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April 12, 2019 | Volume XVI, Issue 23 AIDS WATCH: ‘Strong Interest’ in Hearings on Truvada Patent Profits By Mark S. King #PrEP4All contingent that attended AIDS James program, and here Advocates pressuring the Centers for Dis- Watch, an annual event Krellenstein & we have a massive ease Control and Prevention (CDC) to sponsored by AIDS United Nicholas Faust amount of royalties of #PrEP4All at claim royalties from sales of “Truvada as of lobbying between HIV AIDS Watch in left unclaimed.” PrEP” report “strong interest” in congres- advocates and their elected Washington, The controversy sional hearings on the growing controver- congresspeople. “The CDC DC. was first reported in sy, based on visits to the Hill between HIV paid for the development of a front-page story in advocates and their elected officials and Truvada as PrEP and owns the Washington Post on March 26th, staffs. The CDC owns patents to the use of the patents, yet has not col- and has accelerated since then, in- Truvada as PrEP and has been criticized lected a dime from Gilead. cluding in multiple stories in the New for not claiming what could be billions of We, the American taxpayers, York Daily News. dollars in royalties from Gilead, the manu- are entitled to these royal- “The money to fund HIV preven- facturer of Truvada. ties. They could easily fund tion and treatment programs is star- “Senior health policy staffers have our national response to the ing us in the face,” added Nicholas a strong interest in claiming the mon- HIV epidemic. Everyone in Faust, another #PrEP4All advocate. ey the CDC has left on the table,” said DC is scrambling around this “So yes, in meetings with health pol- James Krellenstein, part of the time of year, trying icy staffers today, their eyes were to find money for lighting up. A lot of the HIV advocates their line item or —continued on page 10

Monty Howard, emcee By Richard Finger Monty Howard is a gay Epis- copalian partnered graphic Meet designer and com- the munity activist. Getting to Monty was born Emcee in California, as know Monty a military brat, Baltimore Pride? Well, the charity of Christ compels me, and moved with Howard, our Monty Howard: Oh yes, folks but I’m also inspired by Dr. Martin Luther his family 29 Pride parade from Bolton Hill and the church King, Jr. and the Kennedys. I’m inspired by times. He’s lived community know me as the “Quiz many great leaders, like Elijah Cummings and worked in emcee Master” for an annual dinner and the Obamas. Virginia, Min- fund-raiser we used to hold at Me- Tell us about some of the volunteer nesota, Texas, morial. And I have been the emcee work you’ve done. and Delaware for Festival on the Hill many times Through the years I’ve been a men- before coming to Balti- over the years. tor to several kids coming out. They need more and feeling “right at How were you selected to become support at that time in their lives, as we home” from the start. We our emcee? all know. And I’ve assisted in representing asked Monty a few ques- Funny story: In the process of nomi- the church at several Pride festivals in the tions about his gig as nating someone else via posting on Face- park. But this is the biggest volunteer job Baltimore Pride Parade book, a commenter pointed out that I would I’ve ever undertaken for Baltimore! emcee… be perfect, and I had to agree! My nominee What are your hopes for Pride this Richard Finger: was not available. So, I threw my hat in year? Have you been an em- the ring. I want a huge peaceful crowd of hap- cee at events prior to Who or what inspires you? —continued on page 3 Co-Publishers Jim Becker • Jim Williams [email protected]

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—continued from page 1 When I was younger, I didn’t participate py people, of all ages, gay and straight, in Pride because I was raised with love and of all ethnicities and backgrounds, to feel the idea that sex is nothing to be “ashamed the love that these of” or “proud of.” But events celebrate! Monty Howard has these are troubling What does suc- times when hate cess look like for nightmares of having groups are feeling you as an emcee to introduce people empowered by DC for Pride? and it’s important Am hoping I with names like – essential – that don’t stumble over we are all seen and any names or mis- ‘Muileann Dhaibahidh,’ heard, as the great pronounce anything, ‘Achluachrach big peaceful voting LOL! There was an block that we are! announcer at the Szczecin,’ or ‘Bydgoszcz Education is the key. MLK parade one Love always wins! t year who couldn’t Czƒôstochowa.’ Having connec- say Episcopalian! tions with many of But I’m pretty articulate. Baltimore’s groups and institutions, Monty What is one message you’d like to will call upon representatives from wide- express to our readers? ly varying entities to engage in Baltimore Pride 2019.

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Select Chase Brexton Health Care patients deemed most in need may be eligible for digital breast cancer screenings through a mobile mammography van to be located at the Chase Brexton Mount Vernon Center on September 28th. The screenings are provided in partnership with Lackawan- na Mobile X-Ray and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, and mammograms are capable of finding it up to three years before it can be felt. The Center for Disease Control recommends mammograms every two years for women age 50 and older who are at average risk for breast cancer. The staff of Chase Brexton encour- ages their patients to remember that early detection saves lives! Any patient who feels they may quality should contact their Chase Brexton provider or call 410-837- 2050 for more info. t beyond the beltway compiled by Jim Becker ment from poor communities of color, and impunity for an ever more militarized police Intersex activist Department of force.” (Seattle Gay News – Mike Andrew Lesbian wins at Sgn.org/sgnnews47_14/page1.cfm) gives keynote at Justice Pride mayoral election Louisiana queer group hears in Chicago US House confab from the AG

Chicago – Chicago elected its first Af- condemns Baton Rouge – Chicago-based inter- Washington, DC – DOJ Pride, a group rican-American woman and first out lesbi- sex activist Pidgeon Pagonis will be key- representing the Department of Justice’s an mayor on April 2nd. Lori Lightfoot cam- Trump’s Trans note speaker for the ninth annual Louisiana LGBT employees and contractors, has paigned against the machine politics that Queer Conference during the weekend of delivered a letter to US Attorney General have dominated Chicago since the days of military ban March 30th at Louisiana State University in William Barr about the “declining morale” Richard Daley and won a resounding victo- Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The conference of, and outright discrimination against, ry, trouncing her rival, Cook County Board Washington, DC – The US House of is a free, statewide, student-run event that LGBT workers. The group cited two main President Toni Preckwinkle, by almost Representatives on March 28th passed a aims to provide networking opportunities, concerns: the lack of a DOJ-issued Equal three-to-one. “Today, you did more than resolution condemning Trump efforts to education and social support to queer peo- Employment Opportunity statement, and make history,” Lightfoot told hundreds of ban openly-transgender men and women the results of an October 2018 survey that supporters at her victory party. “You creat- from serving in the US military. The vote showed only 31 percent of respondents felt was 238 to 185, with every House Dem- the department valued its LGBT employ- ocrat and five House Republicans voting ees. The organization’s survey found that in favor of the resolution. Texan Will Hurd “morale is low among LGBTQ individuals was one of the five Republicans. Rep. Joe currently employed in the Department, and Kennedy III (D-Massachusetts), led the ef- that the Department is not recruiting and re- fort to pass the resolution. He chairs the taining top LGBTQ talent,” the letter stated. Equality Caucus’s Transgender Equal- Many survey respondents found the ity Task Force. Transgender advocates culture at DOJ to be overtly hostile to praised the vote while acknowledging that LGBT workers. In addition, men deemed it is not a binding vote and is unlikely to Intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis not masculine enough were passed over Lightfoot – New wine or old bottle? see any action in the US Senate. for promotions or entrance to the FBI, Kennedy said, “equal has always been ple and their allies. while LGBT women were outright ignored ed a movement for change.” this nation’s north star. Too often we have Pagonis works with the interACT Ad- in hiring. Fewer than 10 percent of respon- Lightfoot is a former federal prosecu- fallen short in that pursuit of equality, and vocates for Intersex Youth, produces in- dents felt that the DOJ attracted and re- tor and first-time political candidate. The too often men and women willing to die in formational videos and writes for the blog tained the best LGBT talent. DOJ Pride’s daughter of poor parents who worked wars for this country have returned home Everyday Feminism. They [Pagonis’s pre- concerns come at a time when the Depart- multiple low-wage jobs in the segregated to a government that considers them sec- ferred pronoun] appeared on the cover of ment of Justice has been following Pres- steel town of Massillon, Ohio, she gradu- ond class citizens,” said Congressman National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution” ident Trump’s lead on anti-gay and trans ated from the University of Michigan and Kennedy. “Today, the House of Represen- special issue in January 2017. Pagonis policies. the University of Chicago Law School. “My tatives rejected a misguided, bigoted ban received honors from the Obama admin- During his confirmation hearing, Attor- parents didn’t have much money, but they on transgender servicemembers and a istration in 2015 as an “LGBT Champion ney General Barr said that anti-LGBT dis- had their dignity and their dreams, dreams return to some of the darkest days in our of Change.” crimination should be illegal. In response for their children, dreams for me,” Lightfoot nation’s history. But more than that, this Conference organizers chose Pagonis to the DOJ Pride complaints he said he is said. “They taught me the value of hones- resolution sends a message to all trans- as keynote to represent one of many pos- “troubled” by their concerns. In a letter April ty, decency, hard work and education, and gender troops, all transgender men, wom- sible queer identities and educate attend- 4th obtained by BuzzFeed News to activ- they gave me faith, the faith that put me en, and children, and all Americans that ees on an identity outside of the typical ists with DOJ Pride, Barr confirmed he had where I am today.” your government sees you, hears you, and “LGBT.” The conference includes discus- taken steps to sign an Equal Employment Lightfoot will become the third Afri- you count.” sions geared toward and about people who Opportunity (EEO) statement and would can-American and the second woman to The vote came just two days after a are LGBT, asexual, and intersex. InterACT look in to claims of specific discrimination serve as mayor. Chicago is now the larg- federal court lifted an injunction barring im- defines intersex as “an umbrella term that that the activists had raised. “Issuing the est US city ever to elect an openly LGBT plementation of the ban. President Barack refers to people who have one or more of statement is not only required by law – as mayor. “A lot of little girls and boys are Obama had lifted the ban before he left a range of variations in sex characteristics you noted in your letter – it is the right out there watching us tonight, and they’re office, but Trump re-instated the ban in that fall outside of traditional conceptions thing to do,” Barr wrote. “Employment de- seeing the beginning of something, well, a the first year of his presidency. Trump’s of male or female bodies.” Both interACT cisions at the Department must be made little bit different,” Lightfoot said. administration had announced that men and Pagonis aim to promote awareness of solely on merit and free from discrimina- But Benji Hart, writing in the Advocate, and women enlisting in the military would intersex people and protect intersex youth tion. Every employee should know that warned not to get up high hopes about have to serve as the gender they were from medically unnecessary surgeries. Pa- I stand by that principle.” (Philadelphia Lightfoot: “Black queer Chicagoans, es- assigned at birth. Officials at the Depart- gonis is intersex, and uses the pronouns Gay News – Victoria Brownworth at Epgn. pecially those who are low-income, don’t ment of Defense announced earlier this “they” and “them” to reflect the fact that they com/news/national/14467-lgbt-employ- merely predict oppressed people will year that the ban will go into effect on were born neither male nor female. (Dal- ees-confront-attorney-general-over-dis- suffer under the Lightfoot administration April 12th. (Dallas Voice at Dallasvoice. las Voice at Dallasvoice.com/intersex-ac- crimination & BuzzFeed News – John but know it,” she wrote. Hart argued that com/house-passes-resolution-condemn- tivist-pidgeon-pagonis-to-speak-at-9th-an- Bowden at Thehill.com/homenews/admin- Lightfoot’s “record already demonstrates ing-trumps-trans-military-ban & Congress- nual-louisiana-queer-conference) istration/437485-barr-says-he-will-investi- a commitment to gentrification, disinvest- man Joe Kennedy Press Release) gate-allegations-of-lgbt-discrimination-at)

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clap back with what might go down as one Mormons of the best reads ever. “We’re touring the world being gay while you’re living in New- rescind ban on castle with your crusty ass eyelashes,” she told the girls. Shea and others are heard children of LGBT laughing, but the girls’ insults escalated from there and they tried to touch Farrah. parents “You’re a walking STD,” one of the girls de- clared. Salt Lake City – The First Presidency, Many “Drag Race” fans from Newcastle the governing body of the Church of Jesus and the UK took to social media to express Christ of Latter-day Saints, has announced their disappointment in what happened, that the church will reverse its controver- saying it reflected badly on their city. Not sial 2015 policy that deemed same-sex long after the incident, Farrah broke her couples and marriage equality “apostasy” silence, saying she didn’t want to shine a and effectively blocked children of LGBT light on a bad experience. But she assured Victory for LGBT rights, or censorship? parents from joining the church. However, Newcastle fans that she loved their city. a church leader reaffirmed the faith’s belief “So I didn’t wanna bring attention to the While attempts to reach Google for that marriage should be reserved for re- negativity that happened to me and Shea comment were unsuccessful, Human lationships between a man and a woman, last night in Newcastle at a kebab shop but Rights Campaign officials said part of while suggesting that gay members can ‘Drag Race’ stars, Farrah Moan the vid is spreading,” she wrote. “No need the reason Google removed the app was still find a place in the religion. and Shea Coulee to apologize on behalf of the city – our because it had applied pressure on the Responding to the policy change, Hu- show was amazing and there’s homopho- company to do so. HRC had warned the man Rights Campaign President Chad bic twats all over the world. Love you guys!” company that its score on HRC’s Corpo- Griffin said, “In this reversal, the Church of ‘Drag Race’ (Gay Star News – Shannon Power at Gay- rate Equality Index would be suspended Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has tak- starnews.com/article/rupauls-drag-race- when the index was released if the app en an important step forward. There’s still stars faced stars-victims-of-homophobic-attack-in-uk- wasn’t taken down. Google, according to work to do, but this policy reversal is a very kebab-shop/#gs.44rw1l) HRC’s criteria in the 17th annual edition homophobic of its index, earned 100 percent, and it got the same perfect score in 2018. The latest taunts in UK Index was released on March 28th. The Google removes app had not been removed by Google and shop the company’s score was suspended but app promoting lifted later that day when Google removed Newcastle, England – RuPaul’s “Drag the app. In December 2018, Apple pulled Race” stars were victims of homophobic conversion the app and Microsoft did the same. With- attack in a UK kebab shop. Farrah Moan in days, Amazon did so as well. The web- and Shea Coulee were the targets of the therapy site of Living Hope Ministries, which was attack on April 4th. The season nine alum- responsible for the app, includes things welcome change that moves the church ni were at a kebab shop in the northeast Mountain View, California – LGBT such as videos of young people telling closer to a day where LGBT Mormons town of Newcastle when some unidentified groups are claiming victory following Goo- their stories of what caused their same- can see themselves affirmed and included girls started filming them on Snapchat. gle’s March 28th decision to stop offering sex attraction. t (Philadelphia Gay News within their faith community.” The girls began hurling homophobic an app by a ministry that included material – Lenny Cohen at Epgn.com/news/nation- The new policies, effective immedi- abuse at the queens, who were out of drag, considered “ex-gay” involving conversion al/14476-google-removes-anti-gay-con- ately, state that marriage equality will no calling them “slut” and “faggot.” On Twit- therapy, which is the practice of trying to version-therapy-app-after-months-of-pres- longer be treated as apostasy, children of ter, Farrah wrote, “I was drunk as hell and change a person’s sexual orientation. The sure) LGBT Mormon parents may be baptized, some lil girl came up to Shea and I with her group Truth Wins Out, based in Philadel- and children of LGBT parents who are not phone calling us faggots, walking stds cuz phia, has been at the forefront in the fight members of the church may be blessed. my hair was pink.” But Farrah was quick to against the practice. The church still considers marriage be- “Today is a major victory for those who tween people of the same sex a “serious want to protect LGBT youth from charla- transgression.” HRC commends the work tans,” said Wayne Besen, Philadelphia res- of Affirmation: LGBT Mormons, Families & These news notes have been compiled, ident and founder of Truth Wins Out. “We Friends, other LGBT Mormons and allies with permission, from the online version have clearly sent the message that dan- as they lead the charge and continue to of various newspapers and other web gerous and discredited products designed advocate for full inclusion. (Seattle Gay sites. We thank these publications for to ‘pray away the gay’ have no home on News & HRC Press Release at Sgn.org/ allowing us to bring you their news sto- mainstream online stores.” Besen added sgnnews47_14/page10.cfm) ries. Usually the reports have been sig- that the app targeted LGBT youth with tox- nificantly edited and you can read the ic messages of guilt and shame. full story by going to the web site men- Besen said Google removed the app tioned following the item. Comments partly because of a four-month pressure are strictly the opinions of Jim Becker campaign that included a Change.org pe- and not of Baltimore OUTloud or Pride tition that received more than 142,000 sig- Media. baltimoreoutloud.com natures.

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 5 IMPORTANT FACTS FOR BIKTARVY® This is only a brief summary of important information about BIKTARVY and does not replace (bik-TAR-vee) talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and your treatment.

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BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 7 BVYC0103_BIKTARVY_B_9-875x9-6_BaltimoreOUTloud_KeepPushing2_DR4_r1v1jl.indd All Pages 3/4/19 12:15 PM VoiceVoice ofof thethe CenterCenter PRIDE is Coming By the time this paper is printed, the Pride Commit- tee will have held over 15 planning meetings, 90 committee sessions, shared over 1500 emails, and logged over 500 hours of work to bring you the best music, food and love for the 45th Baltimore Pride. Since the first group of SGM leaders took a dream of celebrating one’s sexuality with other members of the hidden in plain sight community that is a part of every generation, we continue to claim the streets of Baltimore as a safe space to dance, wear our kinks on our sleeve and remember the journey is far from over and our work is far from finished. This year, we are launching our fundraiser ini- tiative by keeping Pride events throughout the year. From the upcoming skate night to our Puppies in the Park, we will bring fun fundraisers across the city to expand our safe spaces and keep our spaces from disappearing. Follow, attend and contribute to this journey. This Pride, we bring to Sunday’s festivities, a ball. For those not involved in the vogue scene, a ball is when the local houses of vogue gather to show their best looks and moves among other aspects of vogue culture. Our annual Saturday Block Party will be brought to it’s zenith by Dej Loaf, a Michigan rapper who blasted on the scene in 2012 with her single, “Just Do It”. Their work with Big Sean and The Game have kept this artist firmly in the arsenal of Columbia Re- cords. Familiarize yourself with her mixtape, Sell Sole before June 15th. As our community grows, we have to look beyond our prime years and nurture our beginnings. As a result, we will be bringing back Youth and Elder Pride on Saturday and Sunday respectively. These spaces will be clearly marked on our maps and filled with their own roster of entertainment and age related activities and speakers. Learn more about these spaces on our social media as our chairs keep you informed. We are two months away from filling the streets of Baltimore with our voices and embracing people former and new in our vibrant lives. We look forward to seeing you there. Deadlines for vendor applications and the Parade are coming to a close. Please visit baltimorepride. org or message the Committee on Facebook @balti- moresgmpride for more information.

8 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE AND CENTRAL MARYLAND

GLCCB Calendar of Events Thursday, April 18 Thursday, April 25 Friday, April 12 Free & Confidential Testing at the Center 2:00 pm Free & Confidential Testing 2:00 pm Breaking Bread Project 6:30 pm Youth Against Oppression 4:30 pm Helping Hands Clothing Closet 3:00 pm Marijuana Anonymous 7:00 pm Baltimore Trans-Masculine Alliance 6:30 pm Community Advisory Council Meeting 6:00 pm Sistahs of Pride 7:00-9:00 pm Saturday, April 13 Friday, April 19 Alcoholics Anonymous 6:00 pm Young & the Restless YA Group 6:00 pm Friday, April 26 Family Matters (Group for Parents) 6:00 pm Marijuana Anonymous 7:00 pm Pay-What-You-Can Chair Massages 12:00 pm Drag In The Village 7:30 pm Saturday, April 20 Breaking Bread Project 6:30-8:00pm Marijuana Anonymous 7:00 pm Sunday, April 14 Queer Families Potluck 11:00 am Narcotics Anonymous 11:00 am Alcoholics Anonymous 6:00 pm Saturday, April 27 Gentle Mindful Yoga 3:30 pm Sunday, April 21 Alcoholics Anonymous 6:00 pm Monday, April 15 Narcotics Anonymous 11-1 pm Sunday, April 28 Elder Coffee Hour 12:00 pm Gentle Mindful Yoga 3:30 pm Narcotics Anonymous 11-1 pm Coming Out Support Group 5:00 pm Gentle Mindful Yoga 3:30-5 pm Tuesday, April 16 Free & Confidential Testing 2:00 pm Tuesday, April 23 Yoga & Heels 5:00 pm Free & Confidential Testing 2:00pm Teen Art Group 5:30 pm Yoga & Heels 5:00 pm SILhouette 7:30 pm Teen Art Group 5:30 pm New Volunteer Orientation 6:30 pm Wednesday, April 17 Baltimore Pride Committee Meeting 6:00 pm Wednesday, April 24 The Mankind Project 6:45 pm Vogue Night with STAR TRACK 6:30pm Trans Baltimore 7:00 pm The Mankind Project 6:45 pm SCA 7:00 pm SCA 7:00 pm

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 9 thinking outloud AIDS WATCH: Why is the CDC ‘Strong Interest’ rector of the CDC, was quickly hurried out Withholding Billions in PrEP Profits? of an AIDS Watch plenary meeting after in Hearings on his speech was repeatedly interrupted by By Mark S. King activists who objected to his ignorant lan- You are going to read this story and think it is too outrageous to be true. You would be guage (he discussed “clusters of infected wrong. And, especially if you are an HIV advocate attending AIDS Watch in Washington, Truvada Patent people,” which is insulting to people living DC, this week, you must demand that our elected officials answer for it. with HIV) and his refusal to discuss why Here’s the story, and some simple questions for you to ask our elected officials in Profits the CDC will not claim billions of dollars in Washington. potential royalties from Gilead. Truvada is a drug that has been used for many years as a treatment for people “If Gilead thinks this story will fade with HIV. When the US government researched the use of Truvada as the first drug for —continued from page 1 away after Dr. Redfield was heckled off the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), US taxpayers footed the bill for that research. The stage at AIDS Watch, they would be mis- clinical trials, the research and development, all of it was paid by our government. We, on the Hill today suggested holding con- taken,” James Krellenstein said. “(Gilead as US citizens, were the investors. Gilead, the pharma that gressional hearings to find out why CDC CEO) Daniel O’Day better press his suit. makes Truvada, did not spend any money won’t claim money, but in some cases, it He might have a on the research and development of “Tru- was congressional staff who mentioned it.” hearing to attend The front page story in vada as PrEP.” On Monday, Dr. Robert Redfield, di- soon.” t the Washington Post, March 26th, 2019 So, when Truvada proved successful in preventing HIV infection, the patent for the use of Truvada as PrEP became the property of the government, not Gilead. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention (CDC) owns the patent on Truvada as PrEP. Our tax dollars paid for it. That means that every time Gilead sells a Truvada pill to be used as PrEP, the CDC can legally collect a royalty on that sale. Considering Gilead typically charges over $2,000 per month for the drug and it costs them less than six bucks to manufacture it, that’s a pretty sweet profit margin. Do you have any idea how much money Gilead makes from selling Truvada each year? Try three billion dollars. Now, how much in royalties do you suppose the CDC demands from Gilead for selling Truvada as PrEP? Not. One. Dime. When the Washington Post ran a front-page article on this story last week, you would be forgiven if you got a little lost in the wonky details. I did. And the very idea that the CDC would give Gilead a pass on PrEP royalties – money that would dwarf the entire proposed federal budget to “End the Epidemic” – well, it sounds crazy. It’s not. “When we came across this information last August, we couldn’t believe it ourselves,” James Krellenstein told me. James is part of a HIV treatment and prevention advocacy group, The #PrEPforAll Collaboration (Prep4All.org), and they are behind the #BreakthePatent campaign. The group has been working behind the scenes for months making sure they had their facts straight. Their research was enough for the Washington Post to run their front-page story – and it should be enough for you to demand answers right this freaking minute. “We had a team at Yale Law School examine the patents,” James explained to me (you can read Yale Law School’s own press release about the scandal online). “This is real. The CDC owns these patents and they could demand tomorrow that Gilead retro- actively pay royalties to the government, money that could be used to fund a national PrEP program. These royalties are ours, as US taxpayers. And, as the patent owner, the CDC could also demand that Gilead reduce the price of the drug.” The #PrEPforAll team described meetings to me in which CDC officials lied to their Law Office of faces, claiming the patent did not belong to the CDC or tried to confuse the issue with David M. Lutz, P.A. bureaucratic nonsense. But none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID, confirmed to them that yes, the CDC owns the patent on Truvada as PrEP, and it is valid and enforceable. Fauci directed the PrEP4All advocates to Mike Mowatt, who directs the •Auto Accidents •Workers’ Compensation NIAID patent and tech transfer office. Mowatt also confirmed that the patents are valid and enforceable. •Personal Injury •DUI/DWI The Trump administration has proposed $291 million dollars in their new budget for •Criminal Defense •Traffic Court “Ending the Epidemic.” Meanwhile, billions of dollars in PrEP royalties are being left on Se Habla Español the table by the CDC. Why? Imagine what we could do with the royalties that belong to us. The PrEP clinics that 1901 Fleet Street Baltimore, MD 21231 could be funded, the availability of PrEP for anyone who needs it at a price tag of pen- Phone: 410-558-3700 (English) • 410-299-2898 (Español) nies per day, the tools we need to truly end the epidemic as we know it. 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eventually damaging the spinal cord, brain, bones and other organs. Please see your doctor, or go to an STI clinic, and ask for a blood test for syphilis. (Also see the letter other’s ways, habits, and quirks. Author below for a related question.) Ask Scott Peck in his classic The Road Less Open Wide Traveled remarks that after the romance ask Dr Eva Dear Dr. Eva, Dr. J is diminishing, you wake up one morn- Dr Eva Hersh I recently developed a red rash all over. Janan Broadbent, Ph.D. ing and realize that he/she has warts and When I went to my doctor, she had me take chomps on the food, irritating you. That is a blood test for syphilis! I told her I haven’t when the recognition that one has to find had any sores or discharge – why does ways of accepting and compromising has Surface Issues she think I would have syphilis? I thought it Making a to come. Are you able to override the an- caused sores on the genitals, not a rash all noying behaviors? Can you just look away Dear Dr. Eva, over. Of course, the test came out negative. Relationship Work and focus more on what is really lovable? I have an itchy rash under my testicles Do I need a different doctor? Or do you end up with endless arguments? and on my inner thighs. I’ve been told it’s Skeptical Everyones’ lives are affected by the con- Do the negatives outweigh the positives? jock itch. I’ve used different creams, but it nections we make, whether they are Hopefully, connecting with this partner has keeps coming back. Could this Dear Skeptical, friendships, relationships, partnerships, or been with thoughtful weighing of the good be a sign of something serious? Skin deep and Stay with your doctor – she’s acquaintances. Human beings are not in a qualities in addition to the chemistry. T.J. doing the right thing. You’re balanced state when there is conflict, so We now have so much information and beyond right: the first stage of syphilis we look to make those connections har- resources available that address relation- Dear T.J., is a skin ulcer – but if the ul- monious. The question of “making them ship-building. Make use of them, but as- Probably not. Jock itch (the cer appears inside the vagina work” on the one hand sounds right, but on sess whether they fit your situation. For medical name is tinea cruris), which is or rectum, or in the throat, you may never some, setting up a date night on a regular caused by a fungus, is often hard to get rid notice it. The second stage, called second- basis helps. It’s also crucial to have times of. You need to keep the area as clean and ary syphilis, is a rash, which (unlike most when you can sit eyeball to eyeball and put dry as possible, apply antifungal cream or rashes) often covers the palms and soles forth those issues that create problems for powder twice a day every day, and keep of the feet as well as the arms, legs, you. If you don’t trust your partner to hear applying it for a couple of weeks after the and trunk. In most cases it you out, or if you are not willing to do the rash seems to be gone. Because, who doesn’t itch. There’s a lot same, what is the relationship for? I also Fungus grows slowly wants to look of variability in how the believe that no one else has the right to and takes a long time at a rash? rash looks, and it is often judge anyone else’s choices. If it works for to get rid of. If it doesn’t mistaken for other skin you, so be it. The yardstick has to be that go away after six weeks, conditions. So it’s al- if you are content with the relationship and consider getting checked ways reasonable to test feel it is adding to your life, then that is for diabetes, which could for syphilis if you have what matters (barring destructive issues make you particularly sus- a widespread rash, unlike abuse). We thrive when we have peo- ceptible to fungus infec- less a different cause ple around us who feed our soul and enrich t tions. is known for certain. our perspectives. The dangerous thing the other, it simplifies it to some kind of a “No one can live without relationship. Dear Dr. Eva, about the syphilis mechanical endeavor. Add some WD-40? You may withdraw into the mountains, be- I recently noticed a round rash is that, if the Smooth the edges with a file? If only we come a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into red sore on my scrotum, person isn’t treated, the rash were so uncomplicated … the desert by yourself, but you are relat- about 1/4-inch across and will go away on its own, but the disease con- Take two or more individuals who ed. You cannot escape from that absolute bowl-shaped. It didn’t hurt, and it went away tinues to spread internally. have grown up in different environments fact. You cannot exist in isolation.” – Jiddu on its own. Do I need to get checked by a Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher doctor? Dear Dr. Eva, Relationship repair: Concerned What is ringworm? Is it really a worm? R.T. Add some WD-40? Dear Concerned, Smooth the edges with Yes, please see your doctor or go to an Dear R.T., STI (sexually transmitted infection) clinic. Like a lot of medical conditions, ring- a file? Most city Health Departments have an STI worm (the medical name is tinea corporis) clinic, free or low cost. has an inaccurate name that reflects out- and families, throw them together and ex- There are several things this sore could dated, mistaken ideas of what causes it. pect that all will be well, everyone will get be. The most serious cause is syphilis. Ul- Ringworm is caused by a skin fungus. The along famously and live happily ever after. cers caused by syphilis are usually painless name comes from the circular pattern of Woohoo! Granted, human beings have that and single (meaning there is only one sore the rash, which looks like a raised red circle magical ability to talk and think. Still … at a time found on the person – nothing to with normal-looking skin inside the circle. It The question of what attracts people do with relationship status!). Syphilis ulcers is contagious, especially in children. It can to one another on any basis has tickled do go away on their own, but that does not be treated with antifungal creams, but the the minds of many philosophers, neuro- mean the syphilis infection is gone. The cream must be used daily for a month, even scientists, and thinkers. Once we get past body cannot recover from syphilis without if the rash has cleared up, to keep it from that chemistry or attraction, whatever that antibiotics. It becomes an internal disease, coming back. t may be due to, we now have to learn each

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Tip two – Chest press – When you’re Bring HIV to ZERO targeting the chest area, try having short- at the 2019 Baltimore AIDS Walk & er rest periods and increasing weight as YouFit needed. By Aaron Cahall Music Festival Here’s your workout: Chase Brexton Health Care 1) Alternating chest press: three sets of The 2019 Baltimore AIDS Walk & Run is less work week to volunteer at other organiza- Here 15 to 20 reps. than two months away, and organizations tions. We want our folks to be fully engaged 2) Dumbbell bench press: three sets of and community partners across Baltimore in the community, actively sharing their time 12 to 15 reps. are joining with Chase Brexton Health Care and talents with other organizations. The Tip three – Back / core – Core to take steps against HIV/AIDS and bring the AIDS Walk is a perfect vehicle for us to show Reach Your strength is the key for mobility. As you rates of new infections to zero! our support for a community partner. increase muscle mass in your core, your We checked in with Christian Metzger, How will funds raised through the Fitness metabolism increases thus melting those executive director of Moveable Feast, a long- program support Moveable Feast? excess calories away quicker: time partner of Chase Brexton Health Care, The funds raised will help support our Goals...... with or Here’s your workout: to find out what his organization’s team is home-delivered meals program. Through 1) Sumo deadlifts: three sets doing to support this year’s AIDS Walk & fundraising activities like the AIDS Walk, We are sure at this point you without High- of 12 to 15 reps. Music Festival. Moveable Feast is able to continue have heard that if you want to 2) Dumbbell bent-over-row: For those who might not to provide our services at no cost. reach goals like gaining mus- Intensity three sets of 12 to 15 reps each know, could you briefly de- Not only will this event provide cle or shedding a few pounds, arm. scribe Moveable Feast’s mis- crucial fundraising dollars, but, it you have to do HITT, or Interval 3) Rope face pulls: two sets sion in the community? also helps spread awareness to High-Intensity Interval Train- of 20 reps. Our mission is to provide nu- the community at large about the ing. That’s a workout tech- Training 4) Single-leg up-right row: tritious foods and other services work we do. Even if folks can’t nique in which you give 100% three sets of 12 reps each leg. in order to preserve quality of support us monetarily, we are effort through quick, intense life for people with HIV/AIDS, always looking for volunteers to bursts of exercise, followed cancer, and other life-threaten- come work in our kitchen helping by short, sometimes active, ing conditions. In addition to our us to produce the healthy meals we recovery periods. This type home-delivered meals, our other serve. of training gets and keeps services include: medical nutrition Christian How will you motivate the Move- your heart rate up while burn- therapy, medical transportation Metzger – able Feast team to raise funds? Are ing fat in less time. Our clubs for our HIV/AIDS clients living executive director of you planning any special fundrais- not only provide HIIT training in Baltimore City, and a culinary Moveable ing events? through our YouCoach per- arts training program. Everything Feast We have a wonderful network of we do here at Moveable Feast is sonal trainers or our group community supporters who we’re en- free to our clients and students! fitness classes, but our class couraging to join the team, donate, or Last year we served over 740,000 instructors and trainers offer a to volunteer that day. Our team, Moveable meals to more than 6,000 clients throughout variety of training methods to It’s not a work- Beasts, has already started planning an Maryland. Our service area includes Balti- give you an awesome workout. out – it’s a upcoming fundraising event (more details funout! more City, the five surrounding counties, and Though HITT is an effective coming soon), and we’ve started promoting Maryland’s entire Eastern Shore. way to lose weight, it is most Why is Moveable Feast a community to both internal staff and our community at certainly not the only route. Tip four partner for the 2019 Baltimore AIDS Walk? large. Our team understands the importance Tip one – Leg muscle training – Fo- – Circuit training – Think of circuit train- Moveable Feast has had a longstanding of fundraising events like these, so we are cusing on your lower body during any working as your all-in-one workout. This will partnership with Chase Brexton – we are both all highly motivated to make this a big suc- out is a great way to start burning more cal- help boost your endorphins, speed up your committed to supporting a community that is cess! ories. Your legs are the stabilizer for most recovery, strengthen your cardiovascular oftentimes forgotten. We feel that our ser- What are you looking forward to most workouts and daily activities. By building system and endurance, and hit any mus- vices really complement the work and support about the AIDS Walk? more muscle in these areas, you can burn cles that may have been missed through- that Chase Brexton is providing to the entire We look forward to a wonderful day of calories without even lifting a weight. out the week. community. We want to show that through celebrating and honoring those living with Note – All workouts listed below should Here’s your workout: partnership and collaboration under-served HIV and AIDS. We know our support helps be done with three-to-five pound weights 1) Box step-up: three sets of ten reps communities throughout Maryland are being Chase Brexton cover the costs of HIV treat- (unless otherwise stated). Keep your rest for each leg. provided the care and compassion they de- ment and prevention, and their new HIV periods between 20 to 45 seconds. 2) Kettlebell glute bridge: three sets of serve. Our programs team has worked with medication delivery service. Our organi- This cardio-strength combo workout is 20 reps. Chase Brexton to provide wraparound ser- zation believes that this type of service is sure to get your blood pumping: 3) Reverse crunches with weight: three vices to our clients, and, we often receive invaluable to the community we serve. We Here’s your workout: sets of 20 reps. patient referrals from their clinical staff. We’re welcome folks to join our team, donate, or 1) Squats with weights: three sets of With these helpful exercise tips, you really working hand-in-hand to ensure that volunteer that day. Your support is crucial to 12 to 20 reps. will be able to change up your workouts those receiving support from both of our or- our work. We look forward to walking with 2) Walking lunges: three sets of 12 to often and not feel as dependent on HITT t ganizations are leading healthier lives. you on June 9th! 15 reps on each leg. to lose weight. t We are also purposeful about fostering To register for the 2019 Baltimore AIDS 3. Kettlebell hip swings: three sets of Visit your local Youfit today to get start- a culture of philanthropy here at Moveable Walk & Music Festival, visit Baltimoreaid- 20 reps (choose kettlebell size based on ed on your wellness journey. Learn more Feast. last year we instituted a volunteer swalk.org. For more about Moveable Feast, a weight you can comfortably swing with at Youfit.com time-off policy, giving staff time during the go to Mfeast.org. moderate resistance). 12 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com SPIRITUAL DIRECTORY Baltimore Ethical Society Govans Presbyterian Church 306 W Franklin Street, #102 5828 York Road. 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BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 13 Lively Arts // out on stage Come from Away Lands Hunchback of Notre at Hippodrome this April Dame at Toby’s a martyr, in a sense. I think By Frankie Kujawa occur through the whole By Frankie Kujawa people are going to see this On 9/11, the world stopped. We all know piece, and as well as some Running until May 19th, To- Victor Hugo’s really strong person who On 9/12, their stories moved real heartwarming and sad by’s Dinner Theatre pres- stands up for what she be- us all. The musical Come from what happened reminders of what the time ents The Hunchback of No- classic brings lieves in, and in a world like Away will run at the Hippo- on 9/11. What was. tre Dame. The musical is a a slice of 15th- today that’s so important for drome from April 23rd to 28th. Could you describe stunning retelling of Victor people to see. Come from Away takes audi- started on 9/12 your character? Hugo’s epic story of love, century Paris to What is it about The ences into the heart of the re- Hell! (laughing) I say acceptance, and what it Hunchback of Notre Dame markable true story of 7,000 could make you that only half-jokingly. There means to be a hero. As the Baltimore that makes it such a great stranded passengers and the break into song are six men and I stand for bells of Notre Dame sound tale to share? small town in Newfoundland five of them. I have to know through the famed cathe- This is a fictional piece that welcomed them. Cul- five parts and be ready to dral in 15th-century Paris, Quasimodo, of art that’s taking place in 1492, but yet tures clashed and nerves ran go on at any moment. Once the deformed bell-ringer, longs to be “Out there are so many similarities of the world high, but uneasiness turned it starts you rarely even There,” celebrating the “Feast of Fools.” that we live in. For example, the song into trust, music soared into the night, and leave the stage. These chairs move in an Baltimore OUTloud recently chatted with “God Help the Outcasts” talks about what gratitude grew into enduring friendships. instant to form an airplane, a seating area, Baltimore-native Jessica Bennett to dis- it means to be different and not be accept- Baltimore OUTloud recently chatted with to form a bus, to form a legion hall. It goes cuss her upcoming role as Esmerelda in ed for that. Essentially, what bullying really actor Michael Brian Dunn (Standby) who in and out of these scenes in split seconds. the musical. is. I don’t think it’s our goal to beat peo- performs in the production. Frankie Kujawa: What can audienc- ple over the head with that message, but Frankie Kujawa: What Michael es expect from Toby’s rendition of one I think the show itself is going to do that. can audiences expect Brian Dunn of theatre’s great classics? And it’s a beautiful story. from this play? Jessica Bennett: I think they are going What it is about Toby’s Dinner The- Michael Brian Dunn: to see a lot of strengths. Toby [Orenstein] atre that makes it special to perform It’s a piece that embraces the hu- was very specific about trying to really there? manity of our community. After the home in on Esmerelda’s strength and her So, this is actually my first time perform- 9/11 terrorist attacks, all planes were grounded, and 38 of those planes unexpectedly landed in Gan- der, Newfoundland. All the planes Jessica Bennett as that were coming across from Eu- Esmerelda – She has a rope were grounded immediately. hunch you’ll enjoy the show There were like 7,000 people that were on the ground with nowhere to go in the middle of nowhere. Gander So, each chair has to hit their mark exactly. is very remote. The community came to It’s this huge jigsaw puzzle that we have action immediately and decided where to to figure out and be ready to go on at a house them and feed them. The commu- moment’s notice. We don’t have any divas nity came together and formed emergency on stage. locations and bringing in cots where peo- What has been the reaction from au- ple could sleep. Even the fire houses were diences after seeing this performance? converted into shelters with no one know- Leaping to their feet! In today’s the- ing how long the guests would be there. atre, it feels that every finale is built for a What we would like to say is it’s not a story standing ovation. This piece isn’t built like about 9/11, but a story about 9/12 and how that, but people leap to their feet. I had a community gave of itself. It’s a beautiful the same reaction when I saw this piece story of how people can come together un- on Broadway. I never thought at the time der extreme conditions, the relationships I would ever be part of the production, but that develop, and how they endure. here I am. It’s such a heartwarming, elec- This isn’t just a drama – there’s mu- trifying feeling on stage. It’s a fast-moving sic, too ... train with a great reward at the end. Audiences will hear incredible mu- Prior to this performance, had you core. I think people will see a free-spirited ing at Toby’s! I’ve only been working in the sic. The music pulls a lot from the Gaelic ever been to Baltimore? woman. They’re going to see a kind wom- DC area for about a year. I’ve never done sound. It’s an ensemble piece. We are an Yes. Ironically enough, I was actually an, but they’re going to see this wall of theater in the round. That alone makes this ensemble of six men and five women. We in Baltimore when 9/11 happened. It was strength in her. performance really special. It’s an intimate have limited sets; just chairs and tables. It the first day of rehearsal at CenterStage Could you describe the role of Es- space and an intimate story. People are moves so rapidly. It’s entertaining and peo- for The Pajama Game. I’ve actually done a merelda for our readers? immersed in it because they are right there ple are surprised that they leave with a full couple of shows in Baltimore and I love be- I think that essentially Esmerelda just in the performance. The world of the play heart. There are huge amusing laughs that ing there. I’m really looking forward to it! t wants everyone to be treated well. She’s is literally right around you. t 14 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com Lively ArtS // qmusic Queer Group Therapy By Gregg Shapiro find it somewhat sonically indistinguish- It’s interesting that Boy George and Cul- able from say “Way She Goes,” “San An- ture Club, as they are now known, would tone,” and “This Child.” The rap-metal (re- call its new studio album – its first such member that?) of “Bottoms Up” changes release in almost 20 years – Life (BMG) things up a bit, but Kings of Spade would as that’s the one thing it could use more profit from playing some of the other cards of. For a group that was so influential and in its deck. groundbreaking in its early 1980s hey- Addie Sartino, the queer front-woman day, Culture Club sounds surprisingly out of young (19 to 21 years old) Kansas City- of touch. You have to wonder what it is based (!) band the Greeting Committee they’ve been listening to all these years. At is at the opposite end of the spectrum from a time when electronic dance music is hav- Laura Jane and KC on the debut disc This ing a strong resurgence, Life would have Is It (Harvest). No howling, no screaming, It’s a Culture benefited from some of the house music just pleasing singing. That’s one of the Club redux! energy that Boy George incorporated in Greeting Committee’s trademarks. Wheth- his 1991 Martyr Mantras album. Instead er Sartino’s singing about when she was we get some recycled takes on the band’s “just a kid” and wondering whether this is longtime flirtation with reggae on “Let all there is on “Is This It?” or settling down Somebody Love You” and “What Does Sor- after spinning out on “Pull It Together,” the musical. The book and lyrics are by Tom such as “Over the Top,” and dance-orient- ry Mean?” The dated “Bad Blood” (not a Greeting Committee sounds older and wis- MacRae. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ed numbers such as “Work of Art.” t cover of the Neil Sedaka / Elton John duet) er than you might think. Additionally, the is based on the BBC documentary Jamie: Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring and “Human Zoo” sound like late 1980s band’s wonderful use of piano and horns Drag Queen at 16 and stars John McRea Mothers perform on April 19th in Phila- leftovers. However, it’s not a total loss. The gives them a sophisticated sheen. When as the titular character Jamie New. The delphia at Underground Arts, and on April brassy, sassy, and soulful “Resting Bitch the band rocks out, as it does on “Flint,” songs on the cast recording alternate be- 23rd in Washington, DC, at Rock & Roll Face” deserves to be a hit. “Different Man” it’s a welcome distraction. Make a point tween contemporary musical theater fare, Hotel. is the closest thing to a dance number and of saying hello to the Greeting Committee. it has a powerful (if somewhat repetitive) Named for their “aged arch top gui- message. “Oil & Water” is a moving ballad tars,” Roscoe & Etta is a duo featuring out about difference. singer / songwriter Maia Sharp and Anna Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Schulze. Sharp is one of those artists who 2019-20 Mothers is the latest musical incarnation is comfortable sharing the spotlight (she of Against Me front-person and trans icon recorded an album with Art Garfunkel and ON Choral Arts ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK Laura Jane Grace. The biggest challenge Buddy Mondlock), so it’s not surprising Music Director for Grace since the release of Against Me’s to hear that she has teamed with anoth- 2014 masterpiece Transgender Dysphoria er singer / songwriter to form a duo. The Blues, is creating something as good (or outstanding eponymous 11-song Roscoe better). Bought to Rot (Bloodshot) defi- & Etta debut album (on Crooked Crown T UR! nitely has moments of divine inspiration. Records) showcases both artists’ song- writing and performance chops, with “Bro- The divorce song “I Hate Chicago,” for COME AND SING WITH US! example, is as humorous as it is serious. ken Headlights,” “Chocolate Sauce,” and “The Airplane Song,” which may qualify “Somebody” among the highlights. Join Baltimore Choral Arts in th as Grace’s poppiest and most accessible Bay Area duo Book of J (Jewlia Eisen- our 54 year as we chart thrilling number, is utterly irresistible. The cowpunk berg of Charming Hostess and Jeremiah sonic voyages through music of “Apocalypse Now (& Later)” and “The Lockwood of The Sway Machinery) com- across the world. Apology Song” are a nice fit for an album bines their specific talents on its self-titled on a legendary alt-country record label and debut (on 3rd Generation Records). The Auditions for Baltimore Choral Arts’ “The Friendship Song” is sincere without baker’s dozen “Bible-haunted,” queerly 2019-20 Season are Wednesday, being cloying. political tunes that cross-breed Americana May 15 and Thursday, May 16 starting at One of the things that Laura Jane with Jewish folk music, might make some 6:30 pm at Grace United Methodist Church, Grace understands about rock bombast is listeners proclaim, “Funny, you don’t look 5407 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210. that variety breaks up the monotony. That’s blues-ish!” If you have daring taste in mu- Prepared repertoire is not required for something Honolulu-based Kings of sic then Book of J just might be your cup of Spade, led by out, mohawked front-woman kasha varnishkes. these 10-minute auditions. KC, will have to learn. As it is, some of the For a different kind of “group” effort, For more information on scheduling an audition, songs on Kings of Spade’s new self-titled check out Everybody’s Talking About visit www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org or call You won’t want to miss the album (on Soundly), which owes a mas- Jamie: Original West End Cast Record- Audience Development Manager, Karena Ingram at opportunity to sing in this sive debt to Southern blues rock, tend to ing (Broadway). Dan Gillespie Sells, the 410.523.7070 ext 306. exciting season! blur in the bluster. Queer anthem “Strange gay front-man of the band The Feeling and Bird” (about rocking to the beat of your own the latest indie musician to turn his atten- drum) is worth checking out, but you might tion to the stage, wrote the music for the

BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 15 Lively Arts // music American Opera ‘Most Beloved’: Porgy and Bess By Brynn Devereaux There are many different According to Dr. Eric Con- George adaptations of Porgy and way, “Porgy and Bess is Bess – for stage, film, tele- ‘the’ most beloved America Gershwin’s vision, radio. For this per- opera. One is reminded of formance of the opera, the the strengths and frailties of classic at BSO BSO will put their own spin the human spirit via a lens with Morgan on it. “Many orchestras have of beautifully written and ‘concert’ versions of the op- orchestrated music.” From State Choir era,” says Dr. Conway. “The April 12th to 14th,, experi- BSO does something slightly ence the marvelous music of different: presenting a semi- George Gershwin as it is performed by the staged version. There may not be a huge Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and theatrical set, however, the performers and the Morgan State University Choir. chorus will give some movement on stage Porgy and Bess opened in 1935 and to give the audience some semblance of has remained a staple in American music the fully-staged opera.” ever since. As director of the Morgan State For Dr. Conway and the choir, perform- choir, Dr. Conway guided the group to put ing with the BSO is an exciting opportunity, and attendees will be able to feel their energy from their seats. “The BSO is a world-class ensemble. I like for my students to see music making at the highest level. Often, after an experience like this, the students tend to ele- vate their craft, seeing first-hand what it takes to perform on its own spin on the music while staying a professional level,” says Dr. Conway. true to Gershwin. “Beyond having incred- Porgy and Bess will be performed at ibly strong and beautiful voices, students the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on in the choir typically sing with abandon- Friday, April 12th and Saturday, April 13th ment, which connects the audience to the at 8 pm and Sunday, April 14th at 3 pm. For choir more than most,” he says. “The Morgan choir has not performed this piece in three years – since 2016. Many are excited to sing it for the first time. The music has always been very satisfying. I would say that the chorus in Porgy and Bess is more important than in any other opera. The choir more info, visit BSOMusic.org or call the knows how important its role is and ap- box office at 410-783-8000. t proaches it as though we were one of the principal singers.” 16 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com Lively Arts // out on screen Good Intentions Don’t Pay denounced as a racist, anti-Sem- Off in Gospel of Eureka ite, and Holo- caust denier. by Chuck Duncan the parts never really come together as a Smith and his Documentaries are often made with good whole except for the fact that it all takes wife are buried intentions, sometimes to spotlight the life place in Eureka Springs. at the heel of the of a beloved figure, reveal previously un- The film especially tries hard to tell us Christ statue in- known details about a his- something by juxtaposing stead of in front. torical event, or expose the the completely over-the- There was so dark sides of governments Documentary top Passion Play produc- much interesting and corporations. Of course tion with an even more information in the there are myriad subjects visits Ozark town over-the-top drag show few minutes de- documentaries can cover, where gays and in which the queens per- voted to Smith that but just because these films form gospel songs! But it makes one wish Putting the GLBT offer actual slices of life with fundamentalists we never see any of the for a longer documentary about in Jesus the film ultimately delivers). In new and archival footage and performers involved in ei- him. The real “stars” of the movie, the end, The Gospel of Eure- interviews, a lot of people live cheek by jowl ther come together to ac- however, are Kent Butler (Jesus) ka, with wry, folksy narration don’t realize that it doesn’t tually show us that the two and Lee and Walter, the owners by Justin Vivian Bond, left me all just come together after – and sometimes communities do respect of the bar, which they refer to as a “hillbil- wanting a lot more. someone goes out with a one another. The owners ly Studio 54.” But ... they never interact, The film is released on DVD (April 9th) camera to shoot something. tongue in cheek of the bar do make a stop and it would have been nice to see some and includes a handful of deleted scenes Documentaries do need an at the Christ of the Ozarks kind of connective storytelling. As it is, the and the film’s trailer. There is also a es- outline so the filmmakers – which curiously has his whole thing feels like it was shot on-the-fly say on the film in a booklet included with can focus on the story they back to the Passion Play and cobbled together with no real direction the DVD. The Gospel of Eureka isn’t a bad want to tell with their film. The best docu- – but it would have been nice to see them or purpose. The intentions of the filmmak- documentary – it just feels incomplete, mentaries make it all seem effortless while interact with the owner of the show or the ers unfortunately get lost (and if you watch never adding up the sum of its many parts. others stumble and seem like everything guy who plays Jesus (who is really into the trailer, it seems to promise more than But you may feel differently. t was shot on the fly. his character). It’s actually fascinating to Which brings us to The Gospel of Eure- watch how the Passion Play is produced ka, a film full of good intentions and many but it never meshes with the other stories moving parts but a rather haphazard sto- in the film ... except with a trans woman NOW ON STAGE rytelling style. The film is set in the small who is active in the campaign to have the Arkansas town of Eureka Springs, home bathroom bill repealed. She and her part- to the Christ of the Ozarks, a giant statue ner attend a performance of the Passion of Jesus reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro’s Play but again it feels completely discon- Christ the Redeemer, towering over the nected from the rest of the movie – as does small town. Eureka Springs is also home the grown son of the gay father who is very to “The Great Passion Play,” an outdoor forthright with his kids when it comes to theatrical event chronicling the final days talking about his father. That was actual- and resurrection of Jesus. On the other ly refreshing considering the setting, but side of the coin, Eureka Springs appears still it’s not really connected to anything to have a thriving LGBTQ community with else. The town even has two separate pa- drag shows taking place at a local gay bar rades, one a sort of celebration of Jesus run by two locals who have no problem that hawks the Passion Play, and another reconciling their personal lives with their a Pride parade (that does include religious religious beliefs. The movie also adds to symbols where the other parade does not the mix an election with a “bathroom bill” seem to include the LGBTQ community at on the ballot, while a Christian t-shirt de- all). Perhaps it would have all felt a little signer talks about the love he has for his more complete if we’d seen all of the vari- gay father. ous subjects gather together at the town’s That’s a lot going on in a movie that church for Sunday service. runs 73 minutes and is stuffed to the gills Where the movie does get really inter- with long shots of the town and surround- esting is when it delves into the dark histo- ing landscape. The film certainly has good ry of Eureka Springs. Gerald L.K. Smith, a intentions of attempting to show how in this former acolyte of Senator Huey Long, went very small, conservative part of the coun- to Eureka Springs to create a religious try, religion and the LGBTQ community theme park, founding the Passion Play and 410-730-8311 can and do coexist peacefully (of course, commissioning the Christ of the Ozarks. TobysDinnerTheatre.com there are always some people who don’t Smith was also known as “the deadliest approve and they are represented as the and damnedest orator ever heard” when Due to the nature of theatrical bookings, all shows and dates are subject to change. • Toby’s Dinner Theatre, Columbia, MD election heats up). But the problem is that he was on the pulpit, and has since been

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18 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com out in the valley Hagerstown Hopes: Nights Out, Pride, and More! by Brian George Hose We at Hagerstown Hopes would like to begin this article by thanking you, our readers, and the community for your continued sup- Sparxx, Chasity Vain, Butch Kelley, Nicole port. Since we branched out into commu- James, and Ashley Bannks who all turned nity outreach and began developing pro- in fantastic performances and wowed the quickly, so please check out our vendor grams and resources, we’ve been blessed crowd. If you missed it, we have another agreement documents (available on our to have been supported by so many people Drag Bingo event scheduled for July 28th! Facebook page). We’re proud that last in so many ways. None of our work would We also have two Nights Out coming year’s Hagerstown Pride festival was a be possible without you, and we hope you’ll up and we’d love to see you there! The top-three festival in Hagerstown and this be pleased with the work we’ve doing and first is April 18th at the year we’re aiming for #1! Vendors and able to attend the prom, don’t worry! Prom the Broad Axe from 5 to sponsors can contact us at events@hag- will be the kickoff for our youth outreach, 9 pm. Located at 28 erstownhopesmd.org for more information! which we’ve been working on for months. West Franklin Street We’ve also been working diligently to Our outreach committee, chaired by Kelly in Hagerstown, the provide safe places and activities for youth Likely, has been developing policies, pro- Broad Axe offers out- in Hagerstown and the surrounding areas. tocols, and attending to the myriad other standing food (and Our first LGBTQIA prom is Saturday, April details required when working with youth. drinks if you’re 21- 20th at the Ramada Plaza in Hagerstown. We’re pleased with our progress and will plus) at reasonable The theme is “True Colors” and will be our be announcing the first meeting of the prices. This will also event specifically for young people. Ad- Hagerstown Hopes Youth Group soon! be a good chance to mission is free, and registration is required So, please mark your calendars and buy your ticket for by April 13th through Eventbrite. come out and see us! We look forward to our next (and very If you or a young person you know isn’t meeting you! t special) Night Out in May! As many of you know, we’ve been busy progress we’ve been making. making connections in the community. Our recent Grease-themed drag bingo Hagerstown now has an LGBTQ liaison event, in partnership with For Otis Sake officer with the Washington County Police Rescue, Inc. was a huge success. All 350 Department, Transgender Day of Remem- tickets (and every last bingo card) were brance is now an official day of memorial, sold. I’m told Stephanie Micheals, the and the list goes on. This year, we’re so happy that the Hagerstown Suns, our local “Since we branched minor league baseball team, reached out to us and asked if we’d like to partner in out into community creating a Pride event. Obviously we said The Keystone Gay Rodeo Association is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt outreach and began yes, and we’re proud to announce our first non-pro t organization whose purpose is to promote the ever Pride Night Out at Municipal Stadium developing programs on May 9th! country and western lifestyle and rodeo type events within Come join us for a night of baseball, fel- the LGBT community and their allies. and resources, we’ve lowship, and fun! This is a “Thirsty Thurs- been blessed to have day,” which means that beer specials start Do you enjoy any of the following activities? at $2 (21-plus with ID). The Suns have •Social Events including country music and dancing. been supported by also generously agreed to share the profits of tickets sold by members of Hager- •Meeting new people and making new friends. so many people in so stown Hopes. Tickets are $9 and sales are •Helping other community organizations by volunteering and many ways. None of cash only. So join us in April at the Broad raising much needed funds. Axe and get your ticket for May! This is a our work would be great partnership with the community and •Trail riding, open horse shows, we hope you’ll join us for this special oc- rodeos and other horse related events. possible without you.” casion! We’re also gearing up for Hagerstown 50/50 Queen, set a personal fundraising Pride! Hagerstown Pride is scheduled for If so, then KSGRA membership may record, working the crowd and raising over Saturday, July 13th in the Downtown Hag- be for you. To join visit our website $1,000 for two good causes. Stephanie erstown Central Lot, the same location was joined by ChiChi Ray Colby, Araya as last year. Vendor spaces are filling up at ksgra.org

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mond living with an aunt, who sent him promise. Take the things you love and try packing with no legal documentation or to translate them into a career. If we follow means to survive. Bo was alive because this advice and lean towards the practical he was good-natured and lucky. He knew Brian’s side of life, we soon find that we’ve dilut- Asher’s he was not a saint, and he also knew he ed everything that makes us special and needed to rise above his circumstance, he Brain unique. We become like everyone else and World just did not know how. I helped him set up Brian George Hose lose ourselves in the process. Asher Kennedy a mailbox to get mail and have an address I bring all this up because I think this so he could look for employment, and I is especially difficult for young people in looked up every single resource, number, The Importance our community. Many of us were raised The Boy with and service I could find for him. Before the to compromise, to hide parts of ourselves last time I saw him, he added me on Snap- and only show what we think others want the chat, and I made sure to use it to make of Prom to see. I, for one, looked forward to life af- Bicycle sure he was okay. ter high school because I knew that was Outside of my life as an activist / columnist March 25th Bo was found dead in a Do you remember the advice you were giv- when I would be able to live openly as my- / freelance musician, the job that keeps a park. I found out about it from a co-worker en when you were a teenager? I do. Lots self. Later, when I had the opportunity to roof over my head and entirely too much who had known I had been trying to help of adults – whether they were parents, be myself, I realized that I wasn’t sure how pizza in my diet is as a front desk agent for him. He died from riding his bike into a teachers, or family friends – all shared to do it. After all, I never had a chance to a hotel. Most of my shifts are uneventful, construction column and had blunt force similar words of wisdom, most of which fully practice during my adolescent years. the most exciting part of the evening being trauma. He had managed to make it to a began with the word “don’t”: Don’t drink. Our teenage years are such an import- the 15 minutes I eat my salad. The night I park before succumbing to his injuries. Don’t smoke. Don’t do drugs. Don’t have ant time in our lives. We begin to learn met Bo was no exception. There was no obit- sex (or don’t have sex without protection). who we are, who we want to be, and how It is not uncommon to uary, there was no Looking back, it seems that most of the ad- to form relationships with others. We ar- have people ask to service. There was a vice I was given was about what not to do. wait inside our lob- two-paragraph blurb On the rare occasion that the advice was by to escape the el- about it in a local meant to encourage me to do something, ements in the winter, newspaper that was it was usually practical things like working and the night I met quickly inundated hard and choosing a good, stable career Bo was one of those. with assumptive with a decent salary and benefits. You It was an exceptionally comments. I spent know, the kind of stuff that really appeals slow week night. I was most of last week to teenagers. about to eat my dinner, in a fog of lost All the advice, whether it be do’s or when a visibly homeless thoughts and con- don’ts, always came with a disclaimer. It young man walks inside fusing emotions. was something along the lines of “I want with a bicycle and asks I am mad an 18-year-old kid died in a what’s best for you,” which is both love- to use an outlet for a few minutes. As park with no one around who loved him. I ly and condescending because it doesn’t he charged his phone, he started a conver- am mad because at the same age, I was always take into account what young per- en’t able to do that if we’re hiding parts sation with me. His name was Bo, and he doing the same dumb 18-year-old stuff Bo of ourselves because relationships, both had just been dropped off in town by a man was, the only difference being that I had “I looked forward to with ourselves and others, require hones- from Richmond who had taken pity on him. life after high school ty. When we learn to disguise ourselves, He was barely 18, and I found myself com- “There was a two- we build a weak foundation for the rest of pelled to give him my sandwich. He was paragraph blurb because I knew that our lives. What starts as a good, temporary very appreciative and left soon after, and I coping strategy can quickly become a reci- figured that would be the last I saw of him. about it in a local was when I would be pe for disaster if we don’t learn to be open Over the next ten days, I saw Bo five able to live openly as with ourselves and others. more times. Each night would be the same; newspaper that was That’s one of the reasons I’ve been he politely asked to use the restroom and quickly inundated with myself. Later, when I working hard behind the scenes with Hag- charge his phone. I packed extra food in erstown Hopes. We’re developing a youth case he showed up, and gave him a tooth- assumptive comments.” had the opportunity group and we’re throwing our first ever brush, toothpaste, and some deodorant to be myself, I realized LGBTQIA prom because we want to create from the amenities we have for guests. parents who made sure I came home ev- safe spaces for young people to figure out He would always leave without needing to ery night. I am heartbroken that a kid who that I wasn’t sure how who they are, form friendships, and know be asked, and as he came in more, I got wanted to go into the army or become a that they’re ok as they are, without compro- to know more about him. He was in Rich- welder will never get the chance, and to do it.” mises or disguises. Times have changed above all; I am mad a kid died, and no and many LGBTQ youth are finding more one mourned him. I have two tattoos on sons want for themselves. It was all about support than we in older generations, but can survive high school, but also be suc- my arm for people I knew that are no lon- achieving success, which seemed to have many of the problems remain the same. cessful and happy in their lives. Prom may ger with us, and I plan on getting a bicycle a very narrow definition involving home There will always be bullies, there will al- only last one night, but that one night can for Bo. He deserved more than that, but at ownership, a white picket fence, and a ways be those who want us to compromise be an oasis in a desert of high school dis- least in some simple way, there will at least sensible sedan. Again, all of which is very ourselves so that they feel comfortable. guise, a chance to live one’s truth, to be be one tribute to the fact that at least for a appealing to teenagers. And that’s why LGBTQ proms are im- seen, and to learn how to love oneself and short while, Bo lived on this Earth, and if The trouble with this kind of advice is portant. We need to help our young people others. It’s a foundation worth building. no one else mourned his loss, at least now that it always seems to circle back to com- build a strong foundation not just so they Let’s get to work. t people know that he lived. t

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opportunities for LGBTQI kids to be accept- ed. Hagerstown Hopes is hosting a LGBTQ Parenting Prom over Easter weekend. Allies are wel- OUTloud come. It’s a wonderful opportunity for kids Rev. Kelly Crenshaw to bring the date of their choice to a LGBTQ friendly teen event. What’s interesting is when I brought it up to some of my adult kids. They couldn’t Can I Have understand why such an event was needed. They’d never been to an event that wasn’t gay friendly. So, we ended up having a long This Dance? conversation about why these events are still needed and how many kids feel ostracized This week is adoption week for Kassan- even if events are technically open to every- dra. Yes, we’ve changed the spelling of her one. name. We’re rehearsing for the questions And then, I read an article about a young the judge might ask her. bisexual woman who went to a She confidently announc- dance with her boyfriend. It was at es that, “I’m Kassa” or “I’m A toast to a a religiously-based school and the three years old,” all while kids were encouraged to dance with holding up five fingers. new adoption other people. They started the night Our adoption ritual is sim- with a slow dance and this young ple. We go before the judge, listen while he woman danced with her boyfriend. When or she talks about how wondrous adoption they began the next dance, one of the ad- is, take pictures, and then take the crowd to ministrators told them that they needed to lunch. This is our 17th adoption and we’ve dance with other people. The young woman done it with every one. returned to her table. But, the biggest part of our adoption ritual Then, after looking around a bit, she saw is celebrating the adoptee. Less than half of another young woman sitting alone. She our kids have been preschool age when their walked over and, after talking a minute, the adoptions were finalized. Most were teens. two young women headed to We get them a gift, usually jewel- the dance floor. They thorough- ry or a watch, and celebrate all the ly enjoyed dancing together uniqueness of each one. and it wasn’t long before they When they’re little, their inter- realized there was more than ests are easy to identify. Kassan- a little bit of attraction. When facebook.com/BaltimoreOUTloud baltimoreoutloud.com dra’s favorite things are Paw Patrol the next slow song came on, and Peppa Pig. She loves playing the young women began with cars and trucks. She loves new to slow-dance. The same clothes that sparkle, but is not overly administrator approached fond of skirts. And, above all else, she them and said that they loves animals. Plastic animals, stuffed were acting inappropriately. toys, our household pets, and the animals in How do you win? These particular young the fields are all her favorites. Her adoption women protested and said they were told outfit would make a drag queen proud with to dance with other people. By dancing to- lots of gold fabric and pizazz. She, of course, gether, they fulfilled that requirement. They loves it. All I have to do is convince her to soon left the dance but felt that their point leave off the kitty whiskers she asks me to was made. draw on her face on a regular basis. In this day and time, why do we need to But, every time we go to our adoption continue to make points? Why can’t young finalization hearings, I think about the par- people celebrate being who they are and ents who did not celebrate the uniqueness who they’re meant to be? of their children. I think about the kids whose That’s why I celebrate groups, like Hag- lives are made more traumatic because their erstown Hopes, that are finding new ways to parents couldn’t see how wonderful they are. celebrate the reality that is our community. Unfortunately, kids in the LGBTQI communi- But being supportive of our kids has to start ty are often in that group. For all the forward at home. Celebrate your kids, their unique- motion we’ve made over the years, there are ness, their interests, and their passions. En- 240-420-2180 still places where LGBTQI kids have to hide. joy getting to know who they are and what They can’t be comfortable in their own skin. they enjoy in their lives. I think it will change No one celebrates them. you for the better. t If you’re like me, you’re seeing more BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 21 DINING OUT Quality of life // did you know!?

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Think spring! homes were listed for sale in February, a Think real 3.2% increase over the previous February, estate high representing a 3.5 month supply at current season sales rates. NAR’s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, believes the February data represents a “powerful recovery” in existing home sales that should continue into the spring, now that the Federal Reserve has indicated it facebook.com/BaltimoreOUTloud is through raising rates for the foreseeable BALTIMORE OUTLOUD april 12, 2019 • baltimoreoutloud.com t 23 TheThe Quality of life professional quality isn’t one of them. The bride in Dan’s story may have Getting the thought that all DJs are the same, or that price had no relationship to quality. Maybe DrinkerDrinkeryy Wedding she thought that it just didn’t matter how You Want good they were. None of those things is The Little Corner Bar with a Great Big Heart! true. I can’t think of any category of wed- The Little Corner Bar with a Great Big Heart! David Egan ding professional where the latter would be the case. Everything is important in 205205 WestWest ReadRead StreetStreet “Corner“Corner ofof ReadRead andand Park”Park” wedding planning. DJs play a large part in creating your 410-225-3100 • ATMATM AvailableAvailable Penny Wise, reception experience. As that bride discov- ered, they aren’t a commodity. The differ- Pound Foolish! ence of a few hundred dollars in fee can represent a significant difference in perfor- Dan Hawkins has been a full-time profes- mance. There is a lot of talent and skill re- sional DJ for 31 years. His company, Mu- quired to do the job well, not to mention a sicMasters, provides DJs for all kinds of pile of high quality (and expensive) equip- events. They regularly win awards for their ment. Owning top quality equipment and work. They’re not cheap, starting at just knowing how to use it are two of the marks under $1,000, nor are they over-the-top of a great DJ. Having heard hundreds of expensive. Dan and the DJs who work for DJs at work in my own and other venues, I him are frequently seen at weddings and can tell you that their sound quality varies events all around Baltimore. I know Dan, widely, from annoying to fantastic. like his work, and think the world of the Good DJs do a lot of work to be sure guy. He’s kind, has integrity, and is very, that you and your guests have a fantas- very good at what he does. tic experience. They’ll honor your play Dan posted the following story on Face- and don’t-play lists, make recommenda- book, which he has given me permission to tions, and create a minute-by-minute use here in its entirety. timeline for your “As I was power- wedding that ing down from a real- they’ll synchro- ly fun wedding at the nize with your Baltimore Museum caterer and oth- of Industry last night, er professionals. I saw a guest walk- They will bring ing towards me from the equipment across the room. “You that sounds best did a really good job,” in your venue. she said, but oddly, They’ll watch without a smile. I said your guests “Thank you,” a little closely, playing confused as to why her just the right mu- affect didn’t match her sic for the moment, with careful attention compliment. “No, you did a really, really to matching one song to the next. good job,” she said again with a little more If you need to save money, talk to the emphasis this time. I thanked her again, professionals whose work you like but can- still a little bewildered as to why she had not afford. Tell them exactly that, and ask such a somber look on her face. “I got who they recommend, either within their 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. married two weeks ago,” she said, paus- own company or elsewhere. There are al- ing then slightly lowering her head. “My DJ ways up-and-comers who are doing good sucked.” The look on her face can only be work but aren’t yet commanding full pro- BESTBEST PRICESPRICES ININ TOWNTOWN described as someone who was wishing fessional fees. that she could go back in time and do it all Will using an up-and-comer sacrifice over again. “But he was cheap,” she add- some things? Sure, but you’ll be starting ed with an obviously forced smile. It was at the best possible place – performance clear that didn’t make her feel any better. quality – and have a much better shot at I swear, at that moment, I wanted to give getting what you want instead of the disas- her a hug, snap my fingers, and somehow ter that befell the bride in the story. t LookLook aheadahead forfor thethe grant her a redo. No bride should have to David L. Egan is the proprietor and stew- look back at her wedding celebration with ard of Chase Court, a wedding and event ven- regrets or remorse.” ue in downtown Baltimore. Visit Chasecourt. There are lots of good ways to save com, and follow ChaseCourtWeddingVenue BackBack BarBar toto reopenreopen money on your wedding. Compromising on Instagram and Facebook.

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leather contests to Facebook! Not cool at a jockstrap party in the very dark Vault bar ment of the new executive board for the all without permission of everyone in the back at the Crown & Anchor. It felt like San Bay State Marauders. The club, which pictures. People can still lose their jobs, Francisco in the old days to step out of the was started on March 1st, 2003 in Quin- etc.) After we got settled into our rooms, sun into a dark bar and having to wait for cy, Massachusetts by six charter members Leather we walked a few blocks over to the Crown one’s eyes to adjust before you could see has grown to over 39 members with many & Anchor Hotel, which features seven a bar packed with men in jockstraps. associate members. Immediately after din- Line LGBT bars and clubs. From 10 pm to 1 am Saturday evening brought pre-dinner ner a jockstrap auction was held with the Rodney Burger there was a dance party held in one large cocktails hosted by the Long Island Ra- jocks modeled by leather club members. space, complete with a go-go boy and a vens, followed by the Bay State Maraud- The auction was emceed by the fabulous puppy mosh hosted by Wicked PAH (a ers 16th anniversary formal leather dinner Corvette, who also performed. pups and handlers club based in the Bos- which included a parade of colors featuring There is so much to see in Provinc- Cowhide on ton / Providence area). The evening ended representatives form the various leather etown. On the way back from dinner, I with a cocktail party hosted by the Harbor clubs in attendance and the announce- stopped in the Atlantic House or A-bar. Masters of Maine in the hotel’s hospital- This LGBT bar opened in ity suite. They had a full bar, 1798 as a tavern and stage- Cape Cod snacks, and a punch. I’m not coach stop and is thought to sure what was in the punch but be the oldest LGBT bar in the There are a few places that every LGBT not only was it tasty, but after US. It was a favorite drinking person simply must visit at least once. San only one cup I was very relaxed spot of Tennessee Williams Francisco always comes to mind first. Oth- for the rest of the evening. and Eugene O’Neil. There is ers include Fire Island, Palm Springs, Key On Saturday morning Ex- a large photograph in the bar West, and Provincetown. These locations celsior MC of New York took of a nude Tennessee Wil- are not just iconic LGBT vacation spots, over the hospitality suite for liams strolling the beach. It they are important pieces of the fabric of the eye openers cocktail party, was a chilly evening when I LBGT history. complete with fuzzy navels and was there, and I enjoyed the When I heard that the Bay State Ma- a performance by a very camp roaring fire and $3 beers! rauders, a leather club based in the Brigh- Shelley Winters doing “The A little time was also spent ton neighborhood of Boston, were hosting Morning After.” Next it was time enjoying the many shops their sweet 16 anniversary weekend in for breakfast at a nearby cafe on Commercial Street. I es- Provincetown, Massachusetts, along with called The Canteen. (My break- pecially liked Full Kit Gear a meeting of the Atlantic Motorcycle Coor- fast sandwich on ciabatta bread (FK). I had visited the flag- dinating Council (AMCC), I really wanted to was huge and amazing. Not only ship location of this popular go. Plus, even though the Pilgrims landed was everyone given a cou- leather, rubber, and gear in Provincetown in 1620, after all my years pon for breakfast, I was business in Chicago. The Prov- in the LGBT community I hadn’t been there even presented with a incetown store is their original yet. It was on my gay bucket list. Even bet- cash refund because location. Nearby is another fun ter since this was a weekend leather event my order was under the store called Toys of Eros which the $145 run fee included two dinners, two amount covered by the not only features all kinds of breakfasts, one lunch, and lots of cocktail coupon.) In the after- toys and lubes but houses a parties and dances. I was even able to get noon the AMCC meeting small sex museum. a room in one of the host hotels for $62 a was held. AMCC is an Saturday’s late-night cock- night. Talk about an inexpensive way to at umbrella organization tail party was hosted by Balti- last see Provincetown! made up of many of the more’s own COMMAND MC. I saved even more by driving up from East Coast leather clubs. The weekend ended with Sun- day morning eye openers host- Baltimore with my ShipMate Club brother Lunch was held at the Marking Jahleel and arrived at the Watership Inn Watership Inn followed by decades of ed by the Pennsmen of Har- on Friday, March 29th just in time brotherhood risburg and a Sunday brunch. to enjoy a dinner buffet displayed on Cape Cod Congratulations to the in one of the rooms near the en- Bay State Marauders for 16 trance. At registration attendees years of brotherhood and to were give a wristband for admis- their sponsor the New En- sion to the weekend’s events and gland Leather Alliance for a were asked if they wanted a white great event. You can learn wristband, which would mean it is more about this friendly club okay to take my picture or a red at BayStateMarauders.org. I wristband signaling that I do not must say I fell in love with old want my picture taken at this event. Cape Cod. Fort Lauderdale (I loved this idea! In the age of cell may be “where the boys are” phones and social media, this has but the men are in Provinc- always been a big pet peeve of etown! It is a magical place mine. I’ve even seen videos and that every LGBT person pictures of jockstrap parties and should visit. t dungeon play spaces posted on social media. Some people livestream

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