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breaking local local barriers news news Kye Allums, a trans Defendant in killing Newly elected Maryland basketball player at GW, of Brian Betts pleads lawmaker Mary Washington praised as role model guilty to first-degree makes history and is confident for young athletes. felony murder. marriage equality is coming soon. PAGE 23 PAGE 2 PAGE 15

washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 46 • november 12, 2010 • Still sharp after 40 years Homeless gay teen survives streets, eyes college

Youth lived in D.C. abandoned buildings while on honor roll at local high school

By LOU CHIBBARO JR. [email protected]

Kadeem Swenson looks forward to graduating from D.C.’s Ballou STAY High School in June and is applying for admission to college. He gets good grades and his principal considers him a promising student with a good future. But the strapping, 6-foot-tall 18-year-old, who came out as gay at age 16, says he spent most of the past year hiding a part of his life that became far more difficult to deal with than his sexual orientation. Forced by his parents to leave his home in Waldorf, Md., two years ago after he told them he’s gay, Swenson stayed with friends and relatives in D.C. and North Carolina for several months. He and his grandmother then prevailed upon his mother to enroll him in Bal- lou STAY, one of the D.C. public school system’s vocational and academic high schools that offer classes at night. Continues on page 4

Washington Blade photo by Michael Key Kadeem Swenson says his parents kicked him out of the house for being gay two years ago. He spent a year living in abandoned buildings in D.C. while attending Ballou STAY school. Crunch time for ‘Don’t Ask’ Activists pressure senators to where near alignment.” Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl end ban during lame duck session Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters on Tuesday that passing the fiscal year 2011 defense authoriza- By CHRIS JOHNSON tion bill with the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal lan- nationalnews [email protected] guage presents challenges. Barney Frank says ‘zero chance’ of pro-LGBT bills in next Congress. “We’re trying to get both things accomplished, PAGE 10 Supporters of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal are and we just don’t know if we can,” Levin said, ac- pushing the Senate to end the law in the lame cording to the Grand Rapids Press. duck session of Congress amid questions about “Republicans have filibustered the whole de- whether sufficient support exists to complete the fense bill because of that [‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’] task by year’s end. provision. There’s some people who say that unless One Democratic aide, who spoke on condition the defense bill has that provision, that we shouldn’t of anonymity, told the Blade that Senate passage pass it,” he continued. “My position is, we should of major defense budget legislation to which try to get both things done some way or another.” “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal is attached would Media reports circulated this week that Levin was require “all the stars aligning” as well as active engaged in talks with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to support from President Obama and Defense advance the defense authorization bill after stripping socialagenda Secretary Robert Gates. it of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language. Asked this week whether those elements were But while some see challenges in moving for- Photos from Shi-Queeta-Lee’s birthday party this week at Nellie’s. coming into alignment as the lame duck session PAGE 38 approaches, the aide said, “Hell no. We ain’t any- Continues on page 14 2 washingtonblade.com • november 12, 2010 LOCALNEWS

Teen pleads guilty to murder ocal support for marriage equality, but respectfully disagree with him on his recent statement. Maryland voters of gay principal just embraced two important pro-marriage candidates in A 19-year-old D.C. man pleaded guilty Monday to first- re-electing Gov. O’Malley and the AG. … With this kind of degree felony murder in connection with the April 14 shooting support for equality, we believe the Legislature will do the death of gay D.C. middle school principal Brian Betts. right thing, honor the trust that the electorate has placed in Alante Saunders, one of four teenagers charged in Bet- its members, and enact marriage equality legislation dur- ts’ murder, agreed to a plea bargain agreement offered ing the upcoming session.” by prosecutors that is expected to result in a sentence re- KEVIN NAFF duced from life in prison to 40 years. The plea took place during a hearing before a Montgomery County Circuit court judge in Rockville. Gay bar Mova files for Betts was found shot to death April 15 in his Silver bankruptcy in Florida Spring, Md. house. The owner of the D.C. gay bar Mova filed for Chapter Montgomery County Assistant State’s Attorney Sherri 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 20 in U.S. Bankruptcy Koch told Judge John Debelius in a hearing that evidence Court in Miami, Fla., according to court documents. shows that Saunders shot Betts to death in the second Mova owner Babak Movahedi filed the bankruptcy docu- Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key floor bedroom of his house after meeting the popular mid- ments through Logan Circle Spectrum, LLC, the company dle school principal through an Internet chat line. that owns Mova bars in both Washington and Miami Beach. Former D.C. Attorney General Robert Spagnoletti Sources familiar with the case have said the chat line Movahedi is the sole shareholder of the company, according was named co-chair of Vincent Gray’s transition team’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Public Safety. where the two met caters to gay men seeking to meet to bankruptcy documents. other men for sex. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows companies unable to In details of the case that had not previously been dis- pay creditors to reorganize and make arrangements to closed, Koch told the court that Betts told Saunders that the pay off the debt over an extended time period without go- Gray makes first door to his house would be unlocked and instructed him ing out of business. Movahedi has said he intends to keep to enter and walk upstairs to his bedroom upon his arrival. his Mova bars open. Police and prosecutors have said Saunders and three The bankruptcy filing shows that Logan Circle Spec- gay appointment other men, one 19 and two 18, hatched a plan to meet trum, which is headquartered in South Miami Beach, has someone on the chat line for the purpose of committing liabilities totaling $874,817 and assets totaling $72,507. By LOU CHIBBARO JR. a robbery. Saunders’ lawyer, David Felsen, and Koch The largest single creditor is PNC Bank, which is owed agreed that Saunders and the others charged in the case more than $560,000, according to the filing. Mayor-elect Vincent Gray last week named gay did not intend to kill Betts. Gay D.C. businessman and drag performer David Lett former D.C. Attorney General Robert Spagnoletti “This was, for want of a better word, a robbery that went and Lett’s company, Harlet Enterprises, Inc., holds the pri- as co-chair of his transition team’s Committee on bad,” said Montgomery County State’s Attorney John Mc- mary lease to the building in which Mova D.C. is located Legal Affairs and Public Safety. Carthy at a news conference following the guilty plea. at 1435 P St., N.W. The bankruptcy filing records show Spagnoletti, who served as attorney general “This case should serve as a reminder to all those in the that Mova owes Harlet, Mova’s landlord, $77,745. during the administration of former Mayor Anthony community who use chat lines that there are dangers,” he It says the money owed to Lett and Harlet Enterprises is Williams, is currently a partner in the D.C. law firm said at the news conference. for “leases, permits, agreements, personal property, furni- Schertler & Onorato, which specializes in criminal Neither McCarthy nor Koch, in her courtroom remarks, ture, fixtures, equipment and all other assets located in or and civil litigation. mentioned that Betts was gay or that the youths charged upon the premise or used in connection with the business Earlier this year, Spagnoletti took part in a with his murder met him through a gay sex chat line. conducted in the premises.” widely reported trial as defense attorney for Dylan Court observers believe the State’s Attorney’s office is ne- LOU CHIBBARO JR. Ward, one of three gay men charged with obstruc- gotiating with attorneys representing the other defendants tion of justice, evidence tampering and conspira- over possible plea bargain agreements that would avoid LGBT program at cy in connection with the 2006 murder of Washing- the need for a trial. The others charged in the case are Joel ton attorney Robert Wone. A D.C. Superior Court Johnson, 19; Sharif Tau Lancaster and Deontra Gray, both Univ. of Md. wins award judge found Ward and fellow defendants Joseph 18. Each is charged with murder, even though authorities The University of Maryland’s One Project won the 2010 Price and Victor Zaborsky not guilty on all charges. believe they may not have been in Betts’ house at the time National Orientation Directors Association’s Innovative Prior to becoming attorney general, Spagnoletti of the shooting. Program Award. served as a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Police have said some or all of the other three men en- The One Project is the First-Year Experience program office in D.C. He is credited with helping to cre- tered the house at some point after the shooting to help for LGBT and ally students at the university developed by ate programs to assist LGBT crime victims, includ- Saunders steal Betts’ belongings, including credit cards Dian Squire, assistant director of orientation. It is a joint ing victims of hate crimes and domestic violence. and his car. effort by the Office of LGBT Equity (lgbt.umd.edu) and the His appointment by Gray to a mayoral transition Saunders is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 23. Orientation Office (orientation.umd.edu). team panel that will make recommendations on LOU CHIBBARO JR. “We’re just really looking to connect students to other public safety issues comes at a time when LGBT students … and the community at large,” Squire said. activists have raised concern that D.C. police Md. attorney gen’l: The award gives the program a professional stamp of have not adequately addressed anti-LGBT hate approval because it comes from an association that spe- crimes in recent years. No marriage bill in 2011 cializes in these types of programs, he said. “This committee will look at the agencies re- Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler told a gay “The criteria for the award is, one, it’s innovative, and sponsible for public safety and make recom- business group this week that he doesn’t expect lawmak- two, that the NODA board sees that the program can be mendations on how to best ensure safe neigh- ers to pass a same-sex marriage bill next year. taken and used anywhere in the nation,” Squire said. borhoods; and examine the government’s legal “We won’t get marriage equality in the legislative ses- The program is meant to help students make a smooth service operations and make recommendations sion this year,” Gansler told the Maryland Gay & Lesbi- transition to college and “represents a hope that the LG- for improvement,” an announcement by Gray of an Chamber of Commerce. “It will happen through the BTQA community can come together in an intellectual, his transition team says. courts.” He cited a coalition of Republicans, Catholics social and civically minded way to support each other Gray named Karl Racine, a local attorney and and certain older black lawmakers who oppose same-sex through the first year of college.” former Clinton administration White House legal marriage as the reason for the lack of movement. “I went to Luke Jensen [director of the Office of LGBT counsel, as co-chair of the transition team’s Legal A marriage bill is among Equality Maryland’s top legisla- Equity] and asked if there was something I could do,” Affairs and Public Safety Committee. tive priorities and hopes for progress were high after three Squire said as to why he developed the One Project. “He Spagnoletti and Racine are two of 14 transi- gay and lesbian candidates joined four openly gay incum- said ‘Why don’t we start a first year program?’ and I took tion team appointments that Gray announced at a bents in winning last week’s elections. Maryland now has that small seed and ran with it.” news conference on Wednesday. Others include seven openly gay and lesbian state lawmakers. The award will be presented at the association’s annual former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, former Clin- “Attorney General Gansler stated that a marriage conference, Nov. 6-9 in St. Louis. ton administration official Alice Rivlin, and former equality bill is unlikely to advance in the General Assem- For more information on the One Project or NODA, visit George Washington University President Joel bly due to lack of support from certain constituencies,” their respective websites, theoneprojectumd.com and Trachtenberg. said Charles Butler, Equality Maryland’s board chair, in a nodaweb.org. Mayoral transition team leaders usually don’t go statement to the Blade. “We appreciate the AG’s unequiv- JULIETTE M. EBNER on to permanent appointments by D.C. mayors, although some have served as informal advisers. november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 3

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He stayed at the D.C. home of a student friend and her mother until the family moved to Chicago last year, leaving Swenson without a place to live. Believing a return to his mother and stepfather’s home in Waldorf wasn’t an option, Swenson said he set up resi- dence in abandoned apartment buildings in the city’s Congress Heights section near Ballou. With some financial support from his grandmother, he managed to get through his junior and part of his senior year at Bal- Washington Blade photo by Michael Key lou while hiding the fact that he Kadeem Swenson now stays at the Alston House and hopes to attend college in Colorado to study business. lived a secret life as a homeless person. He stayed most of the high school seniors. in a part-time job as a busboy in action on his behalf, calling said. “And she said she doesn’t time in a debris-strewn aban- He showed a Blade reporter a restaurant. But an on-the-job city agencies and members of want any part of this,” he said. doned apartment building a few and photographer the aban- injury from a fall prevented him the City Council to help find an Asked if it was his under- blocks from his school with no doned building that became from continuing to work, he said. emergency youth facility to pro- standing that his mother did not electricity or running water. his home, leading his guests In early October, running low vide Swenson a place to stay. want to talk to a reporter, Swen- “I never really told anybody up a debris-covered stairway on money and realizing he had “I have a youth in crisis and son said, “Yeah, that’s right.” because I didn’t want anybody to a third-floor, one bedroom reached a point where he might is age 18, currently homeless Miller, the Ballou STAY School to have pity on me,” he said. apartment with carpeted floors not be able to continue without to the streets and is sleeping principal, said he had no idea In what school officials and that were well preserved, sug- a safe and more stable place to in abandoned buildings,” Budd Swenson was homeless during LGBT homeless youth advocate gesting the building had only live, he approached a Ballou ad- said in an Oct. 7 e-mail to Coun- most of his two-year tenure at Earline Budd call an extraordinary recently been abandoned. ministrator and asked for help. cil members, city officials and the school until Swenson told story, Swenson told the Blade how He pointed to the area where “I just walked to her office and members of the news media. Edwards about his situation in he maintained a positive outlook he placed a small mat that be- didn’t tell her I’m homeless,” Sw- “I have been working with early October. and an overarching desire to suc- came his bed. The kitchen and enson said. “I told her that my this youth since Oct. 5, 2010 “He’s one of our most cordial ceed at school under the most try- bathroom plumbing fixtures had parents kicked me out and I just and he is a very bright young and interactive students,” Miller ing circumstances. been ripped out and lay on the need somewhere to stay for a man who deserves more than said. “He has a great rapport “I want to go to college and floor in the small apartment. The little while. I didn’t want to make just talk,” she said in the e-mail. with the staff and the students, study business,” he said. “And I unlocked apartment door was a big deal out of it.” “He is currently enrolled at Bal- and he’s always been interested don’t want to just run a business still in place, enabling Swenson In what turned out to be a lucky lou Stay, where he is on the hon- in college.” I want to own it.” to secure a small degree of pri- break, the administrator, Sharon or roll and is said to be in school Miller said Ballou STAY High Through the help of one of vacy while staying there. Edwards, knew Earline Budd, the every day. When asked about School’s teachers and staff are Ballou’s guidance counsel- “I thought a lot about going longtime transgender activist who his living conditions, he states, familiar with LGBT-related issues ors and its principal, Swenson to college in Colorado and get- has met with Ballou faculty and ‘Well, I have got to get an educa- as they relate to the school sys- hooked up last month with Budd ting away from D.C.,” he said administrators on transgender tion and sleeping in abandoned tem and would have taken imme- and Transgender Health Em- later, recounting his thoughts and homeless youth issues. buildings is not going to kill me.’” diate steps to help Swenson find powerment, a private, non-profit while huddling at night in the Budd serves as an outreach Through Budd’s calls and e- a place to live had they known group that operates the Wanda abandoned flat. official with Transgender Health mails, the Sasha Bruce House, about his homeless status. Alston House for LGBT youth. Swenson said he followed a Empowerment., a D.C. trans- a youth shelter in Northeast “He always looked well Last week, T.H.E. placed Sw- routine to get by in his unusual gender advocacy group that, D.C. near Capitol Hill, arranged groomed,” said Miller. “He said, enson in the Alston House, end- living arrangement. He washed among other things, provides to provide Swenson with a room ‘I took care of my hygiene things ing a chapter in his life that he at his school and used the bath- services to homeless youth who on a temporary basis. before I came to school.’ He says has made him a stronger rooms at nearby fast food res- are gay, lesbian and bisexual as Budd and Watson arranged said ‘I couldn’t go around look- person but which also has cre- taurants. He cleaned his clothes well as transgendered. a short time later for Swen- ing like I was homeless.’” ated “considerable stress.” at a neighborhood laundry. With the consent of Ballou son to be admitted to T.H.E.’s Ballou STAY High School “His story is specifically why He tried to sneak in and STAY School principal Wilbert Alston House, which is located shares the same campus but we opened up the Alston House, out of the abandoned build- Miller and school guidance coun- in a renovated, multi-bedroom is a separate entity from Bal- because kids are still being ing located on the 100 block of selor Helene Miller, Edwards sent house in Northeast D.C. Sw- lou Senior High School. Miller put out of their house because Wayne Place, S.E., through an Swenson to T.H.E.’s North Capitol enson moved into the Alston said the school system created they’re gay,” said Brian Watson, unlocked outer door out of fear Street offices to meet Budd. House last week. STAY schools as an alterna- T.H.E.’s director of programs. that someone might follow him “Miss Edwards gave me a Swenson said he hopes to re- tive educational environment “And he’s a really good kid. inside and attack him if he were brochure and said I want you main in the Alston House until he to meet the special needs of a He was going to school despite to be seen entering and leaving. to call these people. She said completes his course work at Bal- wide range of students at any the fact that he was homeless,” He occasionally stayed at I don’t want you to be offended lou in January and enters college age who wish to complete high Watson said. “That says a lot the homes of men he met at gay by the name, Transgender Em- in September. He will participate school. The school offers both about him.” bars or clubs, he said, enabling powerment, because you don’t in Ballou’s graduation commence- vocational and academic, col- With the help of one of his him to take a short leave from have to be transgendered to get ment ceremony in June. lege preparatory courses. Ballou teachers, Swenson says the abandoned building. But his services,” Swenson said. At a reporter’s request, Sw- He said about half of the he has applied for admission to visits to the homes of his new- “So I was like, O.K., I’ll go enson said he made an attempt students, like Swenson, are be- Colorado College, a liberal arts found acquaintances were usu- there, and I just went. And when to reach his mother through a tween 16 and 18, with many in school in Colorado Springs, ally short. And a few older men I got there I spoke to somebody family friend so the Blade could their 20s and early 30s and oth- which offers the type of busi- he met at the clubs made it clear else and they introduced me to offer her an opportunity to com- ers as old as 60. The college-like ness program he says he’d they wanted sexual favors. Miss Budd,” he said. “They said ment on her son’s plight over class system allows students to like to enter. Earlier this year he “I didn’t want to do that,” Sw- she’ll help you with anything you the past two years. take as few or as many classes had an interview with one of the enson said. need help with, and she has.” “I just talked to my godmoth- each semester to accommodate college’s recruiters who came He managed to maintain a cell Budd, upon meeting Swen- er and my godmother got in their need to work or, in many to the D.C. area to talk to local phone through money he earned son, immediately sprung into touch with my mom,” Swenson cases, to raise children, he said. november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 5

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Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson said he will not retire from public life and will continue to visit campuses and forums. He said he will devote his time to worldwide evangelism and LGBT advocacy.

Bishop Robinson to retire; cites strain of debate Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key CONCORD, N.H. — The first openly gay bishop elected in the worldwide Angli- ‘After Tuesday’s election, in which gay marriage lost big, it’s pretty clear gay marriage advocates can Communion — whose election caused a firestorm of debate about the scrip- have failed to win the majority of Americans and so are turning once again to courts,’ said Mag- tures and homosexuality — announced Nov. 6 that he’s retiring in 2013 because gie Gallagher, chair of the National Organization for Marriage. the controversies have “taken their toll” on him, his family and followers, the Guard- ian and several news outlets reported. Bishop Gene Robinson, who was consecrated in the diocese of New Hampshire in 2003 and will turn 65 in 2013, said he will opt for an early retirement because “the Two new lawsuits target constant strain” has become too much to bear. The controversy hasn’t calmed — last year traditionalists in North America broke away from the U.S. Episcopal church to set up their own network. This year Epis- federal marriage ban copalians — the U.S. arm of the Anglican Church — consecrated a lesbian to the post of assistant bishop in Los Angeles. Advocates claim The GLAD lawsuit, known as Peder- “Death threats, and the now-worldwide controversy surrounding your election of sen v. Office of Personnel Management, me as bishop, have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my beloved hus- ‘no legitimate reason’ is pending before the U.S. District Court band, Mark, who has faithfully stood with me every minute of the last seven years, of Connecticut and was filed on behalf and in some ways, you,” Robinson said in a Guardian quote. for statute of five married same-sex couples and a widower who reside in Connecticut, Ver- By CHRIS JOHNSON mont and New Hampshire. Supreme Court refuses to step into custody dispute [email protected] Each of the plaintiffs was denied the WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declined to step into a lesbian cus- federal benefits of marriage in one re- tody dispute between a woman who has renounced her homosexuality and her LGBT rights groups are continuing ef- spect or another, such as Social Security former partner, the Associated Press reported this week. forts to strike down the Defense of Marriage or the right to care for a spouse under the The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from Lisa Miller, the biologi- Act with two new federal lawsuits challeng- Family Medical Leave Act. cal mother of an 8-year-old girl. Miller wanted the court to undo a Virginia court ing the constitutionality of the statute. Joanne Pedersen, 57 and a Waterford, decision allowing her ex, Janet Jenkins, visitation rights with the girl. Jenkins is On Tuesday, Gay & Lesbian Advo- Conn., resident, said she’s participating from Vermont. Miller is from Virginia. They had a Vermont civil union in 2000. Their cates & Defenders and the American in the lawsuit because although she’s a daughter has been the subject of a long-running legal fight. Civil Liberties Union filed two separate retiree of the Department of Naval Intelli- Miller got involved with a conservative arm of Christianity and says she’s no lawsuits against Section 3 of DOMA, gence, DOMA prohibits her from insuring longer a lesbian. She and her daughter did not appear for a court-ordered custody which prohibits the federal government her spouse and partner of 12 years, who swap in January. Their whereabouts are unknown. from recognizing same-sex marriage. has a chronic lung condition. Mary Bonauto, GLAD’s civil rights “The naval community treated Ann project director, said Tuesday in a con- just like other spouses, except when it Bullying claims the life of Pennsylvania teen ference call with reporters that the fed- came to sharing my benefits,” Pedersen MIDDLEBURG, Pa. — Students at Midd-West High School in Middleburg, Pa., eral government has no valid reason to said. “We both have some serious health are mourning the suicide of a freshman who ran in front of a truck at 3 a.m. Satur- engage in the regulation of marriage. challenges, and Ann has chronic health day morning, according to the Daily Item, a regional newspaper. “We think there’s no legitimate reason issues that make working stressful and Brandon Bitner, 14, had been a victim of intense bullying students told the Item. whatsoever for the federal government to draining for her. But Ann can’t hope to He walked about 13 miles from his home to a busy road where he met his death. take one group of people who are already retire because DOMA prevents us from He’d left a suicide note at home. married and treat them differently from ev- sharing health benefits.” “It was because of bullying,” Takara Jo Folk told the Item. “It was not about race ery other married couple,” she said. The ACLU lawsuit, known as Wind- or gender but they bullied him for his sexual preferences and the way he dressed. Bonauto added that the authority to sor v. United States, is pending before Which they wrongly accused him of.” determine who can marry in the United the U.S. District Court of Southern Dis- His death came just days after an anti-bullying assembly was held at the school. Stu- States has traditionally been left to the trict of New York and was filed on behalf dent Briana Boyer said the students didn’t take the assembly seriously and joked about it. states and said DOMA is the only federal of a New York resident who had to pay law in U.S. history “that puts the federal $350,000 in federal estate taxes to re- government in the marriage business.” ceive her spouse’s inheritance. Mich. asst. attorney gen’l fired for harassing student The cases contend that DOMA vio- Edith Windsor was partnered with LANSING, Mich. — Michigan removed its assistant attorney general, Andrew lates the equal protection rights of same- Thea Spyer for 44 years before Spyer Shirvell, on Monday for allegedly harassing a gay student leader, actions that had sex couples under the U.S. Constitution. died last year after a battle with multiple prompted condemnation from local officials and the University of Michigan to ban James Esseks, director of the ACLU’s sclerosis. The two married in Canada in the state official from campus, according to a report from All Headline News. lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and 2007 and their marriage was recognized Shirvell, 30, was fired after a two-day disciplinary hearing on allegations he had AIDS project, said DOMA is unconstitu- by the state of New York. harassed and stalked Chris Armstrong, the first openly gay president of the Univer- tional because the U.S. government “de- “After Thea died, the fact that the fed- sity of Michigan’s student assembly, AHN reported. fers to state’s determination of whether a eral government refused to recognize The former assistant attorney general had said he was exercising his First Amend- couple is married in every single context our marriage was devastating,” Wind- ment rights during his personal time. But Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, who except when the couple is a same-sex sor said in a statement. “In the midst of previously defended Shirvell’s free speech rights, said Shirvell was removed be- married couple.” my grief at the loss of the love of my life, cause he harassed Armstrong and lied to investigators during the hearings. “In that case, the federal government I had to deal with my own government Cox cited three visits Shirvell made to the student’s home, one at 1:30 a.m. pretends that the couple isn’t married, saying that we weren’t a family.” Shirvell had also followed Armstrong while the student was out with friends in Ann but instead are strangers one to the oth- Now that the organizations have filed Arbor, and made calls to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, where Arm- er,” Esseks said. “That’s discrimination, the suits, the U.S. government has 60 strong was an intern, in an attempt to have the student fired. and it violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee.” Continues on page 13 Project2:Layout 1 11/9/10 1:15 PM Page 1 november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 7

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He now says Democratic leadership is thor- He did say they would try to repeal in lame duck he’s not going to put the DREAM oughly committed to getting ‘Don’t move ENDA. Act in there. He’s going to put that Ask, Don’t Tell’ repealed. The only Frank: There is zero chance By LOU CHIBBARO JR. in some other place. So now the question is — you know, Log of them doing anything on [email protected] question is why do Republicans — Cabin says, oh, the Democrats ENDA — zero. Sen. Snow, Sen. Collins and Sen. couldn’t do it. Well they got us five Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank Brown — what reason would they Republican votes in the House Blade: Then the next step is (D-Mass.), who won re-election have for voting against the whole … And no Republican votes in whether the Republican major- last week in one of his toughest bill? the Senate. The Democrats can’t ity or some Republicans will try challenges, said LGBT legislation And I spoke today to Pete do that all by ourselves without a to harm gay people such as at- would have no chance of passing Rouse [the acting White House single Republican supporter. tempting to repeal D.C.’s same- in Congress under the Republi- Chief of Staff] and to Sen. Reid sex marriage law. can-controlled House next year. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key and Sen. [Richard] Durbin [D- Blade: Did Harry Reid give Frank: They can’t. That In an interview Tuesday with Ill.] and Sen. [Carl] Levin [D- an indication of when he might would take the president and Rep. Barney Frank lived up to his Washington Blade, Frank also name in a candid interview with Mich.], and they all agree. They bring it up? the Senate … Do you think said he was confident that the the Blade this week in which he want to pass the defense bill Frank: Right away — they only Barack Obama is going to sign Senate, of which Democrats re- addressed a range of LGBT rights with ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in it. have two weeks. He’s committed a bill to repeal the D.C. mar- tained control, would join Presi- initiatives and responded to GO- They have two weeks. The ques- to getting it done. He and I talked riage law? It won’t go through dent Obama in blocking any Proud’s attack ad against him. tion is whether Republicans fili- to the three — the Democratic the Senate. There is no chance anti-gay bills that conservative buster it to death. But the Demo- leader, the Democratic whip, the that could happen. None, zero. Republicans might introduce voting against the bill, saying they crats are going to try very hard Democratic committee chairman over the next two years. otherwise would have supported to do it. I think by the way, that’s … They all agree they want to get Blade: So essentially it’s go- “Next year there’s no chance repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” why [Secretary of Defense Rob- it done. Unfortunately, if we have ing to be a standstill? of anything happening,” he He said Senate Majority ert] Gates spoke out. I am sure, no Republican votes it can’t be Frank: It will be a status quo. said of pro-LGBT legislation. Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told nobody’s told me this, but I’m done. So the question is will any The one thing we have a chance “There’s zero chance.” him he won’t insert the DREAM sure the president said to Harry Republicans and their support- for is ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal He added, “It will be a status Act immigration language in the Reid, look, we’ve got to get this ers get us anything? in this lame duck session. And we quo. They don’t have the votes to defense authorization bill when done. And Reid said fine, would can get that if we get any Repub- hurt us but we don’t have the votes he brings it to the Senate floor in it be helpful if I got some military Blade: What’s the prospect lican cooperation. … On the other to advance anything in the cause.” the lame duck session. support? And eventually Gates of advancing LGBT-related bills hand, they don’t have the votes to Frank also said he was cer- With the immigration lan- spoke out as he did. next year, when the Republi- hurt us but we don’t have the votes tain that Republicans would fail guage removed as an “excuse,” cans take charge of the House? to advance anything in the cause. in an attempt to overturn D.C.’s Frank said he’s hopeful that Re- Washington Blade: Your Frank: Next year there’s no same-sex marriage law. publican senators who support press person sent us a copy of chance of anything happen- Blade: What’s your prediction “Do you think Barack Obama repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” your statement on that today. ing. There’s zero chance. We got on Nancy Pelosi’s decision to run is going to sign a bill to repeal will now join Democrats in sup- Frank: I’ve spent — I made five Republican votes out of 179 for the Democratic leadership the D.C. marriage law,” he said. porting the overall defense bill a lot of phone calls today. Plus, to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ post as House Minority Leader? “It won’t go through the Senate. to which repeal language will be one fear was I saw, oh well, The Republicans have become Frank: Oh, she’ll win. There is no chance that could attached. Among the GOP sena- they’ll take ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ much more anti-gay in their voting happen. None — zero.” tors that repeal advocates hope back out of the defense bill. It patterns. There is zero chance of Blade: Your press spokes- Frank noted that only five will back the bill this time are won’t pass in the House if they anything good happening with Re- person said you are supporting out of 179 House Republicans Sens. Susan Collins and Olym- do that. I believe the speaker publicans in control of the House. her. voted earlier this year to repeal pia Snow, both from Maine. wouldn’t allow it to come up. Frank: I’m supporting her. I “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In one of his first comments on Blade: Have you heard of think she’ll win. … And from the “The Republicans have be- a campaign ad by the conserva- Blade: Do you mean next year? anything about a Log Cabin LGBT standpoint, nobody’s go- come much more anti-gay in their tive gay Republican group GO- Frank: No, [Rep. John] supported gay-related tax re- ing to get elected to any Demo- voting patterns,” he said. “There Proud opposing him in his re-elec- Boehner [R-Ohio, who will be- form bill? They won’t give us cratic [leadership] office who is zero chance of anything good tion race, Frank said the ad had come Speaker of the House in any details but the head of Log isn’t 100 percent supportive. happening with Republicans in little or no impact on the election. January] is not who I was talk- Cabin says that’s the first thing control of the House.” He noted that his GOP oppo- ing about. The thought was that they’re going to work on next Blade: In terms of your re- Frank said he was hope- nent, Sean Bielat, opposes re- the Republicans would say if year and he thinks they might election campaign, did the ad ful that the Senate would vote pealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and they took ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ get Republican support. attacking you from the conser- to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t is against “every other gay issue.” out of the [defense] bill this Frank: If they’re suggesting vative gay Republican group Tell” in the congressional lame “So I have no idea who these year in the lame duck session that there will be Republican sup- GOProud have any impact? duck session over the next two people are,” he said of the GO- they would get it passed. And port for recognition of same-sex Frank: I don’t think anybody weeks. The House passed a Proud group. “And they have my answer is that’s not going to marriage that’s a lie and they knew about it. Can you answer “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal no influence whatsoever. The get them anywhere because we know it. There’s no chance of that. a question? measure earlier this year as part LGBT community in my district wouldn’t pass it in the House. of a defense authorization bill. continues to be virtually unani- We will not accept — there’s Blade: I asked them about Blade: Yes. The Senate killed a similar mously supportive.” been some speculation about that and he wouldn’t give me Frank: What is it they are defense authorization bill con- The following is a transcript of that — and the answer is no, the details but — proud of? Does anybody know? taining “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” the Blade’s interview with Rep. House — we’re going to tell the Frank: Yes, the Log Cabin club repeal language in a filibuster Frank, conducted on Tuesday. Senate that’s not going to work. would like to make it easier for tax- Blade: I guess they say they’re organized by Sen. John McCain And I don’t think the Senate is ing — they would like to reduce proud of being Republicans. (R-Ariz.). Every Senate Republi- Rep. Barney Frank: I’ve been planning to do that. Harry is not taxes for rich people. I understand Frank: You guess? My [op- can voted against a cloture mo- working today on “Don’t Ask, Don’t planning to do that. that. But there will be no help for ponent, Republican Sean Bielat] tion to break the filibuster. Tell.” In fact, I think it’s time for … ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal gay people. Now for some of them, was against repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Frank noted that a number of people to hold the Republicans’ is in the defense authorization bill. I think their income is skewed Don’t Tell.’ He did not take a sin- GOP senators cited the Senate feet to the fire because we didn’t What I just said was there was pretty high anyway. So they’ll feel gle pro-gay position. bill’s inclusion of a controversial get any votes from them. 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This includes but is not limited to placement, by brown naff pitts omnimedia llc, arising out of or related to advertiser’s breach of any of the foregoing representations payment and insertion schedule. and warranties. november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 13 NATIONALNEWS ACLU, GLAD file lawsuits against DOMA abstract insult to the dignity of same-sex striking down DOMA. Nan Hunter, a les- were valid under state law,” she said. Continued from page 6 couples and their families — although it bian and law professor at Georgetown Hunter said the litigation strategy is days to respond. The Justice Department is indeed a deeply offensive law.” University, said forecasting the outcome similar to what was presented in Romer didn’t immediately respond to the Blade’s “DOMA causes real harm to people like of any particular lawsuit is diffi cult, but v. Evans, a 1996 case before the U.S. Su- request for comment, but has previously Joanne Pedersen, Ann Meitzen and Edie said the way DOMA is challenged in preme Court that overturned a Colorado defended DOMA against other lawsuits. Windsor, denying them economic security, these cases is “quite promising.” ban on making gays a protected class Essex noted the Justice Department health coverage and other critical federal “It allows the courts to rule on a law in the state. Hunter recalled that in the has a few months to answer. With regard rights and benefi ts that other married cou- that changed the status quo by singling Romer case, the high court “invalidated to the ACLU lawsuit, he said “it’s too early ples take for granted,” Solmonese said. out only gays and reversing — only for a state provision that singled out gays for to talk in any meaningful way” about the One legal expert praised the GLAD that one group — the federal government having to meet a higher barrier in order to timeline for the case. and ACLU lawsuits for their potential in position of recognizing all marriages that enact a civil rights law.” For the GLAD lawsuit, Bonauto said she hopes the case would be resolved at the district court level within 12 to 15 months. She said she doesn’t think the litigation would go to the U.S. Supreme Court before 2013. The two new lawsuits come on the heels of other rulings by the U.S. District Court Find your of Massachusetts in July determining that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional. Place U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tau- Happy ro made the decisions in case of Gill v. in Offi ce of Personnel Management, which ore was also fi led by GLAD, and Common- Baltim wealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Depart- ment of Health & Human Services. Following the district court’s decision to rule that part of DOMA is unconstitutional, the U.S. government appealed the cases to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, where the litigation is pending. Bonauto said the additional GLAD lawsuit is necessary to continue to educate people about the “harms imposed by DOMA.” Additionally, she noted many of the plaintiffs in the Pedersen live in Vermont and Connecticut, which is in the Second Circuit, and wouldn’t be affected by a ruling in the First Circuit as a result of the Gill case. “We are in a different federal judicial circuit here, so we have a chance to Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic Andy Warhol: The Last Decade press once again the basic claim that The Walters Art Museum (September 19 – January 2, 2011) Baltimore Museum of Art (October 17 – January 9, 2011) DOMA is legally unconstitutional in terms of having a double-standard imposed only on gay and lesbian married couples,” Bonauto said. If both the Gill and the Commonwealth cases reach the Supreme Court at the same time as justices take up the Ped- ersen case, Bonauto said she thinks the newer lawsuits could be combined with the older ones. The fi ling of the lawsuits has inspired different reactions among advocacy groups that work on marriage. In a statement to the Blade, Maggie Gallagher, chair of the National Organization for Marriage, chided LGBT groups for continuing to challenge DOMA in the wake of Election Day results. What Makes Us Smile Odyssey’s SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure “After Tuesday’s election, in which American Visionary Art Museum (October 9 - September 4, 2011) Maryland Science Center (October 1 – January 31, 2011) gay marriage lost big, it’s pretty clear Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait. 1986. Mugrabi Collection. ©2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York gay marriage advocates have failed to win the majority of Americans and so are turning once again to courts to impose views and values they’ve failed to per- TOGETHER IN BALTIMORE ONLY THIS FALL! suade their friends, neighbors and fellow citizens to support,” she said. 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Continued from page 1 and that they’ll stand firm on the defense authorization bill in en- ward with legislative repeal of suring that it includes ‘Don’t Ask, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” others Don’t Tell’ repeal,” she said. see a path forward if certain Sarvis said he’s “very con- conditions are met. cerned” Gibbs didn’t list the de- Winnie Stachelberg, senior fense authorization bill as a priority vice president for external re- for the lame duck session, but said lations at the Center for Ameri- he doesn’t think in that instance the can Progress Action Fund, said White House press secretary “was Tuesday in a conference call speaking for the president.” with reporters that advocates “The president has made are in a “solid position” to see it clear to some of us that he legislative repeal of “Don’t Ask, wants to get this done in the Don’t Tell” before year’s end. lame duck and I believe the Stachelberg cited recent president will be good on his public statements from the word on this,” Sarvis said. White House, Senate Majority Washington Blade photo by Michael Key Another possible game chang- Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs rankled LGBT advocates after he failed to mention ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t er for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal Gates to back that assertion. Tell’ repeal when asked about legislative priorities in the lame duck session of Congress. is the completion of the Pentagon “The administration’s really working group study on imple- strong statement [Monday], Sen. (D-Colo.) said the Senate “should efforts include mobilizing veter- “Congress has to pass a menting an end to the law. The Reid’s statement saying they are act immediately to debate and ans to speak out, holding public [continuing resolution] and group has a deadline of Dec. 1 not going to stand for a defense pass” the defense authorization events and blanketing local me- deal with expiring tax cuts,” to deliver its report to the defense authorization bill that strips out the bill along the with the repeal lan- dia with pro-repeal messages. Stachelberg said. “We antici- secretary, but one source said a repeal measure are really strong guage in the lame duck session. In a statement, Joe Solmo- pate that these issues will take draft copy is already circulating signals that people are moving to “The Senate has passed a nese, HRC’s president, said longer than most people antic- within the Pentagon. a phase where it’s about proce- defense bill for forty-eight con- lawmakers have “one last ipate. A longer lame duck in- Aubrey Sarvis, executive dures, not about the will to get this secutive years,” the senators chance” in the 111th Congress creases the likelihood of pass- director of the Servicemem- done,” Stachelberg said. said. “We should not fail to meet to “follow the advice of the pres- ing the defense authorization bers Legal Defense Network, In the statement on Monday, that responsibility now, especially ident and top military leaders by bill with ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ mentioned the circulation of Pfeiffer said the White House while our nation is at war. We sending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to in it.” the draft copy and said his un- “opposes any effort to strip ‘Don’t must also act to put an end to the the dustbin of history.” Even with a longer lame duck derstanding is Levin has asked Ask, Don’t Tell’ from the National ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that “It would be a travesty for a session, whether “Don’t Ask, the Pentagon for a report on the Defense Authorization Act.” not only discriminates against but small group of senators to con- Don’t Tell” is a priority for the ad- status of the Pentagon working On Sunday, Gates made also dishonors the service of gay tinue to hold hostage a bill with ministration remains in question. group’s recommendations. news when he told reporters that and lesbian service members.” critical military equipment and Last week, White House “It’s appropriate that he do he supports legislative repeal The senators said a failure to pay raises just because some Press Secretary Robert Gibbs so when we know that a draft of of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but act legislatively on “Don’t Ask, senators don’t want to even de- didn’t mention repeal when that report is being circulated isn’t sure of the likelihood of that Don’t Tell” repeal could mean “a bate repeal,” Solmonese said. asked during a news confer- and that a draft of that report is happening. Previously, he said federal judge may do so unilater- The time limit for acting on ence about legislative priori- in the hands of each one of the waiting for the Pentagon working ally in a way that is disruptive to legislative repeal of “Don’t Ask, ties in the lame duck session service chiefs,” Sarvis said. group report on the issue, due our troops and ongoing military Don’t Tell” in the lame duck ses- of Congress. Instead, Gibbs Last weekend, Marine Corps Dec. 1, would be the best ap- efforts.” Last month, U.S. Dis- sion is among the challenges mentioned extending tax cuts Commandant Gen. James Amos, proach for congressional action. trict Court Judge Virginia Phil- in getting it passed. Most re- to middle-class Americans and who assumed his position as ser- “I would like to see the repeal lips issued an injunction against peal supporters say the Sen- ratification of the START trea- vice chief last month, said now of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ but I’m enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ate would need two weeks to ty, a nuclear arms reduction isn’t the time for “Don’t Ask, Don’t not sure what the prospects for that confirmed her earlier ruling debate and vote on the defense agreement with Russia. Tell” repeal and that he’s trying to that are,” Gates said. “And we’ll striking down the statute, but her authorization bill, and more time Alex Nicholson, executive di- determine how to “measure that just have to see.” decision was stayed by a higher is needed to conference the rector of Servicemembers Unit- risk” of ending the law. Jim Manley, a Reid spokesper- court upon appeal. legislation with the U.S. House. ed, criticized the remarks and On Monday, the general’s son, said the senator wants to see “It is important that ‘Don’t One Republican aide, who said the administration needs comments were rebuked by passage of the defense authoriza- Ask, Don’t Tell’ be dealt with spoke on condition of ano- to make clear that it’ll push for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs tion in lame duck, but added an this year, and it appears that nymity, said the problem with repeal during lame duck. of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, agreement with Republicans is the only way that can happen passing the defense authoriza- “These omissions stand in who said he was “surprised” by necessary to move forward. is if it’s on the defense bill,” the tion bill isn’t having insufficient stark contrast to what the presi- Amos’ remarks and surprised “Like Defense Secretary senators concluded. votes; it’s having insufficient dent and his staff are saying he said them publicly. Gates, Sen. Reid strongly sup- Influencing moderate sena- time. The aide said waiting for elsewhere,” Nicholson said. Sarvis said he thinks what he ports the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, tors who may have voted “no” a vote on defense authorization “Mr. President, either your ad- called Amos’ “tirade” is related to Don’t Tell’ to help strengthen our when the defense bill previously bill until December would mean ministration is with us or it’s “his being disappointed in what he volunteer force and is continuing came before the Senate in Sep- repeal won’t happen this year. against us, and a mediocre saw in that report.” Media reports to work toward passing the repeal tember to change their votes a “If Reid is serious about bring- level of public advocacy from have stated the report will reveal this year,” Manley said. “He, of second time around is seen as ing this up, he needs to bring it your White House is not stand- that a majority of U.S. troops don’t course, can’t do it alone. The sen- essential for moving forward. up next week, he needs to can- ing with us.” care if gays are serving openly in ator needs Republicans to at least On Tuesday, the Human cel Thanksgiving recess and he Stachelberg said she thinks the U.S. armed forces. agree to have a debate on this is- Rights Campaign announced needs to get it off the floor and Dan Pfeiffer’s statement on Mon- Could the report bolster leg- sue — a debate he firmly believes that it deployed field organiz- into conference that first week of day offers a better sense of what islative efforts to repeal “Don’t the Senate should have.” ers to eight states — Alaska, December,” the aide said. the White House is thinking as Ask, Don’t Tell”? Stachelberg In a joint statement on Tues- Arkansas, Indiana, Maine, Mas- But Stachelberg said she opposed to Gibbs’ comments. said the Dec. 1 deadline for the day, senators known for support- sachusetts, Ohio, Virginia and thinks Congress would stay in “Rather than looking earlier in report gives senators ample ing repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t West Virginia — to persuade session for longer than what the day from Gibbs’ comments time to review the findings and Tell” called for legislative action senators there to vote in favor many Capitol Hill observers ... I would look to the later com- take action in lame duck. before the year’s end. Sens. Jo- of the defense authorization are expecting and would have ments from Dan Pfeiffer show- seph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Kirsten bill and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” more time to act on the defense ing that the administration really STORY CONTINUES AT Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Udall repeal. 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Washington Blade file photo by michael Key dren to our seniors, rich and With a budget of more than neWs rePOrter mayor-elect Vincent Gray should continue to include lGBt people in his Chris JOhnsOn poor and every range of the $8 billion we can provide those vision for a better city. [email protected] ext. 8083 economic spectrum. To those basics and more. We can make editOriAl intern east of the river and west of the all our neighborhoods places Juliette eBner river, to those who were born where people want to live. We and keep current residents here out of the business of the people stAff PhOtOGrAPher black, white, Latino, Asian, gay, can encourage the arts and while also attracting new ones. of the District of Columbia. This miChAel Key [email protected] straight, bi or transgender, I culture that make a society I stand here today as the is a prime conservative tenet and commit to you that I will do all great. 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Don’t count should be fewer than 400 words; commentar- people to important offices. vious older and obvious very were to come out for gay mar- Obama out. With the Tea Party ies should be fewer than 750 words. submissions may be edited for content and length, And wouldn’t that make a differ- wealthy straight couples by the riage, this would make the entire loonies in Congress for the next and must include a name, address and phone ence? You bet. thousand or so who attended. issue slightly less politically ta- two years, America will be waxing number for verification. send submissions by e-mail to [email protected]. I’m the guy who threw That’s my next project. I hope boo. I still put my money on Hill- nostalgic for sanity come 2012. ©2010 Brown naff Pitts Omnimedia, inc. $53,000 at the Maine Prop 1 the community will support not ary in 2012 — just a gut feeling —Steve november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 17 VIEWPOINT Sondheim tributes highlight his gay sensibilities Legendary composer heim’s collected lyrics from could be more than constructs of me, “I can’t sit through many heim’s feeling of being an “outsid- 1954 to 1981 (“with Attendant block comedy scenes and nov- musicals unless they’re [by] er” is based solely on his sexual helps us survive Comments, Principles, Here- elty songs leavened by the occa- Stephen Sondheim.” orientation. Many creative artists sies, Grudges, Whines and An- sional ballad … Thus ‘West Side I’d wager that my pal, like feel as if they’re outsiders in a cul- ‘Being Alive’ ecdotes”) is just out, his 1966 Story,’ etc.,” Sondheim adds. many of us queer folk, is impa- ture that often devalues the arts. TV musical “Evening Primrose” In addition to creating char- tient with the sentimentality and Yet, Sondheim, born in 1930, came By KATHI WOLFE is now on DVD for the first time, acters with inner lives who lack of character development of age at a time when queers had and his 1971 musical “Follies” were more than mannerisms, in more traditional shows, but to be closeted, and I can’t help but With my first love I listened to will be performed at the Ken- Sondheim injected irony into in love with the sophisticated think being gay played a key role in Ethel Merman sing “Everything’s nedy Center this spring. musicals. “Company,” centered intelligence and emotionally forming his sensibility. Coming Up Roses” in “Gypsy.” I Why does Sondheim matter? around the birthday party for a satisfying irony of Sondheim’s Sondheim’s irony has helped learned there’s “Tragedy tomor- Because his lyrics, his music, single 35-year-old man named musicals. There’s nothing as us cope with homophobia in the row, Comedy Tonight” from see- have been instrumental (forgive Bobby who ruminates on mar- delicious as the “meat” pies in past and will toughen our hides ing “A Funny Thing Happened the pun) in shaping not only mu- riage, is one of his most ironic “Sweeney Todd.” in future battles. “I’ll always be on the Way to the Forum” and sical theater but the sensibility shows. “… Many plays from Sondheim didn’t come out there/As frightened as you,/To discovered the irony of “Being of queers. Restoration comedy onward as queer until he was 40 when help us survive/being Aalive, Alive” when I, then 20-some- Before Sondheim began com- have been purveyors of irony,” “Company” opened on Broad- being alive,” he wrote in “Being thing, heard the cast album of posing, in most shows, including Sondheim writes. “Brecht built a way and didn’t have a long-term Alive,” a song from “Company.” “Company.” his mentor Oscar Hammerstein body of work on it — and a num- relationship until he was 61. Be- Thank you Mr. Sondheim for I bet my old vinyl Judy Collins II’s musicals, “the characters are ber of musicals like ‘Cabaret’ fore starting work on “Compa- always being there and for help- album that you sing “Send in the not much more than collections contained ironic moments — but ny,” he talked at length with his ing us survive “Being Alive.” Clowns” in the shower. I’m not of characteristics — verbal tics ‘Company’ was suffused with it.” friend Mary Rodgers, Richard alone. Stephen Sondheim’s lyr- and quirks, like Southern ac- “Company” is the first Broad- Rodgers’ daughter, about what ics and music are etched onto cents or bad grammar, which way musical to be defined not being married was like. Their the DNA of many of our lives. individualize a character only by satire or sentiment, but by conversation “gave me the con- Even tone-deaf aficionados like the way a black hat signifies a irony, Sondheim, who calls him- fidence to go ahead and write me. Especially, those of us who villain,” he writes in the introduc- self “the romantic,” says. This the score,” Sondheim writes. are queer. tion to “Finishing the Hat.” irony, underscored with the bit- “The outsider feeling — This year the gay Tony Award Along with “Songwriters like tersweet and romantic, takes somebody who people want to and Pulitzer Prize winner turned Kander and Ebb — we all ex- the form of characters’ obser- both kiss and kill — occurred 80 and everything’s coming up plored the new territory with vations — on themselves, other quite early in my life,” Sondheim Kathi Wolfe is a writer, poet and regu- Sondheim. “Finishing the Hat,” playwrights who happily ac- characters — life’s ambiguities. told an interviewer. lar contributor to the Blade. She can be reached through this publication. a coffee table book of Sond- cepted the notion that musicals Recently, a gay friend told I wouldn’t want to say that Sond-

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Financing. a pet friendly condominium policy ther unit, in most buildings, condo This real estate market has to increase or maintain property and coop owners have equally benefi ted from low rates, rela- values. The value of allowing dogs liberal policies on renovations tively easy lending procedures for Private Mortgage Insurance. the building without a large down- actually can be measured as more and each owner generally has the qualifi ed buyers, and lots of lend- PMI guidelines for conventional payment or all cash. That sharp de- than 15% higher in terms of price same responsibilities to maintain ers to choose from. But when the loans have changed somewhat crease in the buyer pool has enor- per square foot, averaged across and replace appliances and other rental rate in a building gets too since the 2008 market melt- mous impact on property values as many popular DC zip codes. That systems within their units without high, say over 50%, the lending down, and now no property will per the age-old law of supply and is an incredibly high increase in the fi nancial participation of the pool doesn’t just shrink… it virtu- qualify for PMI that has over demand, and on top of that could value, which equates to $75,000 for corporation or condo board. The ally disappears. There are excep- 30% investors. Therefore any lengthen your unit’s time on market a $500,000 condo unit. one big difference between most tions, but basically any buyer who condominium with between to a frustratingly long period. But there is an even better rea- condos and coops is their rental wants to buy in a building that has 30 and 50% tenants will either So what’s the answer? As al- son to make sure you’re involved policies. Most condos have few that high an investor ratio must ei- require a 20% minimum down- ways, get involved! Go to your in the rulemaking and general restrictions for leasing, whereas ther buy it with all cash and cut the payment or an FHA loan (which board meetings, speak up when management of your condomin- most coops restrict the rental of lender out entirely, or put down at has a 1% Upfront Mortgage In- the issues come up and vote ium, and perhaps even to join units by their term (usually 2 years least 20% and become an owner- surance Premium or UMIP). members in who care about main- your condo’s board. This condo- maximum, whereupon the owner occupant with some lenders who All these numbers, limits and taining the quality of the building minium rule can actually reduce most reoccupy the unit or sell) and offer a “limited review” loan. While exceptions may seem confusing, and the values of your unit. En- your home’s value far more than even by their start time (most re- this latter option seems to keep but the bottom line is this: relaxed courage the board members to a restrictive pet policy, and, inter- quire the owners to occupy the unit the door open for buildings with rental policies add value to condos draft rules in writing about a 49% estingly, it may seem like an ad- for at least one year before renting lots of renters, the requirement of because they give condo owners limit to rented units, or perhaps vantage the whole time you own it out). Some coops do not allow a 20% minimum downpayment, options in uncertain times—but even fewer. Better yet, get on the your unit… but then bite you hard rentals at all. plus owner occupancy, plus the there must be a limit. 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By JuLIeTTe M. eBNeR

In a time when athletes, like many others in the public eye, are still afraid to come out as gay, it’s surprising to hear of a college athlete coming out as transgender. But Kye Allums, a transgender male, has done just that. Allums, a junior interior design major, is a shooting guard for the George Wash- ington University’s women’s basketball team, the Colonials. He grew up in Hugo, Minn., and has been playing basketball since seventh grade. It wasn’t until his freshman year of college that he came to realize who he was. “I finally got away from home, got away from just everybody really, and I was on my own,” he says. “I had a chance to think about who I really was, what I actually liked, and I found out that I was a transgender man.” Allums cut his hair during his freshman year as well, but says it had nothing to do with how he felt. He didn’t like having to fix his hair. Allums is the first transgender male student-athlete to play for the university’s women’s basketball team and one of the first in the NCAA. “[Allums] is a role model for countless other transgender young people both as an athlete and a human being,” Shannon Minter, legal director of National Center for Lesbian Rights, says. “Because of his courage, transgender youth know they can follow in his footsteps and be suc- Photos courtesy of George Washington University

Kye Allums, a junior interior design major, is a shooting guard for the George Washington University’s women’s basketball team, the Colonials. Continues on page 40 24 washingtonblade.com • november 12, 2010 QUEERY: 20 Questions for Philip Clark

By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO How long have you been out and who off, blandly mainstream gays and lesbians [email protected] was the hardest person to tell? can rub elbows with politicians and celeb- I started letting people know when I rities who deign to pat their heads and tell Philip Clark has a thing for books. The 30-year- was 14. Parents are always the biggest them that LGBT people are tolerated. It old high school librarian even says books played hurdle — even when, as mine did, they should be about ensuring that our elders a huge part in his coming-out story. react in a reasonable way. are respected and loved, that our youth are “It really does tie directly into my sexuality,” the taught their history and taken care of, that Arlington, Va., resident says. “When you’re coming Who’s your gay hero? effeminate gay men and butch dykes and out as a teen and there’s not a lot of information There are so many, past and present, drag queens are able to walk the streets around, you quickly become a really good research- but I’ve admired the late gay drag singer without fear of being bashed and go to er. I wanted to find out more about what being gay Sylvester since I was a teenager. His work without fear of being fired and that was all about and what other gay people were about courage and songs were a positive force. the love and the sex we share is shown to so I found a bunch of novels with gay characters and More broadly, all the men and women be so powerful that even the most scared tried to read as much as I could about who I was.” Washington Blade photo by Michael Key whose energy and forthrightness and and confused would rather risk blowing Seeds were planted that are still bearing fruit. A guts have built our culture and brought open the doors of their closets than miss collection of gay literature on the SMYAL bookshelves instilled Clark with an appreciation us what equality we have. out on it all. But it’s easier to get dressed for contemporary gay authors. Over the years, though, he’s been saddened to find many up and go to a party or to stick an equality of them have died of AIDS and their writings have gone out of print and are hard to find. What is Washington’s best nightspot, bumper sticker on your car than to do the During a Lambda Literary Foundation awards reception in New York in 2005, Clark past or present? grand imaginative work this would require, met David Groff who’d been friends with legendary gay author Paul Monette (who Soho Tea and Coffee has always been so I don’t expect it to happen. died of AIDS in the mid-’90s) and was managing his estate. The two bonded over their a hospitable place for me. I realize that’s mutual love of poetry and spent years putting together “Persistent Voices: Poetry by not the usual image people have of a What would you walk across hot Writers Lost to AIDS,” an anthology that finally made its way to print this year. nightspot, but, hey, they’re open late. coals for? “I see it as a way of giving back and showing appreciation to these writers whose It’s clichéd, but anyone I love. work meant a lot to me and was very sustaining to me when I was a teen,” Clark says. Describe your dream gay wedding. A reading from the collection will be held on Nov. 30 for World AIDS Day at the I’m conflicted about the whole gay What gay stereotype annoys you most? True Reformer Building in Washington. The book can be found on Amazon and marriage idea and the current obsession I’m more annoyed by how gay people other online outlets. with gay weddings does nothing for me. sometimes treat each other than by what His love of LGBT history also led him to the Rainbow History Project, the board of others think about us. which he now chairs. That group’s 10th anniversary event is Tuesday in the Sumner What non-gay issue are you most School’s Great Hall at 1201 17th St. at 6:30 p.m. passionate about? What’s your favorite gay movie? Clark grew up in Arlington and went to college in Williamsburg. He loves anything Literacy in all its forms. If I see some- “The Crying Game.” There’s so much book related — reading, writing, collecting, selling, promoting and “getting the best one’s place and they don’t have books, more going on there than the existence of them into other people’s hands.” He has an aversion to reading on screen and I really wonder what’s wrong with them. of Jaye Davidson’s appendage. admits he’s “very” old-fashioned despite being just 30. What historical outcome would you What’s the most overrated social custom? change? Alcohol consumption as a way to have Any one of a number of genocides. fun. People tell me that I’d actually have to drink in order to understand how great What’s been the most memorable pop it is, but I’m not interested. culture moment of your lifetime? I got to see Alison Moyet sing live, solo, What trophy or prize do you most covet? at the 9:30 club. It may not mean much to I’m content, but it would be nice if the anyone else, but she tore the roof off and Wizards could win a championship dur- ruined me for all future concerts. ing my lifetime. It would reward 25 years and counting of rooting for them futilely. On what do you insist? That Amazon is evil. Do not buy from What do you wish you’d known at 18? Amazon. Thank you. Not to take everything in life so seriously.

What was your last Facebook post or Why Washington? Tweet? I love the history, the architecture, the I posted Joan Armatrading’s video for museums — but the preoccupation with “Drop the Pilot.” I’m a big ’80s music fan, politics, the glut of lawyers, the humid and that’s one joyous, sexy song. weather? Keep ‘em! I’m thinking about relocating to New England. If your life were a book, what would the title be? “The Patron Saint of Lost Causes.”

If science discovered a way to change sexual orientation, what would you do? Run in the opposite direction from the scientists.

What do you believe in beyond the physical world? To quote Linus from Peanuts: “The theological implications of that are way beyond me.”

What’s your advice for LGBT movement leaders? OK, getting on my soapbox: each of us individually should be a leader, so let’s get our own house and thinking in order. What’s the movement’s purpose? It’s not (or

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Today college student, tonight at 7 p.m. in the Richard Montgomery Auditorium (250 The Richard Montgomery High Richard Montgomery Drive) in Rockville. School Black Maskers Drama Club Tickets may be purchased in advance at presents Moisés Kaufman’s “The Lara- richardmontgomerydrama.ticketleap.net mie Project,” a play based on interviews or at the door, and are $5 for students with residents of Laramie, Wyo., after the and $13 for adults. 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay The Birchmere and AM Productions college student, tonight at 7 p.m. in the present Straight No Chaser, a male a Richard Montgomery Auditorium (250 cappella group, performing at the Meyer- Richard Montgomery Drive) in Rockville. hoff Symphony Hall (1212 Cathedral St.) Tickets may be purchased in advance at in Baltimore tonight at 8 p.m. For more richardmontgomerydrama.ticketleap.net information on the group, visit sncmusic. or at the door, and are $5 for students com. To purchase tickets, visit ticketmas- and $13 for adults. ter.com. Bethesda’s monthly art walk is to- The D.C. Strokes Rowing Club will night from 6 to 9 p.m. Ten local galler- celebrate 20 years of rowing tonight at ies will be staying open. Attendees are Casa Italiana Language School (595 1/2 invited to view the artwork, enjoy free 3rd St., N.W.) from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets refreshments and to shop. The partici- are $55 and can be purchased by regis- pating galleries and studios are the Blue tering at dcstrokes.org. House (7770 Woodmont Ave.), Fraser Folding/Unfolding: Collider, a 3D Gallery (7700E. Wisconsin Ave.), Gallery modeling and interactive exhibit and 360 (4836 Rugby Ave.), Gallery Frame workshop opens tonight at Artispehere Avenue (4919 Cordell Ave.), Gallery St. (1101 Wilson Blvd.) in Arlington with an Elmo (4938 St. Elmo Ave.), Orchard Gal- opening reception at 8 p.m. featuring lery (7917 Norfolk Ave.), St. Elmo’s Fire burlesque figure drawing with Velvet Gallery (4828 St. Elmo Ave.), Upstairs Art Kensington and Private Tails and an af- Studios (4948 St. Elmo Ave.), Washing- ter party at 11 p.m. with queer band Rad ton School of Photography (4850 Rugby Pony, who has played at Phasefest the Ave.) and Waverly Street Gallery (4600 past two years, and DJs Natty Boom and East-West Highway.). Matt Bailer. Towson University Dance Company Blowoff, a dance party featuring gay presents “Grace and Flow,” an evening DJs, will be at 9:30 Club (815 V St., N.W.) of dance tonight at 8 p.m. The program tonight. Doors opens at 11:30 p.m. At- includes the second act of “Swan Lake,” tendees must be 21 or older. Tickets are the classical ballet restaged by Runqiao $12 and can be purchased at 930.com. Du, the work of Tim Veach and the cho- Allie Wilson and Jacob Nathaniel Pring reographed works of the Towson Univer- present Cotton Candy at Green Lantern sity dance faculty including Jaye Knut- (1335 Green Court, N.W.) tonight at 10 Image courtesy of Touchstone Gallery son, Nancy Romita, Nicole A. Martinell p.m. upstairs featuring DJs David Merrill ‘Folks Like Us’ by Paula Lantz, is on display at Touchstone Gallery through Nov. 28. and Sandra Perez. Tickets are $20 for and Bryan Yamasaki. Attendees must be general admission, $15 for seniors and 18 or older to attend. There’s a $5 cover. $10 for students. at 7 p.m. Billie Jean King and Sir Elton Wednesday, Nov. 17 Bookmen D.C., an informal group of Sunday, Nov. 14 John will captain teams composed of Women’s Wednesday will be at Mixol- men interested in gay literature, meets Andre Agassi, James Blake, Stefanie ogy tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mixology tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Charles Sum- D.C. native actress and playwright El- Graf, Anna Kournikova, Martina Navra- is D.C. premier matchmaking service for ner School and Archives (1201 17th St., len McLaughlin, who originated the role tilova and more. This event will raise gays and lesbians. Register at caglcc.org. N.W.) to discuss selections from “Per- of the angel in gay playwright Tony Kush- money for the Elton John AIDS Foun- The Zenith Gallery (1111 Pennsylva- sistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to ner’s “Angels in America” on Broadway dation and local D.C. area AIDS chari- nia Ave., N.W.) opens “Universe” featur- AIDS” edited by David Groff and Philip in the early ‘90s, will perform her play ties. Tickets range from $40 to $120. For ing artwork by Anne Marchand and Craig Clark. All are welcome. “Penelope” at the Writer’s Center (4508 more information and to purchase tick- Schaffer tonight. Both artists deal with The Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art Walsh St.) in Bethesda, tonight at 7 p.m. ets, visit wtt.com. the abstract, Marchand through paint- Museum Drive) is hosting “Warhol: the Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for The National Portrait Gallery is ings and Schaffer through sculpture. The Last Decade,” an exhibit featuring over guests. For more information, call 301- showing an exhibit that focuses on sex- gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 50 large-scale works that marked Andy 654-8664 or visit writer.org. ual differences in the making of modern Food & Friends Slice of Life and Nel- Warhol’s last decade. This is the last GayParazzi will tour the National Ar- American portraiture. “Hide/Seek: Differ- lie’s will be hosting a pie-eating contest stop of a national tour. Some of the works boretum (3501 New York Ave., N.E.) to- ence and Desire in American Portraiture” and bake sale tonight at 7 p.m. The con- shown include fright wig self-portraits day meeting outside the visitor’s center is the first major museum exhibit of its test is limited to 16 participants and is first and three variations on Da Vinci’s “The at 10 a.m. There’s free admission and kind. The museum is open from 11:30 come, first entered. For more information, Last Supper.” The museum is open from parking. Sign up at GayParazzi.com. a.m. to 7 p.m. and admission is free. including the rules of the contest, and to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission ranges LAMBDA SCI-FI will have its monthly register for the event, visit nelliesdc.com. from free for children 5 and younger to meeting and social of LGBT science fic- Tuesday, Nov. 16 $15 for adults. For more information, visit tion, fantasy and horror fans today at 1:30 Thursday, Nov. 18 warhol.artbma.org. p.m. at 1414 17th St., N.W. Call James at Rainbow History Project will cel- 202-232-3141 or e-mail to info@lambdas- ebrate its 10th anniversary tonight at The Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) Saturday, Nov. 13 cifi.org to RSVP. For more information, the Charles Sumner School Museum & will be hosting a “theater look-in” for “Hair” visit the group’s website lambdascifi.org. Archives (1201 17th St., N.W.) from 6:30 today from 5 to 6 p.m. Attendees will get an Shi-Queeta-Lee will be celebrating The Pocket Gays will be hosting to 8:30 p.m. The reception will feature insider’s look at the production and have her 46th birthday today with Cirque Du “Spanksgiving” today on the enclosed a one-night-only exhibit of items from the opportunity to ask the artists questions. Soleil’s “Red Party” at Town featuring the and heated roof deck of Local 16 (1602 RHP’s archives including T-shirts from This event will be in the Terrace Gallery and release of her 2011 calendar from 6 to 10 U St., N.W.) from 3 to 9 p.m. DJ vANNIEty the collection of the late lesbian archivist tickets are $12. For more information and to p.m. There will be a $10 cover. KILLS will be providing the music. This is Cheryl Spector. This event is free and purchase tickets, visit kennedy-center.org. The Richard Montgomery High a free event. open to the public. For more information, There will be a special happy hour at School Black Maskers Drama Club visit rainbowhistory.org. Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) to benefit the presents Moisés Kaufman’s “The Lara- Monday, Nov. 15 Burgundy Crescent Volunteers Trevor Project tonight from 5 to 9 p.m. A mie Project,” a play based on interviews needs help packing safer sex kits for $10 donation at the door will go directly with residents of Laramie, Wyo., after the The 2010 WTT Smash Hits is tonight FUK!T from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Green to the Trevor Project and Cobalt will hon- 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay at Bender Arena at American University Lantern, 1335 Green Ct., N.W. or the donation with a free drink ticket. november 12, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 27 BUSINESSAGENDA BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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Photo by Scott Suchman; courtesy of Shakespeare Theatre Company A group of celebrated actors praised gay director and D.C. theater icon Michael Kahn this week, including Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Christine Baranski and Laura Linney. Richard Cotovsky and Carlton Byrd by Scott Suchman Theater icon Michael CONTACT ADVERTISE PHIL ROCKSTROH AT Kahn honored [email protected] 202-747-2077 X8092 Macbeth, were all there to honor Kahn. ENHANCE YOUR AD WITH Local director praised for bladeclassifieds OUR UPGRADES LIKE Then David Muse, the new artistic di- PICTURES long, distinguished career rector of Studio Theatre, began the tributes BOLD TEXT with a heartfelt thanks to Kahn, crediting BEST RATES LARGE TEXT By PETER ROSENSTEIN his mentoring and teaching as the reason COLOR AND MORE! for his success. Some of the letters read to BEST RESULTS Michael Kahn, the renowned local gay Kahn — many brought tears and laughter director, was honored with the Richard to both Kahn and the audience — came Bauer Award from the Washington Area from his friends. They included words from DEADLINES Performing Arts Video Archives (WAPAVA) Terrence McNally, who was a student with on Nov. 8. WAPAVA is one of only two equity Kahn at Columbia and who reminisced all classified ads - including regular and adult - must be received by mondays at 5pm so they can be recognized theater archives in the nation. about being directed by him in a play and included in that week’s edition of the washington blade and washingtonblade.com Most theater afi cionados in Wash- their set designer being Andy Warhol. Ad- ington and around the nation know that ditional funny and heartfelt tributes came Kahn is one of the foremost directors of from Elizabeth Ashley, Patrick Stewart, Shakespeare in the nation today. What Judi Dench, Christine Baranski (who end- many people don’t know is that he was ed hers with “call me”), Laura Linney and the head of the acting department at Jul- Zelda Fichandler from Arena Stage. liard for many years where he mentored Then a surprise guest, lesbian actress and taught hundreds of actors and direc- Kelly McGillis, came to the podium. She tors working in theater today. spoke of her fi rst audition for Kahn when At Monday’s awards ceremony at the she auditioned to enter Julliard more Harman Theater, many of those actors than 30 years ago. She has since per- and directors either came in person to formed in nine plays in Washington for Georgetown’s pay tribute or sent letters because they the Shakespeare Theatre. She has had were working in productions in cities a successful stage career, though she Oldest French Bistro around the world. remains best known for her starring role The audience was fi rst treated to a opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun.” Lunch, Dinner, Brunch Happy Hour reading of “The Rehearsal” by Maurice The evening came to an end with Halo Daily Specials Monday - Friday, 4 pm - 7 pm Baring that was directed by Alan Paul, Wines presenting the Richard Bauer Award Winning Pastries Half price appetizers, drink specials the talented associate artistic director at Award. Kahn spoke, reminding the audi- the Shakespeare. The actors, including ence that he is not only a talented direc- 1039 31ST STREET NW WASHINGTON, DC 20007 202 965 2684 the brilliant Tom Story, who played Lady tor and teacher, but also a wonderfully Macbeth, and Anthony Cochrane reading warm and funny human being.

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Photo by Carol Rosegg; courtesy of Arena Nicholas Rodriguez as Curly and Eleasha Gamble as Laurey in ‘Oklahoma!’ at Arena Stage’s new Mead Center for American Theater. Rodriguez, who’s gay, is entirely convincing as a straight character and generates genuine chemistry with Gamble. Triangles and triumphs Stage warhorse ‘Oklahoma’ ity to her role, is palpable. The remainder of the diverse cast is proves solid choice for excellent as well. Lead by musical director George new Arena space Fulginiti Shakar, the dozen-or-so-person orchestra perched offstage in an under By PATRICK FOLLIARD construction frontier school house com- pliments of set designer Eugene Lee, vi- When Arena Stage announced plans brantly interprets the show’s mythic score to inaugurate its breathtakingly renovated including songs like “Oh, What a Beauti- Southwest waterfront campus with “Okla- ful Mornin’,” “People Will Say We’re in homa!” months ago, there were a few Love,” and, of course, “Oklahoma!” grumbles: Why mark the anticipated mo- “Oklahoma!” is Smith’s best musi- ment with an old, oft-produced musical? cal endeavor since ably tackling one of As it turns out, director Molly Smith’s Rodgers and Hammerstein’s other hits, rock-solid, rollicking production of Rod- “South Pacific” almost eight years ago. gers and Hammerstein’s groundbreak- Across the Potomac in Rosslyn, Wash- ing classic couldn’t be better suited for ington Shakespeare Company (WSC) is the occasion. Current, diverse and alive, christening its new home – a black box Smith’s “Oklahoma!” is as fresh as the space in Arlington County’sWashington recently openedBlade original ﬁ le: Adobe InDesign CS2 company’s newly redesigned digs. Artisphere – with an enthralling,Fri, Nov. futuristically 12, 2010 Set in turn-of-the-century Oklahoma stylish production of Shakespeare’s “Rich- PDF territory, the 1943 Broadway hit is cred- ard III.” Like Arena, 1/8HWSC has(4.75” also x made 2.6875”) Non-SAU ited with being the first modern musical some smart casting choicesLandmark — particularly Theatres/CO [if circled] to integrate music and dance into its plot. in giving Frank Britton the title role. The story revolves around two love trian- Britton, who’s black and bisexual, gles: Laurey, a headstrong farm girl, who gives a layered, nuanced performance plays hard to get with handsome cowboy as “that foul bunch-backedRevised toad” is a Curly while stringing along another guy pleasure to behold. — dangerous farmhand Jud Fry. Simulta- Co-directors (and newlyweds) Christopher neously, a more comic threesome — Ado Henley and Jay Hardee have also cast women Annie, the girl who “cain’t say no,” and as the king’s advisors (roles originally written her suitors: besotted cowboy Will Parker for men), adding an intriguing texture to the and Ali Hakim, a traveling Persian ped- production. Here Annie Houston as Stanley dler – work out their romantic issues. expresses a mother’s love for her endangered Smith (who is also Arena’s artistic direc- son; there are hints of a lingering romance tor) has cast Eleasha Gamble and Nicholas between Barbara Papendorp’s Catesby and Rodriquez, both actors of color, as Laurey the doomed Hastings played by Joe Palka. and Curly, leading parts traditionally played And in no other “Richard III,” as I recall, does by white actors. The result is fabulous — not the scheming Buckingham (Adrienne Nelson) PRESENTS only are the players terrifically talented, but rock big blonde hair a la Angie Dickinson circa the casting reflects actual life in the territory 1964. It’s a great season opener for WSC. and Arena’s multi-cultural mission. “Don’t dream it, be it.” “And they call him …Sandy Clawsss!” Rodriguez, who played Tarzan on Broad- ‘Oklahoma!’ way and gay rights activist Nick Chavez on Through Dec. 26 daytime soap “One Life to Live,” first ap- Arena Stage peared at Arena last season in “Light in the 1101 Sixth Street, S.W. Piazza” as Fabrizio, a romantic young Italian $45-$105 who falls for a slightly mentally challenged 202-488-3300 FEATURING LIVE SHADOW CAST American girl. With his gorgeous voice www.arenastage.org SONIC TRANSDUCERS! and dark good looks, he was terrific in the ‘Richard III’ part. As Curly, Rodriguez again destroys Through Dec. 12 the fallacy that gay actors cannot credibly Washington Shakespeare Company play straight romantic leads. Not only is he Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington believable, but the chemistry between him $25-$35 Fri & Sat, November 12 & 13 at Midnight! and the talented Gamble, who brings the 703-418-4808 perfect balance of strength and vulnerabil- www.washingtonshakespeare.org Buy Advance Tickets Online tickets.landmarktheatres.com

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One restaurant named for a fruit leads Rustico’s (4075 Wilson Blvd, Arlington) to another for Persimmon’s chef-own- new location gives chain-clogged Ballston a er Damian Salvatore, whose neighbor- big boost, offering seasonal, hearth-cooked hood-oriented Wild Tomato will soon be New American fare designed to comple- serving pizza, salads and moderately ment its major forte, beer – expect 400 craft priced American entrees to the Potomac and imported bottles, 40 drafts and three food crowd. Big front windows, buttery yel- casks (much of it available in 4 ounce tast- low walls, a sage-colored stone bar and ing pours); the handsome, earth-toned digs mahogany butcher-block tables, along are sexily lit and comfortably confi gured, with with food-focused artwork, will create an a dining room overlooking a courtyard and attractive ambiance for casual dining and fountain, communal tables and a massive informal get-togethers over cocktails, craft Tsunami hits DC • NOW OPEN! bar with street-scene views, not to mention a beers and wines (7945 MacArthur Blvd.). lovely, candlelit private-dining space. If you watch Food Network, chances There will be a new Barracks Row are you’ve seen a competition show about eatery called DC-3, named after the pas- restaurants on wheels. CapMac, a roving senger plane that popularized “Discover pastaria, will be hitting D.C. streets in the America” air travel. 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17th Annual Art for Life Auction FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Carnegie Institution of Washington 1530 P Street, NW Washington, DC

Art for Life is a benefit cocktail reception and art auction spotlighting artists from around the world. Proceeds from this event go to support Whitman-Walker Clinic’s HIV/AIDS prevention services in communities of color.

Additional information, online ticket sales & artwork previews at www.wwc.org/artforlife or call 202.797.3543.

6:00 pm VIP Reception & Auction Pre-Bidding 6:30 pm General Reception & Silent Auction 8:00 pm Live Auction

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