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Repeal supporters pin hopes on lame duck session after electionBy CHRIS [email protected]

Supporters of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal are picking up the pieces after a devastat-ing loss in the U.S. Senate and — amid fears the opportunity for repeal has been lost — anticipat-ing another shot at passing leg-islation that would end the law after Election Day.

Aubrey Sarvis, executive direc-tor of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said he contin-ues to see a path for legislative re-peal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” this Congress as he acknowledged the need for new efforts.

“We do have a shot in the lame duck,” he said. “And, I think, frankly, it’s better than 50/50, but

we’ve got to change the mix. … It’s unlikely the vote will be that different.”

Still, Sarvis said “time is the enemy” even as he maintained that sufficient time remains this year to move forward with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.

“We’re only talking about four or five days in November, and it’s unclear how many days in December,” Sarvis said. “This bill is tough to do in the best of circumstances when you aren’t up against time. I think it can be done, but time is a factor for sure.”

Alex Nicholson, executive di-rector of Servicemembers Unit-ed, said the legislative route to repeal will be a “challenge” and “those who let this vote fail yes-terday really made it difficult for us all moving forward.”

“But we have no choice but to give it our all and try our best to push it through,” Nicholson said.

Picking up the pieces after ‘Don’t Ask’ defeat

Fenty beat Gray in gay precinctsBut visible LGBT enclaves are mostly in white neighborhoods

By LOU CHIBBARO [email protected]

Election returns for the city’s Sept. 14 Demo-cratic primary show that Mayor Adrian Fenty won in 13 of the 15 electoral precincts believed to have high concentrations of LGBT residents, even though many LGBT activist leaders backed City Council Chair Vincent Gray for mayor.

Gray won the primary with a citywide vote of 54 percent to 44 percent, making him the strong favor-ite to win the November general election in a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republi-realestate

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Despite Vincent Gray’s drubbing of Adrian Fenty in last week’s primary, the incumbent mayor prevailed in precincts with high concentrations of gay voters.

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A closer look at the vote by precinct.PAGE 6

Who will Gray pick to run GLBT Affairs?PAGE 19

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‘The White House didn’t lift a finger to help and certain gay rights organizations refused to criticize Sen. Reid while he derailed the vote in advance,’ said Alex Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United.


Former Blade employee gives harrowing account of four-hour standoff


A gay man who was one of

three hostages held at the Dis-covery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., on Sept. 1 used hand signals to initiate his and a fellow hostage’s escape seconds before police shot and killed a gunman who threatened to blow up the building.

Christopher B. Wood, 25, a former Washington Blade em-ployee who works as a marketing specialist with Discovery Com-munications, gave a harrowing account of his four-hour ordeal in captivity at the hands of a dis-turbed gunman that has attract-ed national media coverage.

Seconds after Wood and Dis-covery Channel producer Jim McNulty ran for the exit door in a plan orchestrated by hand sig-nals between Wood, McNulty, and a security guard who was also held hostage, members of a police swat team shot and killed the gunman, James Lee.

Authorities described Lee as a disturbed “environmental extrem-ist” who believed the Discovery Channel was broadcasting harm-ful programs that would worsen global warming and other envi-ronmental problems.

In an interview with the Blade, Wood explained how he was able to clandestinely respond to a text message that a co-worker sent him from outside the build-ing. Wood said the text message came at a time when he be-lieved he would likely die at the hands of the gunman, who had explosives strapped to his body.

“Please tell Mark I love him,” Wood told co-worker Carlos Gutierrez in a text message re-ferring to Wood’s partner.

About two hours later, while thinking of his partner Mark and other loved ones while being forced to lie face down on a mar-ble floor in the Discovery building’s lobby, Wood said his fright and anxiety began to change to anger.

“I started to think in my head…no, this is not the way this is going to end,” he told the Blade in discussing his thoughts of a plan to escape. “I’m not going to die here on the floor. I’m not going to let some-body take over my life and tell

me when I’m going to die.” According to Wood and ac-

counts by authorities, both Wood and fellow hostage McNulty walked into the Discovery building lobby shortly after returning from their lunch break about 1 p.m. on Sept. 1. McNulty said he saw Lee point-ing his gun at the building’s lobby security guard and initially thought the two were actors participating in the filming of a movie until Lee pointed the gun at him and ordered him to lie face down on the floor.

Wood said he first noticed McNulty lying on the floor when he entered the lobby minutes later and thought McNulty was ill and wondered why some-one wasn’t helping him. Before he could take more than a few steps, Wood said Lee pointed the gun at him and ordered him to lie on the floor.

During their four hours in cap-tivity, Lee forced Wood and Mc-Nulty to remain on the floor ex-cept for times when he ordered them to stand and answer his questions about the plight of the earth, Wood said. Wood said the security guard remained at a desk where there was a phone that police hostage ne-gotiators used to talk to Lee on and off throughout his stay in the building’s lobby.

Wood said he sized up Lee’s state of mind after hearing him talk to the negotiators through a speakerphone, where both par-ties could be heard.

“[T]he negotiator was asking how the hostages were,” said Wood. “And he kept saying, ‘I don’t care about these hostag-es. I don’t care if they die. I don’t care about them. I just care about what I want…If I blow up it will take all of them with me.”

Wood said that Lee “ranted”

at McNulty after asking McNulty if he had kids. When McNulty told him he had two children Lee shouted that having children con-tributes to overpopulation, which is destroying the natural environ-ment, according to an account by McNulty in media interviews.

When Lee called Wood over to the guard’s desk to question him, Wood said he had deter-mined he would try to say as little as possible to avoid an-tagonizing Lee.

“So the gunman [said], ‘Stand up, you stand up. Put your hands on the desk,’” Wood said. “I walked up over to the desk, put my hands on the desk. And he [said], ‘He looks fine. Look at him, young, healthy.’”

From that point on, Wood said, Lee allowed him and McNulty to remain standing. It was at that time that Wood noticed the guard making subtle gestures that Wood thought suggested that he

and McNulty should attempt to “make a run for it.”

“I looked at the guard,” said Wood. “I finally got his attention and I mouthed the word ‘run.’ And he shook his head yes. And so I then turned my body trying to get Jim’s attention.”

After what seemed like an eter-nity, Wood said, McNulty looked to-ward him “and I mouthed the word ‘run.’ He shook his head yes.”

Wood said he then began counting down with his fingers to McNulty with his body turned so that Lee could not see his fin-gers counting down from three to one, when the two would bolt for the door.

“And as soon as the gunman looked down toward the nego-tiator [on a speaker phone] I dropped my arms and ran to the same door that I came in,” he said, noting that he heard the sound of a “pop.”

Although he did not witness it, Wood learned later the sound he heard was the first of several shots fired by the Montgomery County police swat team. Police said mem-bers of the swat team, who entered the building earlier and were ready to rush into the lobby, shot Lee sev-eral times, killing him instantly.

“I’m not sure what the next chapter holds,” Wood said. But I will say that I have a whole new perspective on life. I went from dying and thinking I was dead to making a decision to live, making the decision to be the one that got us out of there safely and ran and made the ini-tial stand. And my life will never be the same.”

Caretaker, animal rescue group call for police investigationBy LOU CHIBBARO [email protected]

A gay D.C. police officer and a gay caretaker of a dog named Parrot have become involved in a highly emotional dispute following the officer’s decision to shoot the dog before dozens of by-standers at D.C.’s annual Adams Morgan Day festival on Sept. 12.

Dale Edwin Sanders, an attorney represent-ing Officer Scott Fike, said extensive media coverage of the incident has failed to report that Fike is a dog lover assigned to the department’s canine unit and takes home each night one of the unit’s German Shepherds.

“He’s being portrayed as a monster by blog-gers and it’s totally unfair,” Sanders said. “He’s the last person in the world to shoot a dog if it wasn’t absolutely necessary.”

But Dupont Circle resident Aaron Block, 25, who was caring for Parrot through a dog foster care program run by the local volunteer group Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, told the Blade that Fike shot and killed the dog without justification after Parrot and a poodle being walked by a woman got into a fight on the street.

Fike said he isn’t authorized to speak to the media and referred a reporter to Sanders for comment. The owner of the poodle, Adams Mor-gan resident Sheila Martins-Silva, could not be reached.

John Valentine, an attorney representing Lucky

This screen capture shows the text messages that Chris Wood was able to send during the time he was held hostage at Discovery’s headquarters earlier this month. Mark is his partner.

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Gay hostage initiated escape at Discovery


Chris Wood was held hostage for four hours with two other men on Sept. 1 by James Lee, who was killed in the standoff.

Photo courtesy of Chris Wood

Gay cop says shooting dog was necessary

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cans by a margin of nearly nine to one.

LGBT-supportive D.C. Coun-cil member Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) also beat gay challenger Clark Ray, the city’s former parks and recreation di-rector, by lopsided margins in all 15 of the gay-oriented pre-cincts. Ray came in third behind Michael D. Brown, the city’s shadow senator, in all but one of the 15 LGBT precincts.

Many LGBT activists follow-ing the election said Ray was an attractive candidate but they saw no reason for backing him over Mendelson, who is one of the Council’s strongest support-ers on LGBT issues.

While the visible “gay” pre-cincts went for Fenty by wide margins, nearly all of those precincts are in majority white neighborhoods, suggesting that the LGBT vote could have split along the same racial lines as the city vote as a whole in the mayoral race.

All but one of the 15 precincts believed to have high concen-trations of LGBT residents are in majority white Wards 1, 2 and 6, which Fenty won. Majority white Ward 3 also went heavily for Fenty.

Majority black Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8 went for Gray by wide margins.

Both Gray and Fenty have strong records of support on LGBT issues. Gray voted for and Fenty signed the city’s same-sex marriage law.

“The black gays in Wash-ington, D.C. tend to be from Washington, D.C. and they live in all parts of the city,” said gay Democratic activist Brad Lewis, who is black. “So I don’t think there’s any one particular pre-cinct that would be the black LGBT precinct,” he said. “I’m at a loss to tell you which one that would be.”

Lewis, a former president of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s largest LGBT political group, joined other ac-tivists who hold the view that most black gays voted for Gray.

“I think there were a lot of con-cerns, especially in the African-American community that their voices weren’t necessarily being listened to by Mayor Fenty,” Lew-is said. “I think that transcended sexual orientation.”

Gay Democratic activist Phil Pannell, who also lives in Ward 8 and who backed Gray, has identified Precinct 112 in Ward

8’s Anacostia neighborhood as the one precinct east of the Anacostia River where an iden-tifiable concentration of black gays live. Gray won Precinct 112 by a wide margin.

The precincts selected as ar-eas where high concentrations of LGBT people live include the longstanding gay neighbor-hoods of Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, and Logan Circle. They also include areas where large numbers of LGBT people have migrated in recent years such as Columbia Heights, Shaw and the U Street, N.W. corridor that stretches between 9th Street and 17th Street.

Two precincts on Capitol Hill and Precinct 127 in the South-west D.C. waterfront neighbor-hood are also included as LG-BT-oriented areas.

In addition to winning in Pre-cinct 112 in Anacostia, Gray won Precincts 127 in Southwest and 18 in Shaw, which are be-lieved to have large numbers of black LGBT residents.

Speculation begins on appointments

Gray most likely will name a new director of the city’s Office of GLBT Affairs and ask Police Chief Cathy Lanier to remain in her position, according to sources familiar with Gray.

Gray’s impending decision on whether to retain controver-sial city schools Chancellor Mi-chelle Rhee has captured the attention of the media and most political insiders.

But to many LGBT activists, Gray’s decision on whether to keep Lanier as chief and his working relationship with her should she stay on will have a critical impact on the status of the department’s Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit and efforts to com-bat hate crimes.

During his campaign for mayor, Gray criticized Fenty’s decision to adopt a plan by Lanier to downsize the GLLU’s central headquarters as part of an effort to create a system of affiliate GLLU officers in each of the department’s seven police districts.

“I don’t think it should be an either-or proposition,” Gray told the Blade in an August interview, saying he would prefer to have a fully staffed GLLU headquarters along with affiliate officers.

The local group Gays and Les-


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Dupont Circle Precinct 14Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 681 (80%)Vincent Gray 167 (20%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 612 (81%)Michael D. Brown 73 (10%)Clark Ray 69 (9%)

Dupont Circle Precinct 15Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 853 (77%)Vincent Gray 241 (22%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 761 (78%)Michael D. Brown 96 (10%)Clark Ray 121 (12%)

Fenty Wins 13 of 15Voter Precincts with

High Concentrations of LGBT Residents

D.C. Mayoral andCouncil At-Large RaceDemocratic Primary

September 14

Logan Circle Precinct 16Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 862 (74%)Vincent Gray 296 (26%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 766 (73%)Michael D. Brown 129 (12%)Clark Ray 155 (15%)

Logan Circle Precinct 17Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 858 (67%)Vincent Gray 417 (32%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 835 (71%)Michael D. Brown 216 (19%)Clark Ray 111 (9%)

Shaw Precinct 18Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 543 (47%)Vincent Gray 591 (52%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 566 (53%)Michael D. Brown 366 (32%)Clark Ray 156 (15%)

Columbia Heights Precinct 23Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 443 (57%)Vincent Gray 332 (42%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 406 (59%)Michael D. Brown 225 (32%)Clark Ray 62 (9%)

Columbia Heights Precinct 36Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 624 (50%)Vincent Gray 593 (48%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 631 (58%)Michael D. Brown 343 (32%)Clark Ray 108 (10%)

U ST/NW Cor. Precinct 22Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 831 (72%)Vincent Gray 320 (9%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 737 (72%)Michael D. Brown 183 (18%)Clark Ray 91 (9%)

Adams Morgan Precinct 24Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 630 (74%)Vincent Gray 218 (26%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 551 (73%)Michael D. Brown 136 (18%)Clark Ray 63 (8%)

Adams Morgan Precinct 25Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 1,177 (77%)Vincent Gray 336 (22%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 1,087 (82%)Michael D. Brown 149 (11%)Clark Ray 88 (7%)

Capitol Hill Precinct 89Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 949 (80%)Vincent Gray 227 (19%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 852 (80%)Michael D. Brown 127 (12%)Clark Ray 78 (7%)

Capitol Hill Precinct 90Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 535 (78%)Vincent Gray 147 (21%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 848 (78%)Michael D. Brown 93 (15%)Clark Ray 36 (6%)

Anacostia Precinct 112Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 98 (4%)Vincent Gray 570 (95%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 367 (56%)Michael D. Brown 244 (37%)Clark Ray 38 (6%)

SW Waterfront Precinct 127Mayor Votes %Adrian Fenty 557 (38%)Vincent Gray 890 (61%)At-Large Council Votes %Phil Mendelson 844 (62%)Michael D. Brown 413 (30%)Clark Ray 96 (7%)

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O’Donnell nearly beat Biden in Rehoboth area in ’08 race


In what some political observers are

calling an ironic twist, the Tea Party-backed Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Delaware, who once headed a group that called for curing homosexuality through prayer, is expected to help Dem-ocrats retain control of the Senate.

Christine O’Donnell has a record of so many odd and quirky views, including out-spoken opposition to masturbation and al-leged campaign fi nance irregularities that she is expected to lose a Senate race that the moderate GOP candidate she defeated in the Sept. 14 primary was certain to win.

That’s the assessment of both Republi-can and Democratic political analysts, who say O’Donnell is perceived as being outside the political mainstream and far too conser-vative for a moderate state like Delaware.

Gay Democratic activist Peter Schott, who heads the statewide LGBT group Delaware Stonewall Democrats, said his group will work hard to turn out LGBT voters and their straight allies to vote for Democratic nominee Chris Coons in the Senate race.

“We will not take anything for grant-ed,” Schott said. “The key will be getting a good Democratic turnout and motivat-ing the voters.”

Schott pointed to Delaware’s 2008 U.S. Senate election in which O’Donnell, who ran against then Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, came within less than 300 votes of beating Biden in Sussex County, the Delaware shore area that includes Rehoboth Beach, where large numbers of gays live and vacation.

Biden soundly defeated O’Donnell by a statewide margin of 65 percent to 35 percent. His win came at a time when Delaware’s election law allowed him to run for re-election to the Senate at the same time his name was on the ballot as Barack Obama’s vice presidential run-ning mate.

Biden resigned from the Senate after winning the vice presidency.

O’Donnell stunned the nation’s po-litical establishment by defeating Re-publican Congressman Michael Castle in Delaware’s Republican primary last week. Her support from the Tea Party movement and an endorsement by Sar-ah Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, have been credited with help-ing her secure what most viewed as an upset victory over Castle.

Coons has expressed support for LGBT equality both as a Senate candi-date and in his current role as the Castle County, Del., executive. He has been endorsed by Delaware Stonewall Demo-

crats and the Human Rights Campaign.Castle was considered the over-

whelming favorite to win the Delaware Senate seat in the general election in No-vember. A Castle victory was expected to provide the seat needed to enable Re-publicans to take control of the Senate. With the Delaware seat now expected to go to Coons, Republicans are unlikely to take control of the Senate.

O’Donnell’s record of opposition to LGBT rights surfaced in the 1990s, when she founded an organization called Sav-ior’s Alliance for Lifting the Truth, or SALT. Literature posted on the group’s web-site stated its mission was to “encour-age young people to live a life of chas-tity.” Under O’Donnell’s direction, the group linked homosexuality to “sexual brokenness” that it said could be cured through prayer.

In statements made while heading the group, O’Donnell denounced masturba-tion as a form of adultery.

Prior to her involvement with SALT, O’Donnell appeared on a television talk show hosted by comedian and commen-tator Bill Mahr in which she boasted of having been involved in witchcraft. In an appearance on the Fox News Network this week O’Donnell attributed her dab-bling in witchcraft to a youthful indiscre-tion while in high school.

In subsequent years, while taking on the role of a conservative political com-mentator, she questioned the use of gov-ernment funds for AIDS programs. She also emerged as an outspoken opponent of legalized abortion and government funding for stem cell research.

During the Clinton administration in the 1990s, she spoke out against President Clinton’s nomination of gay philanthropist and businessman James Hormel for the post of ambassador to Luxemburg, ac-cusing Hormel of having “ties to the pe-dophile rights movement.” Hormel called the allegation a complete fabrication.

Many LGBT college students harassed: report CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A new report from the LGBT advocacy group Campus Pride found that many LGBT college students feel uncomfortable on campus. About 25 percent of LGBT students and university employees have been harassed due to their sexual orientation as well as a third who identify as trans, according to the study reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The study surveyed 5,150 people at about 100 colleges to learn of their experiences in the last year. The report, called “The 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People” was con-ducted by Campus Pride Q Research Institution of Higher Education. Although previous studies have shown that LGBT students are consistently discriminated against throughout elementary and high school, this report is the fi rst to docu-ment incidences of harassment at the college level.

Police investigating slaying of Pride organizer ATLANTA — Atlanta detectives are attempting to trace the steps of a black gay Pride organizer there whose body was found in the middle of a road Aug. 26. Du-rand Robinson, 50, organizer of Atlanta’s black Pride celebration and co-owner of the club Traxx, was found dead about 1:30 a.m. in the middle of Hadlock Street in southwest Atlanta. Several media, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, have reported that Robinson was kidnapped at Greenbriar Mall, driven to Had-lock Street and thrown from a car. Police told the Journal-Constitution they have not determined if the case warrants a “bias crime” classifi cation and also said they have no suspects or information on a motive, though they are consider-ing carjacking, robbery, possible anger with the bar or gay communities and more. Robinson’s sexual orientation was unclear from media reports. The Journal-Constitution said the 50-year-old man never married and was raising fi ve of his nieces. His brother told the paper Robinson was thinking of marrying a woman.

Poll finds majority support same-sex marriage NEW YORK — For the second time, a national poll has found that a majority of Americans support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Echoing the fi nd-ings of a CNN poll last month, the Associated Press released a poll this week that found that 52 percent of Americans support the right of gays to wed. The AP asked 1,007 Americans: “Should the federal government give legal recognition to marriages between couples of the same sex or not?” Yes responses comprised 52 percent of the results with 46 percent responding no and 2 percent respond-ing “don’t know.”

Mont. GOP hoping to outlaw homosexuality HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Republican Party adopted an offi cial platform in June that maintains a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy the party adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997, the Huffi ngton Post reported. The fact that it’s still the offi cial party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party’s own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasper-ated some GOP members there. “I looked at that and said, ‘You’ve got to be kid-ding me,’” the Post reported state Sen. John Brueggerman (R-Polson) as saying. “Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn’t be in the Republican Party.” The party’s platform statement says: “We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal.” The state party’s executive director said the language has remained in the platform statement because it has never been brought up for discussion.

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Group prioritizes marriage, immigration reformBy CHRIS [email protected]

A new advocacy organization de-buted this month that seeks to educate Catholics on issues such as same-sex marriage and the importance of LGBT inclusion in immigration reform.

The group, Catholics for Equality, seeks to mobilize American Catholics who believe LGBT people should have rights such as workplace protections, access to marriage and the ability to serve openly in the military.

Phil Attey, executive director of Catho-lics for Equality, said the organization plans to give voice to Catholics who al-ready support rights for LGBT people.

“Catholics in the pews already under-stand these values, but are sometimes afraid to speak out,” Attey said. “Today, we are asking Catholics of conscience to engage in honest, loving conversations in the Catholic Church, in our families and in our community.”

Catholicism is the largest religious de-nomination in the United States. Around 68 million people in the country identify as Catholic, according to the National Council of Churches.

Aniello Alioto, a board member charged with the group’s grassroots cam-paign, said the main goal for the remain-der of this year is encouraging Catholics to have discussions on LGBT issues.

Alioto said the organization’s website would be a primary tool for achieving this goal.

“We’ll be providing American Catho-lics with role models, facts and tips on how to have family discussions, how to challenge misinformation in the parishes and to ensure, as Catholics, their voices are heard in their community,” Alioto said.

One premise of the new group is that Catholic support for LGBT rights is among the highest among religious peo-ple in the United States.

Joseph Palacios, a gay Catholics for Equality board member and a sociology professor at Georgetown University, pre-sented polling data showing a vast ma-jority of Catholics support LGBT rights.

Palacios said a Gallup poll recently re-ported 62 percent of Catholics believe ho-mosexuality should be accepted by society, which he said is up 16 points from 2006.

Additionally, Palacios said 69 percent of Catholics believe in civil unions for same-sex couples in committed relation-ships while 48 percent of all Catholics support same-sex marriage.

“In short, Catholics are the largest Christian body in the United States and members overwhelmingly support basic American freedoms and rights for their fellow LGBT family members, co-workers and neighbors,” Palacios said.

But although polls show many Cath-olics support rights for LGBT people, church leadership is known for oppos-ing such rights. The Catholic Church is known for its role in promoting Proposi-tion 8 in California, which ended same-sex marriage in the state. The church also had a lead role in the campaign for the referendum in Maine that last year abrogated the state’s marriage law.

Anne Underwood, a Maine resident and board member for the organization, said she’s taking part in Catholics for Equality in part because of the church’s role in the Maine marriage referendum.

“For many Catholics in Maine like me, 2009 was a soul-searing year,” she said. “During a six-month campaign leading up to the November vote, our liberties became vehicles for the hierarchy’s political agenda.”

On one particular Sunday, Under-wood said the church required priests to preach about traditional values and its incompatibility with same-sex marriage.

“Specially printed envelopes for the political action committee Stand for Mar-riage appeared in our pews for our week-ly collection,” she said.

Underwood said Catholics for Equal-ity will help address these issues by pro-viding church-goers who support LGBT rights with information.

“Telling our stories and listening to others will change the lives of our gay and lesbian relatives and friends, neigh-bors and colleagues,” she said. “We pro-equality Catholics are neither silent nor isolated anymore.”

The group is already working in an-ticipation of future fi ghts in Maine and California to restore same-sex marriage to those states.

Palacios said Catholics for Equal-ity has already reached out to Equality California and Equality Maine to link up grassroots efforts in those states and to connect them “into larger networks of people of faith doing outreach around critical issues in our battle states.”

In addition to the marriage issue, the organization says LGBT inclusion in comprehensive immigration reform leg-islation is another priority for the group.

Advocates are seeking language in im-migration reform that would enable Ameri-cans to sponsor their foreign same-sex partners for residency in the United States.

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Jim Manley, a spokesperson for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), confirmed the majority leader’s plans to move forward with the defense authorization bill later this year.

“Sen. Reid reserved the right to reconsider the vote and that is what we intend to do at some point in the future,” Manley said.

Even before the vote, specu-lation and promises that Senate leaders would try again to start work on the defense authoriza-tion had emerged.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), the sponsor of Senate standalone repeal legislation, said Tuesday during a news conference he’s received as-surances from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that the bill would come up again in the lame duck session after Election Day.

“If for some reason, we don’t get the 60 votes to proceed, this ain’t over,” Lieberman said. “We’re going to come back into session in November or De-cember. I spoke to Sen. Reid [Tuesday]. He’s very clear and strong that he’s going to bring this bill to the floor in November or December.”

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said during a later news conference that he hopes the prospects for passing the defense authorization bill would be different after Election Day, but couldn’t offer more details.

“But as chairman of the com-mittee, I’m going to do every-thing I can to get this bill before the Senate so that it’s subject to debate and amendment,” Levin said. “But I can’t discern what that path is at the moment. It’s too soon after the filibuster damage has been done.”

At least one political analyst is skeptical about the passage of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in Congress this year.

Larry Sabato, a political sci-entist at the University of Vir-ginia, expressed doubt about passage after Election Day — even as he acknowledged that “a lame duck session can be unpredictable.”

“From the perspective of September, the odds seem clearly against passage this year,” Sabato said. “Repeal of [‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’] would have to be fast-tracked, and that requires broad agreement in the Senate. That’s unlikely.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate

failed to invoke cloture to bring to the floor the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill — legislation to which “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language is attached.

The vote in the Senate was 56-43, which was shy of the 60 votes necessary to end the fili-buster from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

A unified GOP caucus — in addition to Democratic Ar-kansas Sens. Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln — comprised the “no” votes that defeat-ed a cloture vote. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was the only senator who didn’t vote.

Reid changed his vote to “no” on the legislation in a pro-cedural move that would enable him to bring the legislation to the floor again.

Sarvis said the failure of the Senate to invoke cloture on the defense authorization bill is “shameful” because it means the continued discharge of gay, lesbian and bisexual service members.

“That vote means that gay and lesbian service members are going to continue to be dis-charged every day while Re-publicans and Democrats in the Senate figure out how to move forward,” Sarvis said.

Sarvis said the LGBT com-munity needs to “express more outrage” over the vote to con-vince Senate leaders to sched-ule the vote again and for suc-cessful passage.

“If we aren’t offended, if we aren’t outraged by this vote, I’m not sure how the political dy-namics change,” Sarvis said. “Yes, things will be somewhat better after the mid-term elec-tions are behind us, but the few determined opponents are still going to be there.”

Various explanations have been offered for the loss on Tuesday, although partisan poli-tics are widely seen as the rea-son for failure.

Some faulted the GOP cau-cus for being obstinate in its vote against cloture even though many Republican sena-tors previously expressed sup-port for the defense authoriza-tion bill as a whole.

In a news conference follow-ing the vote, Levin called the unified GOP obstruction of the defense authorization bill “out-rageous and sad.”

Levin accused the GOP of initially opposing the move forward with the defense au-thorization bill because of the

language that would lead to an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

“For two days, we’ve heard here that they objected to our proceeding because of the lan-guage in the bill relative to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ even though that language is very moderate language,” Levin said.

The senator noted that the provision provides that repeal would only take effect after the Pentagon working group com-pletes its study on the issue and the president, defense secre-tary and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify the U.S. military is ready for repeal.

Levin added he couldn’t re-call a previous time in which the U.S. Senate couldn’t proceed to debate on defense authoriza-tion legislation.

“It’s important to know that we were just simply trying to get to the point where we could debate a bill,” he said. “I don’t think a filibuster has ever before prevented the Senate from get-ting to a defense authorization bill.”

GOP senators — including Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who supported the repeal amendment to the defense authorization bill in committee — accused Democratic leader-ship on the Senate floor Tuesday of being intransigent by limiting the number of amendments that could come to the floor.

“That is why I am so disap-pointed that rather than allow-ing full and open debate and the opportunity for amendments from both sides of the aisle, the majority leader apparently in-tends to shut down the debate and exclude Republicans from offering a number of amend-ments,” Collins said.

Sarvis said a number of fac-tors played into the unsuccess-ful cloture vote on Tuesday, in-cluding the pressure that repeal advocates placed on Reid to schedule the vote regardless of whether 60 votes were present to move forward.

“Those who were advocat-ing a vote this Congress always understood that we would need 60 votes to succeed,” Sarvis said. “So the reality is, the ma-jority leader scheduled the vote, but we came up short. We lost Democrats that we thought would be with us up until a few days ago and we lost some Re-publicans until late last week that we thought would be with us.”

Sarvis said Levin and Mc-Cain may have to reach some

agreement on the number of amendments that can be of-fered to move forward.

“It doesn’t look good for Democrats or for Republicans — and especially this Congress — to be the first Congress in al-most 50 years not to approve an authorization for the funding of our troops, especially when we are in war,” Sarvis said.

Supporters of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal have also cit-ed insufficient support from the White House as a reason why the cloture vote was defeated.

Sarvis said President Obama didn’t make an effort to encour-age senators to vote for cloture in the days prior to Tuesday.

“I did not see the White House whipping the vote for 72 hours before,” Sarvis said.

Nicholson ascribed blame to Obama as well as Reid and other LGBT organizations.

“The White House didn’t lift a finger to help and certain gay rights organizations refused to criticize Senator Reid while he derailed the vote in advance,” he said. “It’s just not a good position to be in with all of the hurdles and challenges of a highly polarized lame duck ses-sion ahead.”

During a Tuesday news con-ference, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs denied Lady Gaga had done more to advance the bill than Presi-dent Obama. The pop singer appeared at a rally in Maine to promote passage of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal legislation and tweeted with senators to en-courage them to move forward.

“We wouldn’t be taking on these issues if it weren’t for the president,” Gibbs said. “This is an issue that passed the House because of the president and this administration’s work and the work of many members in Congress.”

Gibbs also ascribed blame to the 60-vote threshold needed to move forward with legisla-tion in the Senate — even for a bill to authorize funds for the Pentagon — and said “it’s cer-tainly not healthy for the way our government works and it sets an awful precedent for getting things done in the future.”

Sarvis said support from the White House during the lame duck session would be crucial to advancing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.

“We need the president speaking on this issue in the lame duck asking senators to be with him,” Sarvis said. “We

know he favors repeal, but now we need him engaged more than ever.”

In the wake of Senate defeat, repeal advocates are seeking other options to move forward on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Litigation seeking to overturn the law has received renewed attention. Both Log Cabin v. United States and Witt v. Air Force are moving through the courts and could lead to an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” although legal experts expect those cases won’t be resolved for years.

In a statement following the Senate vote, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, urged the Obama administration not to appeal a recent California federal court’s decision against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the case of Log Cabin v. United States.

“We expect the Justice De-partment to recognize the over-whelming evidence that proves [‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’] is uncon-stitutional,” Solmonese said.

Even with litigation proceed-ing, Sarvis maintained that the legislative route is the best path for moving forward with repeal.

“The ball game is still in the Senate,” he said. “Yes, there’s some good things going on in the courts with Maj. Witt and the Log Cabin Republican case, but in all likelihood, those are going to be tied up for years.”

One question about a pos-sible future vote on the defense authorization bill is what impact the Pentagon working group’s study on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” due Dec. 1 would have on the legislation.

Sarvis dismissed the notion that the report represents a complication because he said he thinks the report would favor “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.

“They were asked to provide the [defense] secretary with a set of recommendations on how to implement open service,” Sarvis said. “Well, that is not going to be hurtful. Indeed, I’m not that concerned about the results of the survey.”

Nicholson said the comple-tion of the Pentagon report should make voting for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” easier for many senators, but said its release will be “thrown into the highly charged and high politicized environment of the lame duck session.”

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Partner’s death inspires lesbian to work for DOMA repealBy DAVID J. HOFFMAN

It was a dark and stormy night in Se-attle. A hard, pounding rain was falling.

Then the rising waters surged into a stampeding wall four-feet high, cas-cading down a hill to where it sloped toward the tiny house shared by Kate Fleming and her partner of 10 years, Charlene Strong.

As the water began to rise, Kate, an award-winning audio book producer and reader, dashed into the window-less basement recording studio to save her equipment from ruin. But when she tried to retreat back upstairs, Kate found the door stuck, blocked by the force of water. Frantically, she used her cell phone to call Charlene, who was at work, to save her.

When Charlene arrived, Kate was still alive struggling to remain above the fl ooding water. “I fought with all my might to pry open the door to the studio,” Char-lene remembers about that horrible night of Dec. 14, 2006. Soon Charlene herself was being submerged and had to grope for the safety of the stairwell. “Before I knew it, the water rose above my head, and I was forced to swim away.”

“I knew she was underwater by then and nothing would budge.” A long 15 minutes passed until rescue workers ar-rived and cut a hole through their bed-room fl oor. A fi reman then leaped into the black water and pulled out a comatose Kate, and a pulse was found.

Rushing after the ambulance, Char-lene arrived at the hospital and “I in-stinctively ran to be with Kate,” she re-members. “But as I neared the entrance to the emergency room, a social worker stopped me in my tracks. After I ex-plained that I was Kate’s partner of 10 years, the social worker told me that the state could not recognize same-sex part-ners in emergency situations.”

“As if I were a stranger,” Charlene says, she was then forced to contact Kate’s sister in Virginia, who could OK Charlene being at Kate’s side. Grief-stricken, she could fi nally hold Kate’s hands in the moments before she died, and whisper that she loved her. And she held Kate, then just 41, in her arms until death came.

But the ordeal was not over. At the funeral home, the mortician would not address Charlene as Kate’s family but only would speak to Kate’s mother, who had to sign the request for cremation, and the death certifi cate stated with unfeeling bluntness that Kate had nev-er been married.

“My partner, Kate Fleming, touched thousands of lives with her voice,” de-clares Charlene today. After Kate’s tragic death, Charlene decided to take a stand against the discrimination faced

by LGBT partners then legal at hospitals and funeral homes in Washington State

Last month, the story of Charlene and Kate’s love — now told in a powerful, emotionally wrenching hour-long docu-mentary “For My Wife: The Making of an Activist for Marriage Equality” — was released on DVD at formywife.info and cinemalibrestudio.com. It tells the tale of how she was thrust into the national spot-light after Kate’s death, and then fought for enactment of the landmark Washing-ton State domestic-partnership law end-ing same-sex-couple discrimination.

That measure was signed by Gov. Gregoire in April 2007, with Charlene at her side, and now covers more than 7,000 same-sex couples in the state. Same-sex marriage there is still against the law. Charlene, meanwhile, is pushing for repeal of the federal Defense of Mar-riage Act, or DOMA.

DOMA, passed in 1996, bans federal recognition of any same-sex spousal benefi ts including pensions and Social Security, and also permits any state to deny “full faith and credit” recognition to any same-sex marriage legally per-formed in another state.

Last month, DOMA’s Section 3 — the part of the law that defi nes marriage for federal purposes as the union of a man and a woman — was ruled unconstitu-tional by a federal judge.

Charlene’s love for Kate will never die, though she “remarried a year ago” her new wife Courteny Bealko, a longtime dear friend.

“I am not fi ghting for my rights alone, she said. “I am standing up and fi ghting for every gay and lesbian couple who pay their taxes, contribute to society and who want the same protections every other American is afforded if and when they choose to marry.”

Charlene Strong’s partner Kate Fleming died in a 2006 fl ood.

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Block said Fike forcefully pressed the dog into the pave-ment with his knee then tossed Parrot into a stairwell before shooting him in the neck and kill-ing him in the stairwell.

“There were dozens of people watching,” said Block. “I can tell you that if you ask any of them they will tell you this was so unneces-sary. There was no reason for that police officer to shoot Parrot.”

Sanders points to a police ac-count that Parrot locked his jaws on the poodle’s paw as Block and others who rushed to the scene tried to free the poodle from Par-rot’s mouth. Sanders said Fike told him Block had not been able to regain control over Parrot and the dog – who has been identified as a Shar-pei-pit bull mix breed – posed a threat to the safety of nearby festival goers.

Sanders said Fike, who was on patrol duty at the Adams Morgan Festival at the time of the incident, reported what he described as a chaotic scene, with festival goers screaming and a young man later identified as Block on the ground with his hand inside Parrot’s mouth.

“There was blood all over the place,” Sanders quoted Fike as saying in describing Block’s hand and arm. Sanders said Fike’s immediate observation was that Parrot was not under control and that Bock was being injured and he and others in the crowd were in imminent danger.

At the time Fike arrived on the scene, the Poodle had already been disengaged from Parrot’s mouth and Fike initially didn’t know another dog was involved in the incident, Sanders said. All Fike saw upon his arrival was Block’s hand locked inside Par-rot’s mouth.

It was at that time when Fike kneeled on the dog and pulled on his leash, enabling Block to free his hand from the dog’s mouth, Sanders said.

Block called that account “not even remotely true,” saying he freed his own hand from Par-rot’s mouth. He said he scraped his own fingers and hand as he pulled open Parrot’s mouth to se-cure the release of the poodle’s paw. He said his injury “was not big deal” and he didn’t need medical attention.

Sanders said Fike claims Parrot bit him as he tried to subdue the dog. Fike threw the dog into the stairwell as part of a “conserva-tive measure” to try to injure and subdue the animal without having to use lethal force, Sanders said.

Sanders recounted that Fike claims that Parrot began to charge at Fike from the stair-case, prompting Fike to shoot the dog to protect him and oth-ers standing nearby.

“If Scott hadn’t done what he did that dog could have gone into the crowd and killed some-body,” Sanders said.

Block said he was looking in another direction when the con-frontation between the two dogs started and he did see which dog started what he called a

fight between the dogs. Valen-tine said other witnesses on the scene reported that the poodle inflicted injuries on Parrot’s face and they were unclear as to which dog started the fight.

The poodle’s owner has said she allowed her dog to walk over to Parrot while both dogs were on leashes and without any in-dication that the dogs would get into a fight, Valentine said.

Block said Parrot has no history of biting anyone and described the dog as gentle and friendly to people. Valentine and Block said many witnesses who have come forward have backed up Block’s version of what happened.

Block said he doesn’t believe Parrot bit Fike and believes the injury reported on Fike’s hand was likely caused by chaffing from Parrot’s leash.

Valentine notes that a police report refers to Fike’s hand injury as an “abrasion” rather than a dog bite.

Sanders calls that account “absolutely false,” saying a po-lice medical technician examined Fike’s wound and observed punc-

ture marks, confirming it as a dog bite. He said a police official also alerted Fike that he may have to undergo rabies shots if an autopsy of Parrot tests positive for rabies.

There was also some dispute about whether Parrot had a re-ceived rabies vaccinations but Sanders said paper work exists to prove he had.

Sanders said that before leav-ing the scene of the incident, Fike responded to pleas for help by Martins-Silva, the owner of the injured poodle, by arranging for a police officer in a cruiser to take the poodle to an animal hospital in Northwest Washing-ton, where the dog received emergency treatment.

He said police officials have put Fike on temporary administra-tive leave as the department’s In-ternal Affairs unit investigates the incident.

The dog shooting, which re-ceived national media coverage, took place on 18th Street, N.W., with hundreds of festival goers standing nearby and dozens watching in horror as the inci-dent unfolded.

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The City Council created the offi ce through legislation introduced by gay Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) during the Williams administration. The legislation also established a may-oral GLBT advisory committee, to which Fenty named Dyer as chair.

Gray has said he strongly supports the GLBT Affairs Offi ce and its advisory panel. During his campaign for mayor he has said the offi ce and advisory panel would play an important role in his ad-ministration if he were elected mayor.

Some activists have speculated that Jef-frey Richardson, president of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, which endorsed Gray for mayor, and Christopher Fitzger-ald, coordinator of Gray Pride, an LGBT committee established under Gray’s may-oral election campaign, would be among the candidates Gray would likely consider to head the LGBT Affairs Offi ce.

Neither Richardson nor Fitzgerald could be reached for comment by press time.

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group itself has become so politicized that its utility in this whole processed has been diminished because of that as well,” Nicholson said. “Bottom line — the administration really screwed this one up.”

Many senators, including McCain, have said they want to see the report be-fore acting on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Sarvis predicted continued equivocation from these senators upon the completion of the report and congressional hearings may be necessary following the completion of the study to address concerns.

“Sen. McCain says, ‘Oh, I’m going to need some time to study that report and analyze how they came up with those recommendations,’” Sarvis said. “‘We may need some hearings on that.’ So that’s going to remain a moving target.”

Another possible complication in the legislative effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” later this year is state elec-tion laws.

According to Bloomberg News, state laws in Illinois, Delaware and West Vir-ginia terminate the terms of appointed senators immediately after Election Day.

Their elected successors may start in the lame duck session this year as opposed to the start of the next Congress.

These laws mean Sens. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.) and Roland Burris (D-Ill.) — who voted in favor of cloture on Tuesday — may have to give up their seats to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” re-peal opponents in the lame duck session.

Sarvis acknowledged that a worst-case scenario of the loss of all three seats would complicate efforts to move forward with the defense authorization if the Senate faces another fi libuster.

“If we’re facing another fi libuster, I think it’s very, very challenging if we lose those three seats,” Sarvis said.

Sarvis said he’s spoken with Chris Coons, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Delaware, about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.

“He looked me in the eye and told me that if he’s in the U.S. Senate, he will be voting for repeal,” Sarvis said. “So, I take heart from that commitment.”

Sarvis said he has “no idea” how Re-publican candidate Christine O’Donnell would vote should she win in the Novem-ber election. O’Donnell is known for her opposition to gays and has spoken out against homosexuality.

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Re: “Activists hail Gray’s stun-ning win over Fenty” (Sept. 15)

What in the world happened to this energetic Ward 4 Coun-cil member who lost his bid for a second term? It was only four years ago that this defeated one-term mayor won not only all eight city wards but an unheard of rout of winning every precinct.

He even beat his prime competi-tor Linda Cropp then Chair of the City Council in her own precinct. Today we can easily invoke the words in the Second Book of Samuel talking about Jonathan, “How the mighty have fallen.”

Tear away his successes, failures and promises forgot-ten or made anew. He defeated himself by actually believing that our capital city of Washing-ton, D.C. can be managed like he was a big city mayor. After his victory four years ago, he

became best friends with the mayor of New York City. Resi-dents of New York are used to being bullied by their mayors and secretly love it. They count on their local City Council Man-darins to voice their displeasure yet expect them also to yield to his political power. Adrian Fenty set up a mini-Bloomberg Wilson Building after his trip to New York where he was told to rule and reign by sheer will power.

Second, Fenty more than likely thought that the Presi-

dent of the United States from Chicago would enjoy living in a city like one in which Mayor Dal-ey ruled by a superbly well oiled political machine for years com-bined with that of his father’s methods. Adrian Fenty forgot that the District of Columbia has no similar political machine.

Despite satisfaction with the city’s direction, like Jonathan, once thought of as mighty, Adrian Fenty was brought down by his own pride.

—John Klenert,Washington, D.C.

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4 facts all gay men need to know about the virusBy DANIEL FREDERICK O’NEILL

Monday, Sept. 27 is National Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day (NGMHAD), a new addition to the growing list of CDC-spon-sored efforts to draw attention to the disproportionate toll this dis-ease takes on certain high-risk populations. Sadly, I fear this day will come and go without notice; but I hope I am wrong.

As highlighted in the recent National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the plight of gay and bisexual men has taken a turn for the worse over the past decade. Once again, we have reached a tip-ping point in the course of this epidemic with an imminent rise of new HIV infections on the hori-zon — the likes of which we have not seen since the early ‘90s.

Nationally, MSM are 44-86 times more likely to be infected with HIV than their heterosexual counterparts, for they account for 53 percent of new infections, despite comprising an estimat-ed 2 percent of the total popu-lation. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius even noted recently “in some U.S. cities, it is estimated that nearly half of gay African-American men are HIV-positive.”

While many factors are to blame for this new epidemic of HIV among gay men – including a growing complacency around the disease and the threat it still poses to one’s health; the advent of the internet, facilitating quick and often anonymous sex; and, until recently, the lack of a co-ordinated domestic plan to fight HIV – gone from our memories, it seems, is a time when the gay men rallied together to fight for

our survival, galvanized by the death and destruction that HIV/AIDS inflicts on our commu-nity. Thus, as our communal ur-gency around the disease has waxed and waned, so has our perceived need to protect each other and ourselves.

In D.C. the picture is espe-cially grim. For despite the re-cent National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) study re-vealing that 14 percent of those sampled tested HIV-positive, only 57.4 percent reported using a condom during the most re-cent anal intercourse. Consider-ing our community’s history, we should know better. Yet for what-ever reason, HIV/AIDS continues to remain an undeniably “gay disease,” begging the question: How have we backslid so terribly in preventing its spread?

Perhaps it’s because so many of those who would have passed on memories of the disease’s devastation have since died, while others may insist it’s be-cause we’ve recently been dis-tracted by so many other LGBT civil rights issues. Or maybe it’s because those who have sur-vived are so exhausted from practicing and preaching safer sex that they have finally given way to HIV “prevention fatigue.”

Regardless, today we find a new generation of gay men that never endured the fear and suf-fering of those who lived and died only decades before them. They never attended weekly fu-nerals or had their social circles decimated overnight. Today, when just one young gay man dies, it’s a tragedy; but back then it was commonplace.

Yet despite the pressing challenges our community cur-rently faces, we now have a much broader arsenal of infor-mation and technology to pro-tect ourselves than ever before.

Knowledge is power; but this knowledge does us little good if we’re unwilling to educate ourselves and our fellow gay men. As such, in recognition of NGMHAD, following are four im-portant, and often-overlooked, facts that all gay men should know about this disease and the new epidemic we now face.

• Newly infected individuals who are still within their “window period” (< 3 months since being infected) are both most infectious and unlikely to test positive for the virus: In a perverse twist of fortune, until newly infected people sero-convert, they will continue to falsely test negative for HIV while also be-ing at the greatest risk of transmit-ting the virus to someone else.

In the early stages of HIV in-fection, the virus expands rapidly, seeding throughout the body, as one’s immune system delays in mounting an appropriate re-sponse. Only when this robust response occurs, producing HIV-specific antibodies, will a screen-ing test identify someone as posi-tive. In the meantime, one’s viral load becomes astronomically high, dramatically increasing the chance of transmitting the virus. Thus, at times when people may feel most safe, they may be at most risk of infection. So close those windows!

• The advent of PEP: Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was initially developed for healthcare workers who were accidentally exposed to HIV. Ultimately, it was found that fol-lowing a month-long regimen of anti-retroviral therapy, begun within 72 hours of the exposure, dramatically reduced one’s chance of developing an infec-tion. Thus, if you believe you’ve been exposed to HIV (i.e. con-dom breaks), go to the nearest clinic or department of health to begin PEP within 3 days.

• The importance of routine test-

ing: Stigma around HIV testing will forever remain a barrier to early diagnosis unless we are adamant about asking for the test and rou-tinely expecting it from our provid-ers. Despite drastic changes to the CDC HIV testing guidelines in 2006, many physicians still refuse to implement such proven cost-effective approaches. As a result, among those gay men who tested newly positive in the recent NHBS study, who had seen a doctor within the past year, approximately two-thirds had NOT been offered an HIV test, often presenting with full-blown AIDS at the time of diagnosis.

• Taking action against HIV: For the younger generation of gay men, it’s an accident of history that we are living in 2010, instead of 1980. If that were the case, well over half of us would be dead or dying within the next few years. We’re lucky. Conversely, if you endured those years unscathed, you know what it was like. So please share your story with the next generation of gay men. They need to hear it. And perhaps, you may motivate all of us to take ac-tion. One great way to help is by volunteering for a HIV vaccine research study at one of many NIH-sponsored sites throughout the country. They need your help and are now actively recruiting MSM. Access the following link to find out how you can become in-volved: hopetakesaction.org.

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Why are LGBTpeople so fond ofthe Golden Girl?By KATHI WOLFE

Hang on a sec, while I catch my breath! I’m trying to keep up with the latest on Facebook’s sweet-heart and LGBT icon Betty White.

The word icon is so overused that it should be put out of its misery. But how else can you describe former Golden Girl, animal welfare advocate and seven-time Emmy winner (most recently for her “Saturday Night Live” gig) Betty White? On Sept. 23, White, 88, was a guest star on the season two premiere of the NBC sitcom “Community” and she’ll appear with Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver in the movie “You Again” opening nationwide on Sept. 24.

You’d think that White, who began her career in the 1940s, played everyone’s fave nym-phomaniac Sue Ann Nivens on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” morphed into Rose Nyland in

the “Golden Girls” and was a scene stealer in “The Proposal” last year, might slow down.

But, no! The octogenarian is just getting geared up. There’s the Betty White 2011 calendar (featuring photos of the actress with animals and hunky men — with proceeds from its sales go-ing to the Morris Animal Founda-tion). In November, White will star in a comic book “Female Force: Betty White” and in January, the second season of her series “Hot in Cleveland” begins on TV Land.

If you’re like me, White’s rush of accomplishments and on-slaught of accolades, makes your head spin. But, White, like the Energizer Bunny, just keeps going. She’s writing two books. “Listen Up,” to be released in the spring, will be about “life les-sons learned during her incred-ibly varied and long career,”

according to her publisher G. P. Putnam’s Son’s. “The Zoo and I” about White’s experience with the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo will be published in 2012.

In our polarized cultural cli-mate few public figures or even entertainers are universally loved, and though, homophobia is decreasing in many circles, queer icons aren’t always un-derstood by hetero folk. Yet, I can’t imagine anyone – gay or straight, eight or 80, red or blue state who doesn’t know of or love Betty White. Take my broth-er, a straight, gay-friendly guy. He’s not up at all on Lady Gaga, but when I recently mentioned White, he said, “Oh, Betty! She just got an Emmy.”

Though White’s talent, grand-motherly demeanor and quick, bawdy, but not crude wit make her widely popular, she has a special

resonance for queer folk. It’s ironic. Few segments of

our society worship youth more than the queer community. Yet hardly anyone is more beloved by LGBT people than White, who was born in 1922. Why are we so fond of White? Because she’s thrived through the De-pression, World War II, divorce, the loss of her husband Allen Ludden (who she calls the “love of her life”) and aging. We’ve carried on (and often prospered) in the midst of bigotry, rejection from our families, ostracism by our straight peers and AIDS. We identify with and respect survi-vors. Especially when they’re talented and funny.

Our community has an histori-cal memory of being shunned by some of our families. During the early AIDS epidemic when ho-mophobia was rampant, White and her co-stars on “The Golden Girls” were surrogates for our sis-ters, mothers and grandmothers. On one show, Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia offered love and sup-port when Rose, White’s charac-ter, thought she had AIDS. On another episode, Rose remains

friends with Jean, a lesbian and friend of Dorothy’s, who has a crush on her. No matter what prejudice you’d encountered during the week, you knew that you’d feel accepted and loved when you watched the “Girls.”

Today, White proves that life isn’t over at 25 or even 50 – that it’s possible to work and enjoy ourselves when we’re old. Grant-ed, most of us don’t have the drive or talent of award-winning actresses, and not all elders have good health. Yet, White is a fab example of how to age grace-fully, with wit and humanity intact. If our big love for White makes us less fearful of older people and of aging, that would be a lasting legacy to our community.

The enduring appeal of Betty WhiteFew segments of our society worship youth

more than the queer community.Yet hardly anyone is more beloved by

LGBT people than Betty White.

Kathi Wolfe is a writer, poet and regular contributor to the Blade. She can be reached through this publication.

The 1st Annual 17th Street Festival is taking over 17th Street from P Street to Riggs Place NW this Saturday from 2 to 6pm with a huge block party featuring live music, local art-ists, kids’ activities, an auc-tion tent, lots of food and even a Beer Garden. The reason for the celebration (other than “Why not?”) is to mark the Dis-trict’s completion of a 10-month streetscape renovation project that involved curb, sidewalk and road improvements, and the installation of new street lamps and trees. The street’s cosmetic makeover looks great and I’m sure we’re all thankful to have those traffi c cones depart for other parts of the city. This festival is sure to remind a lot of people what a fantastic, fun neighborhood Dupont Circle is. And it reminds me of all the changes Dupont Circle has seen in recent years, aside from refurbished streets and curbs.

Having lived in this area for years and been a manager of a real estate offi ce at the heart of Dupont Circle, I’ve witnessed how change whirls around us. At one time, Dupont was known for its large LGBT com-munity. Now, it’s much more diverse. The Washington Post

recently published an article saying we’re “not so gay here” anymore. I tend to view it this way: We’re like a posse who rode into Dupont, made it look great, helped it become the great community it is today, and then moved eastward to add our personal touch to other neighborhoods. But it seems 17th Street is still the heartbeat of Dupont...but now looking bet-ter than ever!

I can’t understate the di-versity of today’s Dupont Cir-cle. You’ve got local neigh-borhood bars right next to trendy restaurants and em-bassies. There are $200,000 condos not far from $2 million townhouses. We’re a commer-cial neighborhood, yet we’re residential. There are your ba-sic residential businesses, like Ace Hardware, McDonald’s, Safeway and a few banks, but there’s also a real scene here at night. There are more than a dozen restaurants (a handful of them being really exceptional), with an impressive number of outdoor terraces. It feels like Paris! There are still three or four gay bars, too. And all of this within a three-block radius.

In spite of changes through-out the years and ups and

downs in the national economy, demand for homes in Dupont has remained strong and prop-erty values have increased. It goes to show that Dupont has always been a desirable place to be. Here are three examples:

• Condo, 1600 block of 18th Street, Sold in June 1999 for $47,425 and sold again in Au-gust 2010 for $240,000. That’s a 406% increase.

• Condo, 1600 block of Corcoran Street, Sold in August 1999 for $240,000 and sold again in Au-gust 2010 for $699,000. That’s a 412% increase.

• Single Family Home on Q Street, Sold in 1999 for $405,000 and sold again this year for $1,690,000. That’s a 315% increase.

If you’re stopping by to en-joy the 17th Street Festival and all Dupont has to offer on Saturday, be sure to drop by Coldwell Banker at 1606 17th St, NW. We’re sponsoring “Pet Zone,” which will include a buf-fet of treats for our canine friends and a prize raffl e for owner and dog alike. We’re a dog-friendly offi ce here. We sponsor a regu-lar pet adoption event for the Washington Humane Society

(the next being October 23) and a lot of our agents bring their dogs into work. I know Lily, my long-legged Jack Russell and her best friend CoCo (Springer Spaniel) will be having a great time at the festival!

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INDICATION: REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) is a prescription medicine used in combinationwith other medicines to treat people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV). REYATAZ has been studied in a 48-week trial in patients who have taken anti-HIVmedicines and a 96-week trial in patients who have never taken anti-HIV medicines.REYATAZ does not cure HIV or lower your chance of passing HIV to others.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines due to potential forserious, life-threatening side effects or death: Versed® (midazolam) when taken by mouth,Halcion® (triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, andmethylergonovine such as Cafergot®, Migranal®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate maleate, Methergine®, and others), Propulsid® (cisapride), or Orap® (pimozide). Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines due to potential for serious side effects: Camptosar® (irinotecan), Crixivan® (indinavir), Mevacor® (lovastatin), Zocor® (simvastatin), Uroxatral® (alfuzosin), or Revatio® (sildenafil).Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may lower the amount ofREYATAZ in your blood, which may lead to increased HIV viral load and resistance toREYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or Rifamate®), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing products, or Viramune® (nevirapine).Serevent Diskus® (salmeterol) and Advair® (salmeterol with fluticasone) are not recommendedwith REYATAZ.Do not take Vfend® (voriconazole) if you are taking REYATAZ and Norvir® (ritonavir).The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking REYATAZ with some other medicinesmay require your therapy to be monitored more closely or may require a change in doseor dose schedule of REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with your healthcare provider allprescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other healthpreparations you are taking or plan to take.Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, planning to becomepregnant or breast-feed, or if you have end-stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysisor severe liver dysfunction.Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effects, symptoms, or conditions,including the following:• Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking

REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes awaywithin 2 weeks with no change in treatment.

• Severe rash has occurred in a small number of patients taking REYATAZ. This type of rash isassociated with other symptoms that could be serious and potentially cause death. If youdevelop a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:

• Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood(bilirubin is made by the liver).

• A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. Thesecould be symptoms of a heart problem.

• Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may need changes in their diabetes medicine.

• If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.

• Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side, blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate.

• Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with protease inhibitormedicines like REYATAZ.

• Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV medicines. The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time.

• Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have beenreported in patients taking REYATAZ.

Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include: nausea;headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping;numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.You should take REYATAZ once daily with food (a meal or snack). Swallow the capsules whole; donot open the capsules. You should take REYATAZ and your other anti-HIV medicines exactly asinstructed by your healthcare provider.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

– Shortness of breath– General ill-feeling or “flu-like”

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Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients.

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CapsulesALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with REYATAZ. Read the section “What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?”Read the Patient Information that comes with REYATAZ before you start using it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet provides a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.What is REYATAZ?REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness associated with HIV.Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. At present there is no cure for HIV infection. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections. It is very important that you see your healthcare provider regularly while taking REYATAZ.REYATAZ does not lower your chance of passing HIV to other people through sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. For your health and the health of others, it is important to always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Never use or share dirty needles.Who should not take REYATAZ?Do not take REYATAZ if you:

are taking certain medicines. (See “What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?”) Serious life-threatening side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take. These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have had an allergic reaction to any of these ingredients.

What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ?Tell your healthcare provider:

If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. It is not known if REYATAZ can harm your unborn baby. Pregnant women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and your healthcare provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry.If you are breast-feeding. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive because of the chance of passing HIV to your baby. Also, it is not known if REYATAZ can pass into your breast milk and if it can harm your baby. If you are a woman who has or will have a baby, talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus. See “What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?”If you have end stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis.If you have diabetes. See “What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?”If you have hemophilia. See “What are the possible side effects of

REYATAZ?”About all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Keep a list of your medicines with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see “What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?” and “Who should not take REYATAZ?” Some medicines can cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.

How should I take REYATAZ?Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will prescribe the amount of REYATAZ that is right for you.

is 300 mg once daily with 100 mg of NORVIR® (ritonavir) once daily taken with food. For adults who are unable to tolerate ritonavir, 400 mg (two 200-mg capsules) once daily (without NORVIR®) taken with food is recommended.

dose is 300 mg plus 100 mg of NORVIR® (ritonavir) once daily taken with food.

medicines that you are taking. REYATAZ is always used with other anti-HIV medicines. If you are taking REYATAZ with SUSTIVA® (efavirenz) or with VIREAD® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), you should also be taking NORVIR® (ritonavir).Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better. Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at the same time each day. If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX® or VIDEX® EC), take REYATAZ 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines.If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers such as AXID® (nizatidine), PEPCID AC® (famotidine), TAGAMET® (cimetidine), ZANTAC® (ranitidine), AcipHex® (rabeprazole), NEXIUM® (esomeprazole), PREVACID® (lansoprazole), PRILOSEC® (omeprazole), or PROTONIX® (pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider.Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare provider’s care while taking REYATAZ.When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines. If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your healthcare provider or poison control center right away.

Can children take REYATAZ?Dosing recommendations are available for children 6 years of age and older for REYATAZ Capsules. Dosing recommendations are not available for children from 3 months to less than 6 years of age. REYATAZ should not be used in babies under the age of 3 months.What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, ask your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you manage these side effects.The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:

mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs.severe rash: In a small number of patients, a rash can develop that is associated with other symptoms which could be serious and potentially cause death.

If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:

yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Call your healthcare provider if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow. Although these effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, it is important to tell your healthcare provider promptly if they occur.

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Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take). REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when used with these medicines.

methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT®, MIGRANAL®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate maleate, METHERGINE®, and others (used for migraine headaches).

® (pimozide, used for Tourette’s disorder).® (cisapride, used for certain stomach problems).

® (used for insomnia). ® (used for sedation), when taken by

mouth. Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible serious side effects:

® (irinotecan, used for cancer).®

sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.Cholesterol-lowering medicines MEVACOR® (lovastatin) or ZOCOR® (simvastatin).

® (alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate).® (sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension).

Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral load. Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HIV medicines may

®, RIFADIN®, RIFATER®, or RIFAMATE®, used for tuberculosis).

(Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary

® (nevirapine, used for HIV infection).The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ:

® (salmeterol) and ADVAIR® (salmeterol with fluticasone), used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also known as COPD.

Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR® together:

® (voriconazole).The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose schedule may be needed):

® (tadalafil), LEVITRA® (vardenafil), or VIAGRA® (sildenafil), used to treat erectile dysfunction. REYATAZ may increase the chances of serious side effects that can happen with CIALIS, LEVITRA, or VIAGRA. Do not use CIALIS, LEVITRA, or VIAGRA while you are taking REYATAZ unless your healthcare provider tells you it is okay.

® (tadalafil) or TRACLEER® (bosentan), used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.

® (atorvastatin) or CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin). There is an increased chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol-lowering medicine.

® (amiodarone), lidocaine, quinidine (also known as CARDIOQUIN® ®, and others).

® (rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis).® ® ®, (buprenorphine or buprenorphine/

naloxone, used to treat pain and addiction to narcotic painkillers).® (bepridil, used for chest pain).

® (warfarin).® (amitriptyline), NORPRAMIN®

(desipramine), SINEQUAN® (doxepin), SURMONTIL® (trimipramine), TOFRANIL® (imipramine), or VIVACTIL® (protriptyline).

® or NEORAL® (cyclosporin), RAPAMUNE® (sirolimus), or PROGRAF® (tacrolimus).

® and others).®, FLOVENT®), given by nose or inhaled to

treat allergic symptoms or asthma. Your doctor may choose not to keep you on fluticasone, especially if you are also taking NORVIR®.

®), used to prevent or treat gout or treat familial Mediterranean fever.

The following medicines may require a change in the dose or dose schedule of either REYATAZ or the other medicine:

® (saquinavir).® (ritonavir).

® (efavirenz).

® (didanosine).® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).

® (rifabutin).® or TIAZAC® (diltiazem),

COVERA-HS® or ISOPTIN SR® (verapamil) and others.® (clarithromycin).

® (nizatidine), PEPCID AC® (famotidine), TAGAMET® (cimetidine), or ZANTAC® (ranitidine).

Talk to your healthcare provider about choosing an effective method of contraception. REYATAZ may affect the safety and effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives such as birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. Hormonal contraceptives do not prevent the spread of HIV to others. Remember:1. Know all the medicines you take.2. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take.3. Do not start a new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider.How should I store REYATAZ?

Do not store this medicine in a damp place such as a bathroom medicine cabinet or near the kitchen sink.

keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. Dispose of unused medicines through community take-back disposal programs when available or place REYATAZ in an unrecognizable, closed container in the household trash.

General information about REYATAZThis medicine was prescribed for your particular condition. Do not use REYATAZ for another condition. Do not give REYATAZ to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. Keep REYATAZ and all medicines out of the reach of children and pets.This summary does not include everything there is to know about REYATAZ. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information leaflets. Remember no written summary can replace careful discussion with your healthcare provider. If you would like more information, talk

What are the ingredients in REYATAZ?Active Ingredient: atazanavir sulfateInactive Ingredients: Crospovidone, lactose monohydrate (milk sugar), magnesium stearate, gelatin, FD&C Blue #2, and titanium dioxide.

® and REYATAZ® are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. COUMADIN® and SUSTIVA® are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company. DESYREL®

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By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO [email protected]

Things were going pretty well for Zu-naira Khalid and Ebony Bates in De-cember. They’d had rough spots large and small throughout their nine-year re-lationship such as years of separation while Bates went to college in her native Pennsylvania, some occasional minor clashes that are inevitable in cross-cul-tural romances and all the usual pings and pangs that come and go as young people fi gure out what they want and don’t want from life.

But by the end of last year Khalid, a 35-year-old aspiring doctor and native Pakistani Muslim who’s been in the U.S. since age 12, and Bates, a 29-year-old Washington, Pa., native, realized their lives were beginning to jell. In October Bates landed what she calls her “dream job” with a government agency. She de-clines to say which because she says it’s not terribly gay friendly.

And after years of dabbling in various fi elds, Khalid, who’d drifted after fi nishing medical school questioning if she really wanted to be a doctor, decided medicine was her calling and she was in the uphill battle of getting back into the rigors of a residency program. Since 2005, the cou-ple has lived in the basement of Khalid’s parents’ sprawling Chantilly, Va., home.

The two had been without health in-surance for years. Bates was in school

most of the ‘00s doing undergrad and graduate work and Khalid had been unemployed for years studying to pass an exam to get back into medicine. The two had met in 2001 working together at Dulles Airport.

By December, Bates had coverage through her job. It took some arm twist-ing, but she convinced Khalid they need-ed to buy her some too, just in case. They found a decent plan for a little more than $100 per month through Aetna Health Insurance, an extraordinarily fortuitous decision on Bates’ part that saved the couple from fi nancial ruin when Khalid got sick in February with an aggressive form of cancer that resulted in her leg having to be amputated in June.

“We were to the point where we’d been committed for several years,” Kha-lid says. “It’s almost impossible to have

any sort of relationship recognition in Vir-ginia, so that was never really discussed, but after D.C. passed marriage in De-cember and then Ebony got a job she was like, ‘Look, we have a little money now, let’s get you a health plan. I didn’t think it was big deal. I don’t really get the fl u or anything acute very often. I was like, ‘I’m fi ne, I don’t need it,’ but she was really adamant.”

To Khalid, she and Bates both bur-dened with considerable student loan debt, it seemed like one more expense. But she acquiesced and had an exam in December and got a clean bill of health.

The fi rst signs of the cancer came in-nocuously in February. Khalid noticed her jeans felt tight around her left leg and took a bit of effort to get on. When it persisted, she had it looked at and was

‘I’m not going to cry about this’

Zunaira Khalid (left) and her partner Ebony Bates in their basement apartment in Khalid’s parents’ house in Chantilly, Va. The couple says they’re lucky most of the medical expenses from the June cancer surgery that claimed Khalid’s leg were covered by insurance but only a small percentage will be covered for the prosthetic leg Khalid needs.

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Wendy Chun-Hoon chuckles when she hears that her soccer team, the Feds, was called undefeated.

“I guess that was technically true but we were only two games into the season and one of them was tied,” she says. “But then we just lost this weekend.” It’s no devastat-ing break, though, because for Chun-Hoon and lots of local LGBT players, the Federal Triangles, the region’s gay soccer league, is mostly for fun and exercise.

Chun-Hoon, a 34-year-old Honolulu na-tive, has been playing soccer since she was 5. She and her partner, Emily, played together in college and upon moving to the District eight years ago, decided to help build up the Triangles’ then-paltry fe-male representation. With just a handful of women players at the time, Chun-Hoon eventually generated enough interest for the Triangles to sustain its current four female teams (each with about 20 members).

She’s a past president of the 20-year-old club and is in its hall of fame. The Triangles also have fi ve men’s teams and two co-ed teams. Chun-Hoon guesses about 75 percent of its players are LGBT. The Triangles have about 130 members total. Saturday is a new event for the group with its fi rst LGBT fan night dubbed United Night OUT, a joint effort between the Triangles and Major League Soccer at RFK Stadium (tickets are $20 and are available at unitednightout.com or at Nellie’s).

Chun-Hoon is associate director for the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation, an Open Society Institute made possible by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Chun-Hoon and her partner recently moved to Silver Spring, Md., from the District and were married in 2008 in San Francisco. She enjoys soccer and gardening and eventually hopes to return to Hawaii where she says she had an “idyllic” childhood.

QUEERY: 20 Questions for Wendy Chun-Hoon


How long have you been out and who was the hardest person to tell? Since college. My mom. Who’s your gay hero?Cadet Katie Miller. What’s Washington’s best nightspot, past or present? This past summer it was the Washington Plaza. We’d meet up with the boys and drink cocktails poolside. It was a great urban “backyard.” (In other words, I’m about 10 years too old to be qualifi ed to answer that. I only just met my fi rst mix-ologist last Friday.) Describe your dream gay wedding.Ours. We rocked San Francisco City Hall on the fi rst day, and then did it all over again the next day, at a friend’s home, on a hilltop, overlooking Marin. It was awesome to be surrounded by people we love, there to witness and celebrate our love – twice! We’re one of the lucky couples whose marriage is still legal. What non-gay issue are you most passionate about? Advocating for a more sensible safety net for people struggling to get by in this economy. What historical outcome would you change? Where to start? The Manhattan Project for one. What’s been the most memorable pop culture moment of your lifetime? Martha Stewart going to prison. On what do you insist? People treating each other with respect. What was your last Facebook post or Tweet? I abstain.

If your life were a book, what would the title be? “The Money Pit” If science discovered a way to change sexual orientation, what would you do? Bury it.

What do you believe in beyond the physical world?My ancestors.

What’s your advice for LGBT move-ment leaders? Work much harder to bridge issues and fi nd common ground with other equal justice groups so we can amplify voices for change. What would you walk across hot coals for? To see whether I could. What gay stereotype annoys you most? Lesbians don’t tip. Anyone who’s slung plates or poured drinks for a wage before knows how to tip properly. What’s your favorite gay movie? “Home for the Holidays” What’s the most overrated social custom? Napkins What trophy or prize do you most covet? Power Ball (Hopefully the sequel to “The Money Pit”) What do you wish you’d known at 18? That going far away for college often means living far away from home for lon-ger than just four years. Why Washington? Peter Orzag and Rahm Emanuel.


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By JULIETTE M. EBNER

Fall isn’t just for pumpkins and Hal-loween, it’s also the busiest time of year on the social scene. The coming week brings an array of fundraisers, sporting events, book signings and more — all with a gay twist.

Saturday brings the first day of Out for Work’s sixth annual National LGBT College Student Career Conference with keynote speakers Jonathan Capeheart, Elizabeth Birch, Amanda Simpson and Tim Gunn.

The conference won’t be Gunn’s only appearance in D.C. The fashion consul-tant will also be at MOVA, 1435 P St., N.W., from 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday for a celebrity bartending, book signing, reception and fundraiser. Gunn will only be bartending from 9 to 10 p.m., but a reception will be held before his stint behind the bar during which he will sign books.

Tickets are $40 for VIP admission, which gets attendees into the club at 7 p.m. for a VIP reception and book sign-

ing, a complementary glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres and admission to the general reception. Tickets are $20 for general admission and allows attendees into the club at 8 p.m. Both tickets include ad-mission to the club during Gunn’s bar-tending. Dress attire is fashionable. For more information, visit outforwork.org.

Another event happening on Saturday is United Night OUT, the first ever LGBT fan night in the history of Major League Soccer, hosted by the Federal Triangles Soccer Club, as D.C. United takes on the Houston Dynamo. The event starts with a tailgate pot luck in Lot 8 at RFK Sta-dium, along the fence near FanFest from 4 to 6:30 p.m., just look for the FTSC flag. Parking opens at 3:30.

The stadium gates open at 6 p.m. The first 5,000 fans will receive a mini flag and all Night OUT attendees will be of-fered pregame hors d’oeuvres in the Champions Club until 7:30. D.C. Differ-ent Drummers will be playing outside the main gate from 6:30 to 7:10 p.m. Rain-bow Families D.C. will be participating in Team Tunnel at 7 p.m.

The ceremonial coin flip will be at 7:20 p.m. featuring Servicemembers United and then local recording artist Peter Fox will sing the National Anthem. Kick-off is at 7:30. At halftime, there will be a Night OUT relay race. E-mail [email protected] for more information.

Individual tickets are $20 and can be purchased through the Night OUT coordi-nator, at Nellie’s Sport’s Bar, 900 U St., N.W., the HRC D.C. Shop, 1633 Connecticut Ave., N.W., and online through DC United using the offer code UNITED. DC United (5-17) and Houston Dynamo (6-13) were last in their respective conferences as of Tuesday.

For more information, visit federaltri-angles.org.

Also on Saturday, the Rooftop, 155 Gibbs St., will be hosting Pride in the Sky. The event goes from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and will feature DJ Rosie spinning top 40 and hip-hop. Specials include $3 beer, wine, sangria and rail drinks, plus free appetizers from 8 to 9 p.m.

There will be a $5 cover from 8 to 10 p.m. and $7 afterward. Doors open at 8. Attendees must be 21 or older and have a valid ID. The Rooftop is a new venue located at the Arts & Innovation Center in the Rockville Town Center and is the only open-air terrace in the county. For more

information, visit rockvillerooftop.com. Saturday night may be filled with

events that are hard to choose between, but don’t forget the afternoon. The 17th Street Festival is also on Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. with a free movie at 8 in Stead Park. The festival will include a “Kids Zone” on the ground of Ross Elementary School, 1730 R St., N.W. There will be games, arts and crafts, food and other activities, including a tour of the school. Many local artists and galleries will have artwork on display. There will be live mu-sic as well, including the band Double Life, which will perform at 3 p.m.

The festival will also include a raffle and live auction at 5:10 p.m. followed by a performance by Tom Goss. The festival is a way to mark the near completion of the 17th Street streetscape project, which was started in December. For more infor-mation, visit 17thstreetfestival.org.

On Sunday, SMYAL will be holding its 13th annual fall brunch at the Mandarin Oriental, 1330 Maryland Ave., S.W. There will be a reception and silent auction start-ing at 11 a.m. followed by the brunch pro-gram. Eun Yang, anchor and reporter for NBC News4 will be emceeing the event and Capehart will be the keynote speaker. The brunch is a major fundraiser for the or-ganization, which provides programs for LGBT youth in the D.C. metro area. Tick-ets are $125 each. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit smyal.org.

Wednesday begins the onslaught of awards dinners here in the District. Up first is the Victory Fund’s 10th annual Gay & Lesbian Leadership Awards. This year, the awards celebration will be held at the W Hotel, to honor House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her work on advancing LGBT equality. Actor Leslie Jordan will be master of ceremonies. There will be a VIP reception from 6:30 to 7 p.m. in the POV Lounge Bar. The program will take place in the Grand Ballroom from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $250 and VIP tickets are $1,200.

For more information and to register, visit victoryfund.org.

Fashion guru Tim Gunn will be in town this weekend for two events. He’ll be pouring drinks and signing books at MOVA on Sunday.

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Busy week on the gay social scene

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TodayPHASEFEST continues tonight at

Phase 1, 525 8th St., S.E., with Hunter Valentine, Jen Urban and the Box, The Pushovers, Athens Boys Choir, Terrance Williams, Lost Boi’s, and Mzery Loves Company. Tickets are $15 for the night. More information and a link to purchase tickets can be found at phasefestdc.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. Must be 21 to enter.

DJ Jim GADE will bE AT CobAlT, 1639 R St., N.W., tonight with Gruff: Rock and Retro Happy Hour. From 4 to 7 p.m. rail drinks will be $1 and domestics will be $2. From 7 to 10 p.m. beers and rail drinks are $3. From 4 to 10 p.m. martinis will be $5.

CAzwEll, A GAy rAPPEr AnD DJ From nEw york CiTy, will bE AT Town, 2009 8th St., N.W., tonight to perform live and DJ in the main room, tag teaming with Wess in the booth. Rail drinks are $3 from 10 to 11 p.m. Doors open at 10 p.m. Drag show starts at 10:30. For those 18 to 20, the cover is $10 all night. For those 21 and over, the cover is $5 before 11 p.m. and $10 afterward.

GiGi PAriS CouTurE will PEr-Form AT ziEGFElD’S, 1824 Half St., S.W., tonight at 11 p.m. Cover is $5 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. and $10 afterward and al-ways includes $1 off your first drink. Must be 21 to enter. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept 25kyoCErA PrESEnTS VirGin mobilE

FrEEFEST today at Merriweather Post Pa-villion. Some of the acts include M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Jimmy Eat World and Joan Jett & the Black Hearts. There are no more free tickets to this event, but pavilion seats are still available for $125 and can be purchased by following the link on virginmobilefestival.com. These tickets include access to the pavilion and the full festival, donation, digital download and all service charges.

THE FEDErAl TriAnGlES SoCCEr Club AnD D.C. uniTED HoST THE FirST lGbT FAn niGHT in the history of Major League Soccer tonight at RFK Stadium as the United take on the Houston Dynamo.

PHASEFEST continues tonight at Phase 1, 525 8th St., S.E., with MEN with JD from Le Tigre, Tayish Busay, Shondes, Rad Pony, Clinical Trials, Mittens, Renny Sanz, Tiik With Guts, Erin Brown and Candi Hearts. Tickets are $20 for the night. More information and a link to purchase tickets can be found at phasefestdc.com. Doors open at 6 p.m. Must be 21 to enter.

THE lADiES oF illuSion, HoST-ED by EllA FiTzGErAlD, will PEr-Form AT ziEGFElD’S, 1824 Half St., S.W., tonight at 11 p.m. Cover is $5 from 9 to 10:30 p.m. and $10 afterward, al-ways includes $1 off your first drink. Must be 21 to enter. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Sunday, Sept 26CrumlAnD FArmS FAll FESTiVAl

starts today and runs until Halloween. The opening day will feature Frederick Rock School, Denim N Lace, Mason Vixon and Julienna Ir-win, a finalist on “America’s Got Talent.” There will be prizes and games including Bovine Bingo to benefit Saint Thomas More Academy.

Gates open at 11 a.m. and the event runs until 5 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. For more information, visit crumland.com.

mETroPoliTAn CommuniTy CHurCH of Washington, D.C.’s largest mostly gay church located at 474 Ridge St., N.W., presents “An EVEninG oF liVE JAzz” tonight, featuring jazz standards in-terpreted and played by a jazz trio, Swing, and vocals by members of MCC’s choir. There will also be dinner and dancing. Tick-ets are $12 and can be reserved by calling Shirli Hughes at 202-638-7373 or e-mailing her at [email protected].

Monday, Sept 27SAGE Metro D.C.’s monthly meeting

at the D.C. Center, 1318 U St., N.W., is today from 6:30 to 8 p.m. SAGE Metro D.C. provides support and advocacy for the aging LGBT population.

THE Glb youTH SuPPorT GrouP will meet at the GW Center Clinic, 1922 F St., N.W., Suite 103, at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept 28Join burGunDy CrESCEnT Vol-

unTEErS to help pack safer sex kits for FUK!T from 7 to 9 p.m. at Green Lantern, 1335 Green Ct., N.W.

Wednesday, Sept 29THE CAST oF THE PlAy “GAy: AC-

CEPT mE iF you loVE mE” will bE HolDinG A HAPPy Hour AT nElliE’S SPorTS bAr, 900 U St., N.W., tonight from 6 to 11 p.m. Some of the cast mem-bers planning to appear include Timothy Adams, Matt Ward, international top model Edith Tapia and Patrick D. Smith. “Gay” will be in D.C. next summer. All beer sales will support the theater production. No cover charge. Visit facebook.com/spotlightco-municaciones for more information.

Thursday, Sept 30THE SPAniSH winE SoCiETy’S in-

AuGurAl FAll winE TASTinG EVEnT is tonight at Mio, 1110 Vermont Ave., N.W., in support of HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Latino/a Community. There will be five Spanish and Latin American white wines available for tasting as well as a tasting of some of Mio’s menu items. There will also be a raffle for tours and tastings at area vineyards. Tickets are $35 and can be pur-chased online at cherryfund.org.

GloE AT THE D.C. JEwiSH Commu-niTy, 1529 16TH ST., n.w., iS HoSTinG A QuEEr SimCHAT TorAH to mark the end and beginning o the annual Torah reading cycle. D.C. Minyan will be having its annual Simchat Torah service tonight at 7. After the service there will be food and dancing. The even costs $10. More information can be found at washingtondcjcc.org/gloe.

CollEGE niGHT AT APEx, 1415 22nd St., N.W., is tonight. Free admission with a valid college ID and a $5 cover charge without one. DJ Randy will be in the main hall with VJ Frenchie at the Video Bar. Doors open at 9 p.m. There will be $4.50 rail drinks all night. Must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink.

Athens boys Choir, the one-man trans band brainchild of Katz who’s shown here in a music video, plays Phase 1 tonight as part of Phasefest which continues through Saturday.

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OTSUKIMI: MOON VIEWING AT THE TMSaturday, September 25The Textile Museum202-667-0441textilemuseum.orgCelebrate the ancient Japanese custom of admiring the ‘harvest moon.’ This tradition dates back to the Heian period (794-1185 AD) when the evening was marked with poetry and music by court aristocrats. Otsukimi will feature live koto music, dance performances, origami and more, all in the museum’s beautiful moonlit garden.

ARACHNE AERIAL ARTS WITHTZVETA KASSABOVASeptember 25 - September 26Dance Place202-269-1600danceplace.orgMixed Use Space is a dynamic multimedia instal-lation created by Arachne Aerial Arts (Andrea Bur-kholder and Sharon Witting) and Tzveta Kassab-ova that transforms the built environment, shifting perceptions and perspectives.

ALL ROADS FILM FESTIVALSeptember 28 - October 3National Geographic202-857-7700events.nationalgeographic.comThe National Geographic All Roads Film Project supports and showcases breakthrough film and photography from indigenous and underrepre-sented minority cultures around the globe. Join us for six days of inspiring stories connecting cul-tures, through film, photography and music by at-tending the festival! Schedule subject to change.

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, CONDUCTOR BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 9September 30 - October 8National Symphony OrchestraThe Kennedy Center202-467-4600kennedy-center.orgIn his first concerts of the regular season, Chris-toph Eschenbach conducts the NSO debut of Pintscher’s Hrodiade-Fragmente with so-prano Marisol Montalvo. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

The Guide to Arts & Culture is supplied by CulturalCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. OTSUKIMI: Supplied by The Textile Museum; ARACHNE: Supplied by Dance Place; ALL ROADS: Supplied by National Geographic; BEETHOVEN: Supplied by The Kennedy Center.

OPENINGSfriday, sept 24GECKOS: FROM TAILS TO TOEPADS. National Geographic. 202-857-7700. events.nationalgeographic.com.

wednesday, sept 29SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN. The Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.VAL CUSHING ìVESSELSî EXHIBITION. Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.

thursday, sept 30SOLAS NUA: IMPROBABLE FREQUEN-CY. Solas Nua at 111 K. solasnua.org.

LAST CHANCEsaturday, sept 25WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (A MASKED BALL). Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center. 202-295-2400. dc-opera.org.

sunday, sept 26THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 240-644-1100. roundhousetheatre.orgFACULTY EXHIBITION. Corcoran Gal-lery of Art. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org..

LIMITED ENGAGEMENTsept 28 - sept 9TANIA PREZ-SALAS COMPAIA DE DANZA. The Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

ONE NIGHT ONLYfriday, sept 24BEN SOLLEE: DITCH THE VAN TOUR 2010. Strathmore at Wolf Trap. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.KC JAZZ CLUB: MAGOS HERRERA. The Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.THE GERSHWIN PROJECT: RUSSIAN GERSHWIN. Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS. claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.TRIBUTE TO BUCK HILL. Montpelier Arts Center. 301-377ñ7800.FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB: FREE CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM. Friday Morning Music Club at Sumner School Museum. fmmc.org.

saturday, sept 25AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY. Accokeek Foundation. 301-283-2113. accokeek.org.AMERICAN BALALAIKA SYMPHONY. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Commu-nity College, Alexandria Campus. 703-351-1331. absorchestra.org.BY ANY OTHER NAME: AN EVENING OF SHAKESPEARE IN KLINGON. Washington Shakespeare Company at

Rosslyn Spectrum. 800-494-8497. wash-ingtonshakespeare.org.NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: SEASON OPENING BALL CONCERT. National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kenne-dy-center.org.RAVISH MOMIN’S TRIO TARANA. Joe’s Movement Emporium. 301.699.1819. jo-esmovement.org.

sunday, sept 26ANG-LE DUBEAU & LA PIET. Lisner Au-ditorium. lisner.org.JAKE EHRENREICH’S A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN. Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.ALL HANDS ON DESIGN! DEMON-STRATIONS BY ARGENTINE DESIGN-ERS. The Textile Museum. 202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.

monday, sept 27JORDI SAVALL WITH TEMBEMBE EN-SEMBLE CONTINUO. The Kennedy Cen-ter. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.MUSIC IN THE MANSION: THE NOW ENSEMBLE. Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: CHELSEY GREEN & THE GREEN PROJECT. Strath-more. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.

wednesday, sept 29A LOWCOUNTRY EVENING--WITH A TASTING OF LOWCOUNTRY FARE. Smithsonian Resident Associate Pro-gram at Smithsonian Ripley Center. 202-633-3030. residentassociates.org.

thursday, sept 30MUSIC IN THE MANSION: RACHEL FRANKLIN QUARTET. Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.

ON-GOINGAMERICAN CENTURY THEATER: PAD-DY CHAYEFSKY’S THE TENTH MAN. American Century Theater at Gunston Theatre Two. 703-998-4555. american-century.org.CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION. The Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300. stu-diotheatre.org.EXHIBITION: EDVARD MUNCH: MASTER PRINTS. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.BOOKS WITHOUT WORDS: THE VISUAL POETRY OF ELISABETTA GUT. National Museum of Women in the Arts.nga.gov.IN FLUX WINDOW PEEP-SHOW: MATT HOLLIS’ LOTUS:DESCENDING. Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center. smithfarm.com.RELATIVE: RECENT PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS . Gallery plan b. gallery-planb.com.POETIC ART EXHIBITION. Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.REBECCA KEY: ARCHETYPE. Trans-former. transformergallery.org.NOVEL ABSTRACTIONS. Reyes + Da-vis Independent Exhibitions. 202-255-5050. reyesdavis.com.

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Pizza, wine, tapas andmore pepper happenings on the local dining sceneBy WILLIAM GEORGE

The culinary minds that brought us Capitol Hill pizza boutique Matchbox have a new venture called Ted’s Bulletin (505 8th St. S.E.).

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Ted’s menu is stacked with classic dishes geared toward comforting the diner with large portions (the whimsically named “Walk of Shame” breakfast burrito easily feeds two) and evoking a 1930s sidecar diner feel.

Highlights include a meatloaf made with beef ground in house that’s served with an interesting Mingo county ketch-up glaze, a hefty half rack of barbecue ribs and thick ice cream shakes served in frosty tallboy glasses. Reasonably priced, Ted’s is a great stop for those looking for good value for great food.

Popular Leesburg pie parlor Fire-Works Pizza has opened in Arlington, bringing wood-fi red-oven-baked spe-cialties – rounded out by salads, appe-tizers and entrees – to a trendy inside-the-Beltway neighborhood.

The ultra-mod interior includes booths and tables along big windows overlook-ing the courtyard, a huge patio with a fi re pit and a long, curved bar dispensing 31 craft beers on tap, two cask-conditioned ales and the proverbial 100 bottles of suds, along with wine and specialty cock-tails (2350 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington).

If you’re looking for other Italian op-tions, Pete’s New Haven Style Apiz-za (4940 Wisconsin Ave N.W.) has opened a second store between the Ten-leytown and Friendship Heights neigh-borhoods of northwest D.C. This new location features more choices of the New Haven-style pizza by the slice, more fresh pasta dishes, an expanded draft beer selection and two daily Al Forno dishes (one of which will be vegetarian). Also for the fi rst time, gelato and sorbetto will be made on the premises. Its fi rst res-

taurant is in Columbia Heights.While in Columbia Heights, you should

stop by British gastropub and perennial favorite Commonwealth and enjoy the extended “snacks” menu and weekly pa-tio spit roasts served Thursdays through Sundays until the end of September.

This new collection of small plates is be-ing implemented to bolster the extensive beer program. The spit roasts showcase whatever proteins are available at market such as chicken, turkey, pork shoulder or roast beef and is a great way to tap into one’s inner caveman. (1400 Irving St. N.W.)

The Philadelphia-inspired sandwich makers Taylor have opened their third storefront in a sleek new Bethesda loca-tion. The menu features hoagies and ap-petizers like fried rice balls (they’re tastier than they sound) plus a full menu served out of an open kitchen with counter seat-ing. (7280 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda).

There’s a new addition to the tapas scene from the great chefs behind wine bar Proof. Estadio, the new Northern Spanish concept from owner Mark Kuller and chef Haidar Karoum looks to rein-vent the small plate movement with an emphasis on eclecticism.

Selections include tortilla de camarones (small shrimp pancake), fi deos (Spanish pasta) and salmorejo (thickened gazpa-cho). The menu has a three-tiered pricing concept with the smallest plates starting at $3, traditional tapas plates between $5 and $11, and the entrées falling between $12 and $19. (1520 14th St. N.W.)

And in reality television news, Bravo has fi nally crowned a new “Top Chef” in Kevin Sbraga of Willingboro, N.J. In the fi rst international fi nale of the series, chef Sbraga overcame fellow contestants Angelo Sosa and Ed Cotton in a four course serving challenge that included a vegetable course, a fi sh course, a meat course and a required dessert.

Former “Top Chef” champions returned to assist the contestants in the kitchen. However, if you’re still hankering for kitch-en competition, the new show in the “Top Chef” franchise “Top Chef: Just Desserts” premiered last week and focuses on pas-try chefs and the drama that follows them.

New bites abound

Estadio, the new Northern Spanish concept from owner Mark Kuller and chef Haidar Karoum, looks to rein-vent the small plate movement with an emphasis on eclecticism.

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“All’s Well That Ends Well” – that qua-

si-comedy about unrequited love – isn’t the best-loved work in Shakespeare’s canon, but of course merits retelling nonetheless. Currently serving as the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s season opener, the improbable tale – as staged by gay director Michael Kahn — shines with moments of humor and relevancy.

Though Count Bertram (handsome Tony Roach) and Helena (Miriam Silverman) are just a few years older than Romeo and Juliet, their romance couldn’t be more dif-ferent. After growing up like siblings in his family’s grand home in the provinces, Ber-tram is called away to Paris to be near the King of France (a commanding Ted van Griethuysen), she determinedly follows.

It’s at court where Helena strikes a curious deal: Using her late father’s magic remedies, she offers to cure the ailing king. If she fails, Helena is prepared to forfeit her life, but if she succeeds, she asks that she be given the husband of her liking. She succeeds and the newly peppy, aging monarch is obliged to grant her wish. Before a roomful of fawning courtiers, Helena asks for Bertram’s hand. Initially the golden scion refuses commoner Helena’s offer, but when pressed by the king, he grudgingly accepts.

Clearly, Bertram is just not that into her, In fact, he opts to make a hasty exit with his solider friend Parolles (Michael Bakkensen) to fi ght in the Italian wars rather than make love to his virgin bride. But Helena is undeterred – never have you met a more annoyingly, single-mind-ed young woman.

Kahn sets the play on the cusp of World War I, another time of unrest on the continent. Like early 20th century Frenchmen and their American coun-terparts, the doughboys, who enthusi-

astically joined-up unaware of the putrid trenches and poison gas that awaited them on the battlefi eld, young Bertram and his noble peers are equally eager.

Here the focus isn’t on horrors, but rather barracks hijinks and incipient ro-mance. The handsome young soldiers execute a seemingly endless gag that involves humiliating the vainglorious and cowardly Parolles while Bertram pursues Diana (Natalie Mitchell) the pretty daugh-ter of the local lady innkeeper.

Meanwhile, Helena shows up at said Italian inn, disguised as a religious pilgrim. With the assistance of Diana, Helena — in one of the Bard’s more far-fetched plot de-vices – salvages her nonexistent marriage by bedding her estranged, wide-awake husband without him knowing it. (Go ahead and try that sometime.)

Performed under a canopy of Victorian iron arches backed by an expansive sky (compli-ments of scenic designer Court Watson), the production features some of the better en-semble acting you’re likely to see in D.C. Brit-ish actor Paxton Whitehead steals the show as Lafew, a witty lord who suffers neither fools nor the badly dressed gladly. Adam Green and Barbara Pinolini are funny as a bumpkin-turned-dandy and a lusty woman of a certain age, respectively. And 1970s movie star and four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason is rather good as Betram’s concerned mother, the Countess of Rossillion.

Robert Perdziola’s period military uni-forms and Edwardian gowns are splen-didly designed and evocative of the era.

In the end, whether it’s true love or expe-diency that prompts Bertram to kneel ador-ingly before his crafty, pregnant-bellied wife Helena, is hard to say. If we’re to believe that the Bard titled this work without irony, then the young couple should enjoy untold years of happiness together. I for one have my doubts.

Marsha Mason as the Countess of Rossillion, left, and Miriam Silverman as Helena in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well,’ directed by Michael Kahn.

Photo by Scott Suchman; courtesy of Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Locals create new singleto benefi t AIDS WalkBy DAVID J. HOFFMAN

There’s a new song about to echo in your mind as a lyric of memory, love and hope and a call to renewed action for this year’s AIDS Walk Washington on Saturday, Oct.2.

The original song, “Change The World,” sung by Peter Fox is an infec-tious blend of driving backbeat and rousing anthem, with Fox’s heartfelt tenor over the rhythmic orchestration carrying moments both tender and exhortative.

“Our message is simple,” declares singer-songwriter Tom Nichols, the song’s producer as well as co-author with Fox and Holly Montgomery, all area recording artists. “First, download the song. Second, come to the performance. Then, join the AIDS Walk.”

The song is released nationwide to-day, available for $1.29 at PeterFoxMu-sic.net. For one month, through Oct. 23, Fox has pledged to donate 75 cents for each download sale to the Whitman-Walker Clinic, sponsor of the AIDS Walk. The song can also be found via the Whit-man-Walker Clinic website.

Fox and Nichols, longtime members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, along with Montgomery, took several weeks to compose the piece as a “commemorative song dedicated to the AIDS Walk, and an inspirational anthem for everyone touched by life-challenging illness,” said Fox, who said he hopes it will prove “a major fund-raising success for the Clinic.”

“Could we sell 15,000 copies?” Fox asked, in an interview with the Blade. “Very possibly. But then, why not aim for 30,000 copies,” he added. “So, 30,000 is the goal.”

Fox added that in the song they have deliberately “left plenty of space for each person’s heart to fi ll in the story.”

“Letters unwritten,” the song begins, “love songs unsung, alone in a memory at a table for one.”

“Too many goodbyes ... too many gone ... So many souls cry in the hours

before dawn.”Those lost to AIDS are recalled with the

memory that each of them — especially the one being recalled — were going to “change the world with their song ... and with their light,” and the song’s powerful emotions crest in a salute to those lost:

“Now you’re the star I wish on every night ... shining down leading the fi ght!”

Their song is personal for so many peo-ple, said Nichols, who noted that he “lost his best friend at 30 to AIDS,” adding that “yes there’s sadness in the song, but Peter was insistent that this song not be maudlin, that we should touch on the loss but not dwell on it, but instead be redemptive.”

Fox will present the fi rst live perfor-mance of the song at about 8:45 a.m. at the opening ceremonies of the AIDS Walk, which begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 at Freedom Plaza, on Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th streets. In addition to Fox, the Gay Men’s Chorus and the DC Cowboys are also scheduled to perform in the ceremony, and panels — such as one for Max Robinson, former ABC TV news anchor and D.C. resident — from the Names Project, also known as the “AIDS Quilt” will be displayed inside a big tent on the plaza. Actress Lynda Carter is the AIDS Walk grand marshal.

The walk begins after the opening ceremony, starting with a timed run, and according to AIDS Walk Washington di-rector David Mallory, 1,500 runners are expected for the route that will go down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol and then loop around and return to Freedom Plaza. Then at 9:15 a.m. the walkers will begin to move out with some 8,500 ex-pected for the 5K route. Both runners and walkers are doing so with pledges of donations to the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Setting the theme for this year’s event is a huge banner at the Clinic’s 14th Street location, declaring simply, “Walk with Courage, Walk with Hope.”

For more details or to register for the timed run or the walk, go to aidswalk-washington.org or call 202-332-WALK. To support the Clinic by downloading Fox’s commemorative anthem, go to Pe-terFoxMusic.net.

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Setting goals isn’t just for the super richBy MAX BARGER, GARRETT PECK & ERNESTO SANTALLA

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“I’ve been helping clients in the D.C. area gain control over their fi nancial lives for more than 10 years,” says Thal-heimer, who Washingtonian magazine has named one of the top 33 fi nancial planners in the area.

Many fi nancial planners target high net-worth individuals, but Thalheimer serves middle-income clients. “I don’t have a minimum asset requirement to work with me, but charge fl at fees based upon over-all complexity,” he explains. “I bill myself as the best person to serve the half-million dollar client – and I’ve also worked with people who have less than that.”

“I believe in ongoing, integrated, ho-listic, comprehensive fi nancial planning,” Thalheimer explains. He helps clients over-come fi nancial hurdles, as he says, “When life comes at you” with challenges like unemployment and the recent economic downturn. He also helps clients plan for the contingencies of death and disability, to measure the impact of a new career, and convert IRA assets or refi nance a mort-gage. “Planning is not done in isolation – it’s a process, not a single event.”

Though some states are becoming friendlier to the gay community, “We are still lacking equality at the federal level. There is a real need to plan comprehensively for gay, lesbian, non-traditional clients.”

Most of Thalheimer’s clients come from word-of-mouth referrals and profes-sional partners, such as those found at CAGLCC, a useful network for profes-sionals. “In fi nancial planning, one needs a team of people,” such as attorneys, es-tate planners, insurers and tax special-ists. “The chamber has been useful for me in meeting new partners to help solve client problems.”

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The Chamber is launching a new pro-gram designed to support the employ-ees of association and non-profi t sectors of the LGBT community. The Association and Non-Profi t Staff Initiative will provide a forum for participants to make peer-to-peer connections aimed at career growth, pursue new directions by learn-ing what’s happening in the association and non-profi t sector and identify oppor-tunities for professional advancement. Joseph L. Kolb, President, The Graphic Issue, Design & Illustration, who is lead-ing the effort on behalf of the CAGLCC

Board of Directors remarks, “We’re look-ing to broaden relationships with other professionals; and also discover and de-velop leadership skills that are a neces-sity for the 21st century.”

The Washington, D.C. area has the greatest concentration of associations and non-profi t organizations in the coun-try. In a sector defi ned by variety and diversifi cation, the LGBT community is sometimes isolated and under-repre-sented. Brad Weaber, CMP, executive vice president, event services, Smith-Bucklin observes, “Diversity abounds in the global association marketplace and a natural synergy exists with the creation of the CAGLCC Association Group.”

The fi rst event, a luncheon, will be held at AARP, The Brickfi eld, on Oct. 7 at 11:30 a.m. Register at caglcc.com/as-sociationluncheon

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Gus Elfving, Principal & Pack Leader of Pet Peeps, has accepted the position of Membership Committee Chair for the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters, petpeeps.biz.

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Doctors told Khalid and Bates they were going to do everything they could to save her life and save her leg. It quickly became clear how potentially serious the diagnosis was.

“I remember when they said they were going to try to save her life first but we can’t guarantee that, that was really jar-ring for me,” Bates says. “Here they were talking about the possibility of death and if we were lucky she would make it through. It was just a lot of bad news at once.”

Bates, under pressure at her new job and in a probationary period where she knew she had to perform at her best, decided she needed to come out to her boss and explain the situation in case the stress started showing up in her perfor-mance. She was only able to miss a few days of work throughout Khalid’s illness,

a point that irks the couple who marvel at the provisions that would be available if they were a married, opposite-sex couple.

But the couple opted to focus on the positive — most glaringly that Bates had the foresight to insist on an insurance plan for Khalid.

The first treatment step was two debili-tating rounds of chemo, which destroyed Khalid’s immune system and put her in the hospital at Washington Hospital Cen-ter in D.C.’s Pleasant Plains neighbor-hood for weeks at a time. The chemo took such a toll — Khalid’s doctor told her he’d never seen anybody react so aversely to it — that a third round would have been too much for her body to handle. It was also unsuccessful at shrinking the mass to a degree doctors felt was acceptable.

There were essentially three problems with the growth — it had grown around a nerve meaning removing the mass would likely have resulted in Khalid hav-ing no control of her leg. Secondly it was so close to the bone, operating would be difficult and would have required, thirdly, a new route for blood supply to the leg, another iffy proposition considering the mass’s location. Amputation became the only safe option.

“I just realized very quickly that was the best decision I could make,” Khalid says. “I’d kind of prepared myself for it emotion-

ally when they first told me it was a pos-sibility. That first weekend, Eb had to be in Pennsylvania for work and I decided to go with her. It was the best thing. She was busy with work stuff but I just shopped, hung out at the hotel and really had time to make my peace with it.”

Bates soldiered on at work and says a strong relationship with Khalid’s parents — she says they treat her as if she, too, were their daughter — helped tremen-dously.

“Anytime I thought about how hard it was to juggle this with work, I just realized how much easier I had it compared to what she was going through,” Bates says.

Khalid is doing well now. She gets around on a pair of crutches cushioned with zebra-patterned covers. She was up and walking with a walker the day after her surgery. And she can still drive since she only needs to use her right leg.

The pain, though, has been excruciat-ing at times. Muscle in her leg was es-sentially “wrapped” around hollow bone resulting in cookie-cutter like pressure from the bone’s edges. Khalid also expe-riences “phantom” pain where it feels as if her leg is still there, causing both pain and itching sensations.

“Basically the nerves have been cut but up here,” she says, pointing to her head, “it thinks everything is normal. So

the nerves are freaking out and they don’t know what happened.”

She’s also stumbled several times as she attempts to get around.

The couple’s biggest challenge now is affording a massively expensive pros-thetic leg for Khalid. The Aetna plan they chose has been great at kicking in thou-sands of dollars toward her chemo and surgery expenses but comes up far short on the cost of the prosthesis. The couple says it will cover only about $2,000 of the estimated $40,000 to $45,000 cost.

Friends are rallying. D.C. lesbian event promoter Ebone Bell has set up a website seeking contributions. Another lesbian friend, Darcy O’Callaghan, is planning an event Thursday at Policy for the couple. Donations are being accepted at boimar-keting.com/help.html.

Khalid says she’s keeping the stiff up-per lip she’s maintained all along.

“I just decided up front I’m not going to cry about this,” she says. “I refuse to cry and give into this. If I have cried, it hasn’t been because of this stupid cancer, but because I’ve been touched by the things people have done for me.”

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RESTORE BALANCE & RELIEVE stress. Handsome, young, licensed massage therapist, comfortable, private studio, heart of DC. Call for packages & discounts. Sam 202-213-0401, www.renacer-fitness.com.

BEE(ASIAN) AND OOM offer healing Thai massage at Qi Spa-3106 M St, NW. www.qispadc.com. 202-333-6345. Also, Waxing & Skincare….for Men & Women

WHY WAIT TO feel better? Enjoy your summer with a massage. Open 7 days - 10 am to 9 pm. $75/hr. VISA/MC/AMEX. 202-293-8484

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NEW PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE therapist in DC specializing in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports, & Shiatsu Massage. One of the Best! Souza 202-486-2142.

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PHOTOGRAPHYSTEVE O TOOLE PHOTOGRAPHY Fine Art Photographer for portraits, weddings & dating photos for the internet. Call 703-532-3031. www.steveotoolephotography.com

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COUNSELINGLGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY at Dupont Metro. Individuals, couples, families, adolescents. Over 15 years serving the community. Mike Giordano, LICSW. 202-460-6384, [email protected], www.WhatIHearYouSaying.com

COUNSELING FOR GAY men. Individual/couple counseling with volunteer peer counselor. Gay Men’s Counseling Community. 202-265-6495. gaymenscounseling.org. No fees, donation requested.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY for the gay & lesbian community. Relationships, grief, anxiety, transitions, careers. Jonathan Kirkendall. 202-550-3589. www.dclpc.com

ROSSLYN GAY MEN’S Therapy Group. Twelve Monday evenings beginning October 4th. Contact Doug Nelson at 703-470-2938 or [email protected]

LEGAL SERVICESFULL SERVICE LAW firm representing the GLBT community for over 25 years. Family adoptions, estate planning, real estate, immigration, employment. 301-891-2200. Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev, P.A. & Kirstin Gulling, Of Counsel. www.SP-Law.com EMPLOYMENT LAW ATTORNEY - Wrongful Discharge, Sexual Harrassment, Contract Review, Whitleblowers. The Law Office of Carl Roller 202-531-2777, www.carlroller.com

ADOPTION & REPRODUCTIVE LAW Jennifer Fairfax handles adoption, donor, carrier & parenting matters for LGBT families. Experienced. Affordable. Maryland & D.C. 301-221-9651. [email protected]. www.jenniferfairfax.com

LIPPMAN, SEMSKER & SALB. A full-service law firm serving the GLBT community. Protecting You. Protecting Your Family. Since 1972. 301-656-6905 or www.LSSLawyers.com.

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