community in Maryland receives passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated people fair treatment in society and the law. Your to help us make our community stronger. I input will inform FreeState’s agenda in the hope to see you in October! t

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MSO recording that will be made available making connections, even performing at lieves creativity is a key to unlocking our to listeners worldwide on Isbin’s new up- Hagerstown Pride. Ticket sales are up and full potential” and that they “are in the busi- coming album, available in early 2020. their new season shows a commitment ness of strengthening communities and Beaudoin and I discussed this historic to diversity both in their making lives better.” Brian’s milestone and what it means This is why music and the arts are Brain for the MSO and the com- important. They are a cultural reflection Brian George Hose munity it calls home. He of society, a mirror that reveals parts of remarked that “the needs, ourselves we may have never noticed challenges, opportunities, before. And, once we see ourselves strengths, and hopes of reflected, there is an implicit question: MSO Makes our regional community what is possible? have changed ... so, like- I learned this firsthand the cold, Debut wise, will the MSO con- snowy night I became an adult. You tinue to evolve” to better see, Isbin was not born a virtuoso Recording with serve and represent our – she became one. Somehow this community. “Affinity” is a meant everything to me, a young man Sharon Isbin testament to this evolution eager to find his place in the world.T o – a contemporary composi- see with my own eyes that greatness It was cold and snowy on my 18th birth- tion for guitar and orchestra is possible gave me hope; realizing day, but that didn’t stop me from following that challenges what audi- that greatness requires hard work through on my first decision as an adult: ences have come to expect gave me motivation. In hindsight, I would take myself to see the Maryland from classical music ensem- this was the greatest birthday gift I Symphony Orchestra. Internationally re- bles like the MSO. didn’t know I needed. t nowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin Beaudoin and the MSO would be joining the MSO to play “Trou- believe “communities are choice of pro- badours,” a piece for guitar and orchestra, stronger and healthier when Sharon grams and featured performers, including and my aspiring-musician self was anxious everyone has access to and Isbin – local artists. Beaudoin says that the MSO Doyenne of to hear something sure to be beautiful, ex- is engaged in music and cre- American is here to serve the community, and that’s citing, and passionate. Isbin and the MSO, ativity.” They’ve been meet- guitarists exactly what they’re doing. under the skillful conducting of Elizabeth ing with the community and He went on to say that “the MSO be- Schulze, did not disappoint. As I sat in the beautiful Maryland The- atre, home of the MSO, I was mesmer- STAFFING ized by Isbin’s long, agile fingers floating across the fretboard of her guitar. She ANNOUNCEMENT plucked and strummed the heartstrings of all in attendance, giving a masterful performance. I remember watching those fin- The PrEP Program gers and thinking to myself that she had currently has a vacancy for found that part of herself that was special, a Community Health Educator I nurtured it, and transformed herself into a position. This position is a truly exceptional musician. In the years since, Isbin has acquired Contractual - Full Time position. several Grammys and even more acco- To view the complete job lades. She’s been called “the pre-eminent description, minimum guitarist of our time” by Boston magazine, performed for the Obamas, and was qualifications, and to apply the subject of a documentary, aptly titled please go the link below: “Troubadour,” just to name a few of her https://www.jobapscloud. many accomplishments. com/MD/sup/bulpreview.as- Recently Isbin returned to Maryland to perform again with the MSO. Isbin and p?R1=18&R2=000510&R3=0005 the MSO have collaborated many times over the years, including the 2015 world Only applications submitted premiere of “Affinity: Concerto for Guitar through the State website will be & Orchestra” by Chris Brubeck, a Gram- my-nominated composer. Last week Isbin, considered for this position Schulze, and the MSO teamed up to record “Affinity,” described by MSO executive director Stephen Marc Beaudoin as a “vibrant, jazz-flecked” piece that he calls “an important new American composition.” “Affinity” marks the first professional

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 23 out & ABOUT // David’s Thoughts Stunning | Santorini

By david placher si, and Christiana. Although it’s a popular pending on which Santorini, Greece, is one of the most mag- tourist spot, it’s known for more of a ro- geologic layers are nificent places on earth. A billion pictures mantic getaway than a party town. San- exposed, you can of the crescent-shaped island would not torini’s picturesque small towns, beautiful have a Black Beach, cover all of its beauty. It is in the south- beaches, and LGBT-friendly atmosphere a Red Beach, or a ern Aegean Sea, a little more than 120 make this island an attractive place to visit. White Beach. Be- miles from Greece’s mainland. Fira is its capital and the cause much of the At one time, it was a single biggest town on the island, on area is made of heat oval-shaped island until an Ode to a its western edge. It has small absorption lava, the enormous volcanic eruption in walkways that are stacked on sand acts as a ther- the 16th century BC created a Grecian isle the side of the mountain that mometer: the darker caldera. Santorini’s pre-erup- lead to several restaurants, the sand the warmer tion shape and location is what bars, and clubs. On top of the the water. Monastic life some people believe Plato references mountain, it has a downtown area with al- The Black Beach, also known as the This beach is accessible here is no when he describes Atlantis. Today, Santo- leys that are filled with souvenir shops and Perissa Beach, lies at the base of Mesa only by boat. The choppy sacrifice! rini is a collective of pieces of land sep- clothing stores. There are also two popular Vouno Mountain. The scenery of the black water around the White museums: Archaeological lava sand with the crystal clear water Beach that is tucked in a Museum of Thera and the is unfor- corner makes it difficult to get to. Museum of Prehis- The best way to see all of the beach- toric Thera. Both es is to hire a tour guide with a boat. My museums offer his- Blue Cruises (Mybluecruises.gr) provid- toric stories and arti- ed a wonderful tour and the tour guide facts from the island. was a lifelong resident, so he knew all Oia is a town the cool spots. that is popular with Santorini is referred to as the sec- camera-savvy tour- ond most gay-friendly island in Greece ists. It is located on (first being Mykonos). Although there the northwestern is not a specific LGBT venue, many coast and is probably restaurants and bars advertise that one of the most fa- they are LGBT friendly. There is even mous places on earth an LGBT Santorini Facebook page. It to watch and film the is also not uncommon to see same- sunset. It has beauti- sex couples holding hands and enjoy- ful white-blue houses ing the sunset. and churches that are gettable. The most popular Santorini beach for fastened to the side of It is Santorini’s most famous and one LGBT visitors is Cape Columbo. arated by the ocean. Santorini includes the mountain. There are narrow paths that of its largest beaches. Protective footwear Santorini is an expensive trip, so stay- the populated main island of Santorini and lead to art galleries, bars, and restaurants. is recommended because there are sharp ing on the island for just a couple of nights Therasia and the unpopulated tiny islands At the bottom of the mountain is the Am- rocks in the water. The area has several is pricey, but well worth it. of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Asproni- moudi Bay where there is a row of sea- restaurants and beachside bars that offer So even if it takes a year to save to food restaurants great food and relaxing environments. visit, it is well worth it. t Big water, that serve fresh The Red Beach, also known as the big sky seafood. They also Akrotiri Beach, is locat- serve some of the ed in the southern part of Table with island’s unique Santorini. It is red from a view foods. Because of the erosion of the moun- Santorini’s ecolo- tain behind it. It can only gy and climate, its be reached by climbing volcanic ash soil a small hill and going procedures cherry through a narrow path tomatoes that are or by boat. There are no extremely sweet shops or restaurants be- and white eggplant cause of its location. with few seeds that The White Beach is can be eaten raw. also located on the south- There are sev- ern side of Santorini and eral popular beach- it is similar to the Red Times Square – es in Santorini and Beach, except that the sur- eputedly the very some come in dif- intergalactic belly rounding cliffs are white button! ferent colors. De- and it is much smaller. 24 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD September 28, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.com t DINING OUT

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Born and raised in timore Eagle close recently. Baltimore, Barry dis- He felt that the bar reener- covered the leather gized Baltimore’s leather community when he community and brought out was in his 20s and the young people. He hates Leather living in New York that in this internet age Line City. It those pre- people don’t go out and Rodney Burger AIDS years the leath- socialize like they once did er community was or if they do go out they flourishing, and Barry spend much of the eve- often found himself at ning on their phones. Bar- The Spike, Rawhide, ry was a big part of those Repaying a Role or Black Eagle. Back days when Baltimore had in Baltimore he got a many LGBT bars and they job working with leath- were busy every night. er at the Leather Un- Now people use apps Model derground. He made to meet or are texting in slings, restraints, bars and not speaking to I’ve interviewed a lot of leather titleholders cockrings, and even anyone. in this column. Some were inspiring role the sash for the first As we sat outside models who went on to do wonderful things female Eagle titlehold- in the late summer sun- in their community during their title year. er: Ms. Baltimore Eagle shine, we thought back Others were just nice people who wore a 1992 Glenda Rider and to those fun days. What sash. It is important to note that a leather the sash for the first memories! I’m thankful title does not make one a role model and African-American Mr. for all those good times not all role models have a sash. Maryland Leather Tony and I’m also glad I got The older I get the more I find myself Hash in 1993. He also to thank the man in full looking back over my life. It’s funny the made gift certificates Drum- leather at the opera. I can never things we remember. I’m not talking about for the leather store Barry mer, Mr. Maryland Leather, and really repay him for what he taught me. major events like special birthdays or fami- that were handcrafted out of leath- Newman – Mr. Baltimore Eagle. (Many years Don’t be afraid to be yourself. t ly funerals – we’re always going to remem- er. While working at the store he met Role model ago, he also competed for Ms. Go ber those. It is the little things, like a kind Damien Sanzone and John Mank West – but that’s another story.) gesture from a friend, that fun dinner party, who sponsored him to join a leather Barry has always been vis- or a story that I’ve told before: that night club, COMMAND, MC. ible in the LGBT community. While work- over 30 years ago when I saw a man in full Barry spent five years with the club ing at a stereo store on Howard Street he leather at the opera. and even served as the Master at Arms. met many local DJs and ended up work- Last week I had the pleasure of taking Unfortunately, when he often found him- ing as a DJ himself at Club Mitchel, Num- that man to lunch. His name is Barry New- self having to work during club functions bers, and other gay clubs in Baltimore. He man and I am happy to say that over the or simply didn’t have the money to go to also worked at the gay county-western years he’s become a friend of mine. I’m leather events, he dropped out. He is now dance bar Stagecoach, which is now part sure he doesn’t think of himself as a role getting more involved with the communi- of Grand Central. While working at Billy’s, model, but as I sat in that long-ago audi- ty and attends events with the ShipMates a restaurant located at 25th and Howard ence in my little suit and tie I remember Club including marching with them in this Street, he met owner Tom Kiple who would year’s Baltimore Pride Parade. Over the later open the Baltimore Eagle bar and in- thinking I would never have the courage to be myself in public. I’m sure Barry didn’t years Barry competed in four leather con- vite Barry to join the Baltimore Eagle staff. think about it at all. test and placed runner-up for Maryland Mr. Barry was sorry to see the reborn Bal-

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