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Inclusive ENDA introduced By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer

A RECORD FIGHT: About 800 people attended Philadelphia FIGHT’s 10th annual Prevention and Outreach Summit at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, a record high and at least 200 more than attended last year’s summit. Jeffrey Crowley, openly gay director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (pictured with Jane Shull, executive director of FIGHT), served as the keynote speaker for the event, which was the capstone of FIGHT’s 15th annual AIDS Education Month. The summit brought together HIV service providers, city representatives, community leaders and men and women living with HIV/AIDS for a series of workshops meant to raise awareness about HIV-related issues facing such communities as women, Latinos, LGBTs, youth and sex workers.

Openly gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced a bill this week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT employees across the country. Frank is spearheading the Employment NonDiscrimination Act, HR 2981, again this year, after having drawn the ire of some members of the LGBT community last legislative session for agreeing to remove gender identity from the legislation. This version of the bill, however, extends protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Harry Gural, Frank’s press secretary, said the representative initially introduced the legislation June 19 but the list of cosponsors — 10 at the time — was incomplete, so he reintroduced the bill June 24 with more than 100 cosponsors, including all four Philadelphia U.S. representatives: Bob Brady (D-1st Dist.), Chaka Fattah (D-2nd Dist.), Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-13th Dist.). Mara Kiesling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said the inclusion of gender identity in the bill is a necessity to alleviate some of the widespread employment bias that transgender people face. “Day after day, we hear from transgender people who have lost their jobs for no other reason than plain and simple discrimination,” Kiesling said. “This

includes people who have had long and distinguished careers who, after they transition, suddenly find themselves unable to find meaningful work, and young transgender people who are unable to get their first job. The Employment Nondiscrimination Act will be an important step in helping these folks get to work.” ENDA was originally introduced in 1994 and has resurfaced every session except 2005-06. Frank introduced ENDA again in 2007, marking the first time the bill included the transgender community. The bill had about 65 cosponsors but eventually garnered 184. Several months later, however, Frank introduced a new version of ENDA that lacked protections based on gender identity, noting the inclusive bill did not have the votes to pass. That bill did pass the House in November of that year, but was not taken up by the Senate. D’Arcy Kemnitz, executive director of the National LGBT Bar Association, noted that while the inclusion of gender identity in the legislation may decrease its legislative support, it is “absolutely essential” that the bill include such protections. “We look forward to working with legislators to preserve the bill’s strengths and fend off any efforts to derail this crucial piece of legislation,” Kemnitz said.

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U.S. reps call on Obama to end military ban By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer A bipartisan coalition of members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a letter this week to President Obama, calling for a halt to investigations conducted under the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers. The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) and signed by 76 other lawmakers, does not call for an executive order lifting the ban, but rather asks the president to demand that no new investigations are initiated and that military ofﬁcials disregard tips given about one’s sexual orientation by other sources. Included among the 77 signatories were local Reps. Joe Sestak (D-7th Dist.) and Chaka Fattah (D-2nd Dist.).

“I am pleased to join with my colleagues in Congress to call for an end to the wrong-headed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that restricts patriotic gays and lesbians from military service,” Fattah said this week. The lawmakers requested that Obama “exercise the maximum discretion legally possible in administering ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ until Congress repeals the law,” which they asserted would entail that Obama “impose that no one is asked and that you ignore, as the law requires, third parties who tell.” The letter goes on to request that Obama then take a leadership role in the Congressional repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which has been in place since 1993, and See MILITARY, Page 16

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By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer

WEST COAST COMMERCE: Louise Chernin, executive director of the Greater Seattle Business Association, the largest LGBT chamber of commerce in the country, was the featured speaker during Independence Business Alliance’s annual meeting June 22 at the Sofitel Philadelphia. The meeting drew about 150 people, including about 80 percent of the organization’s membership and special guests like Mayor Nutter and former Pennsylvania governor and president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Mark Schweiker. Also during the event, IBA members elected two new board members, Eileen Coggins and Janice Mahlmann. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Two former Archdiocese of Philadelphia students filed separate suits this month alleging sexual abuse by diocesan priests, while a third suit was filed last week against a current diocesan priest. Plaintiffs in the first two suits allege that officials with the archdiocese had knowledge of the abuse and did not intervene. Richard Green, 31, of Pittsgrove Township, N.J., filed suit last week in Delaware Superior Court, alleging that the late Rev. John M. McDevitt Jr. sexually abused him during his freshman year at Father Judge High School in Northeast Philadelphia. The suit states that Green was struggling in his religion class in 1990 and McDevitt, who taught at Father Judge from 1989-94, kept him after school for private tutoring. Green described in the suit that “getting a bad grade in religion just wasn’t an option,” as he was See PRIESTS, Page 8

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Man connected to Shephard Triangle Medical General Practice murder gets probation By Timothy Cwiek PGN Writer-at-Large F. Bruce Covington, who’s accused of bringing illegal drugs to the home where a young man was killed in 2006, was sentenced this week to three years of probation for drug offenses in a separate incident. In February 2008, Covington allegedly administered the “date-rape” drug, gamma hydroxybutrate acid, to a 27-yearold man during a sexual encounter inside Covington’s apartment in Narberth, Montgomery County. Covington also allegedly injected crystal methamphetamine into the man, according to court documents. Seventeen months earlier, 23year-old Jason Shephard was found strangled to death inside William F. Smithson’s home in Thornbury. The victim had consumed GHB that Covington allegedly brought to the home, according to court documents. Covington will stand trial on those charges next month; an exact date hasn’t been set. Delaware County Common Pleas Judge James F. Nilon Jr. is expected to preside over the trial. In the Montgomery County case, a search was conducted inside Covington’s apartment, which yielded crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, a crack pipe and other drug paraphernalia, according to police records. Covington, a former MARCH 21 - 27, 2008 administrator at St. Joseph’s University, faced that the mayor of 37 themisdemeanors Athens suburb and two felonies stemming from of Kessariani has agreed to perform the ceremony. Montgomery County case no objection to celebrating —“Iallhave drug-related counts. this so charged long as with the sexual law is Heunion was not respected,” Mayor Spyros Tzokas assault. said. But on June 22, after the witness It isto appear uncertain the failed for whether Covington’s government will recognize the drug trial, a hastily arranged pleamarriage.was announced. Under bargain Greek government is theThedeal, Covington pleaded preparing to introduce civilguilty to three misdemeanor partnership legislation later this year, charges related to possessing granting legal rights to unmarried methamphetamine and if samedrug couples. But, it has not said paraphernalia. sex couples would be included. In return for the guilty plea, Covington avoided jail time. He was facing life imprisonment, Gay men jailed inif convicted of all 39 counts. Morocco Instead, Covington must serve three years of probation, pay a Theﬁne Moroccan Association for $500 and court costs, attend Human Rights,classes along with Human sex-addiction and receive Rights Watch, has launched a petition following the imprisonment of six men for homosexuality. Moroccan police arrested the men

treatment for drug addiction during his probation. Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge William J. Furber Jr. also ordered Covington to stay away from the witness during his probationary period. Covington, who holds a law degree, still faces charges for delivering crystal methamphetamine, GHB and drug paraphernalia to Smithson’s home in September 2006, when Shephard died. He’s also charged with lying about his whereabouts when police questioned him about the homicide, but hasn’t been directly linked to Shephard’s death, according to court records. Smithson was convicted of Shephard’s murder last November, though he continues to maintain his innocence and has implied that Covington was the killer. According to court documents, Covington ﬁrst said he went to Smithson’s home on the night of Sept. 18, 2006, for a sex party. Initially, he said he left the house before Shephard arrived, according to court documents. However, Covington’s phone records indicated that he remained in Smithson’s house throughout the night, and left about 8:30 the following morning, after Shephard was killed, according to court documents. In a followup interview with authorities, Covington reportedly said he was asleep in the basement of Smithson’s house during the time of Shephard’s killing and Rights knew Human Rights and Human nothing it. Watch areabout petitioning the Moroccan government for58, a remains fair trial free for the Covington, on men pending and to protect their right to bail, the outcome of his privacy. County trial. Delaware The groups are asking Smithson, 44, supporters remains to show their opposition Moroccan incarcerated at the to Delaware authorities Prison by sending e-mail to County in an Thornton petitionmaroc@hrw.org. while awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility. Several advocates for Smithson Cartoons draw attended Covington’s pleabargain proceeding this week, and Russian ire questioned why Covington hasn’t faced trial yetgroups for his alleged 2006 Protestant in Moscow offenses. are trying to shut down a cartoon They said Furber channel because they may claim not it promotes homosexuality and have accepted the plea bargain religious intolerance. so readily if Covington had Channelbeen 2x2 broadcasts already convicted Western of his cartoons offenses like “South Park,” which alleged in the Shephard some believe promotes “homosexual incident. propaganda.” Erica Parham, a spokesperson Vitaly Vlasenki, a spokesperson for The Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches

for the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, had no comment about the scheduling of Covington’s trial for the 2006 incident. Rob Nardello, a close friend of Smithson, expressed disappointment that Covington’s trial for the 2008 incident wasn’t postponed until the witness could be located and brought to court. “It’s a shame they couldn’t have postponed the trial until the witness was available, because there are still so many more unanswered questions in regard to Covington’s actions,” Nardello said. “If Covington keeps getting these slaps on the wrist, we may never really know the true extent of his involvement in either case.” Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney John W. Aitchison, who helped craft the plea bargain on June 22, said he had no control over Delaware County’s trial schedule. “It would have been preferable to have the Delaware County charges tried first,” Aitchison told PGN. “It’s always in the interest of judicial economy to have matters tried in the chronological order that they occur.” When asked about requesting a continuance, Aitchison said Furber made it clear at the June 22 proceeding that he expected the witness to appear by noon that day, if a trial were to take place. Aitchison said Covington PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS wasn’t charged with sexual assaulta because of a jointindecision built cult following Russia made by the District despite gaining just 1.9 Attorney’s percent of Office and the witness. the audience share in February. “During ourininvestigation, MTV Russia also we, along with thePark,” victim, shows “South but decided has yet it to receive from would notany be criticism fruitful to go the down Protestant that road,”group. he said. Aitchison also said he couldn’t introduce transcripts of the Trans meeting witness’ testimony about his alleged drugging and sex set for Berlin assault by Covington in lieu of the witness’ testimony It was actual announced Marchon 14June that 22. second meeting of the European the The transcripts Transgender Council were will bemade held when witness testified at this yearthe in Germany. The council, comprised Smithson’s trial, and Covington of Europe, the didn’tTransgender have the opportunity to Transgender Berlin that and confront his Network accuser during TransInterQueer Berlin,noted. will meet proceeding, Aitchison ■ May 2-4 in Berlin. Their last event was held Cwiek in Vienna 2005. Timothy caninbe reached at Representatives international (215) 625-8501 x.from 208. activist groups and experts such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are expected to attend

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THE RIGHT MIX: The Greater Philadelphia Professional Network honored Jeff Sotland (from left), Carrie Jacobs and John Cunningham for their commitment to the local LGBT community during its networking mixer June 17. GPPN president Thom Cardwell (far right) and host committee members Joshua Worner (back row, left) and Mike Foran gathered with the honorees following the “Pride in the Community Awards” ceremony, held at the Water Works Restaurant. GPPN presented Sotland with the “Volunteer Service” award; Jacobs the “Community Service from an Organization” award for her work on behalf of The Attic Youth Center; and Cunningham the “Philanthropy” award. Cardwell said the awards, which are given out twice a year, “encourage everything positive and empowering about our community” and thank those who make “outstanding contributions” to the city’s LGBT residents. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Radio show heats up local marriage debate By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Pennsylvania Sen. John Eichelberger (R30th Dist.), who announced last month that he intends to introduce an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, further extrapolated on his position on LGBT rights last week during a radio debate with Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17th Dist.), who recently introduced a bill to legalize samesex marriage in Pennsylvania. During a one-hour show June 19 on WHYY’s “Radio Times” with host Marty Moss-Coane, Leach asked Eichelberger if he felt government should adopt a policy of “punishment, to somehow prove [to the LGBT community] that they’ve done something wrong,” to which Eichelberger responded, “They’re not being punished. We’re allowing them to exist and do what every American can do. We’re just not rewarding them any special designation.” Eichelberger told PGN this week that he was referring to the fact that same-sex couples, not just individuals, are allowed under law to exist. “The question he was asking me was a question about our policies toward couples, not individuals or an entire class of people,” Eichelberger said. “What I was arguing was there is no penalty, these couples are not being punished, but they’re not going to be given any special designation.” Eichelberger said his comment was taken out of context in online circles, but that he’s

spoken with several lawmakers who asked for clarification and “were fine with it” after his explanation. Leach said that after hearing the remark, he tried to give Eichelberger the benefit of the doubt. “I try to see good in all people, and I’d like to think that, given more time, and when he wasn’t in the heat of battle, Sen. Eichelberger would have said something different,” Leach said. “But there were a number of things in the debate which were disturbing, and this was certainly one of them.” Eichelberger centered his argument during the debate on the idea that heterosexual marriage is the foundation of American society and should not be amended. “We have a proven model, which is the family of one man, one woman; this has been around for thousands of years, and there are tens of thousands of studies that show that this is the best model for a society to operate under,” he said. “There is no evidence to show that we should change that fundamental building block of society. Any time we tamper with this fundamental building block, such as by liberalizing divorce laws, statistics show that children are affected, society is affected. It devalues marriage.” Eichelberger said the institution of marriage is meant to “reward people for actions that reward our society.” “It’s proven that an action that rewards our society is traditional marriage. This

new concept that we can have homosexual couples marry, there are no facts that show it’s a benefit to our society,” Eichelberger said. “Why would we do something as irresponsible as rewarding people for a marriage that has no benefit to our society? They’re allowed to live in a relationship. There’s nothing that penalizes them for that. But they’re not going to be rewarded and sanctioned by our government, which is what we do with traditional married couples because they have a benefit to our society.” Leach contended, however, that the issue of marriage equality centers more on rights than rewards. “This is about basic civil rights. Everyone deserves to be treated equally, and that’s what we’re fighting for,” Leach said. “The current state of the law is discriminatory and denies same-sex couples the benefits, rights and responsibilities given to opposite-sex couples to encourage them to form stable, monogamous relationships, which we feel benefits not only the couples themselves but society as a whole.” Leach asked Eichelberger to name the studies he’s read that found that same-sex marriage has a negative impact on society, but Eichelberger said he would have to “get some.” Leach told PGN this week that he has not received any research from Eichelberger on the issue. See RADIO SHOW, Page 16

A local man was slashed June 14 in Washington Square Park by a homeless man who was wielding a pocketknife and yelled an antigay epithet. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the park at Sixth and Walnut streets. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Ray Evers said the complainant and the suspect were sitting on different park benches when the suspect, mumbling to himself, caught the victim’s eye. “The complainant looked in the offender’s direction, and the offender called the complainant a faggot,” Evers said. Evers said the victim looked down at his cell phone, and the suspect asked if he was calling the police and then approached him. “The offender came up to the complainant with a pocketknife in his hand, and the complainant started backing away from him and pushing him away from his personal space,” Evers said. “The complainant fell down during that incident and it seems the offender slashed or stabbed the complainant in his left shoulder.” Evers said the victim was taken to Jefferson University Hospital, where he received stitches and was released. Police arrested the suspect at the park: He was still in custody 10 days later.

Womyn honor struggles, triumphs To mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the progress of female-identified LBT individuals, local groups will host “A Womyn’s Day of Pride in Struggle,” noon-6 p.m. June 27 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The event is being organized by The Womyn’s Village, International Women’s Day Philadelphia Coalition and the center as a way to reflect on the role women have played in the LGBT-rights movement and to empower local women to continue that fight. The tribute will feature vendors, artisans, entertainment, food and myriad networking and grassroots-organizing opportunities. “This event is a unique opportunity for womyn from all industries and economic, social, ethnic or race backgrounds to share their contributions,” said Soda Nobuhle, president and founder and The Womyn’s Village. For more information, contact Arleen See NEWS BRIEFING, Page 15

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A FESTIVE OCCASION: Philadelphia Cinema Alliance director of production Claire Brown Kohler (from left), artistic director Ray Murray, programmer Kelly Burkhardt, managing director Mark James Wawrzynski and programmer Robert O’Neill were among the attendees at the June 18 launch party for Philadelphia QFest at Calderwood Gallery. QFest, organized by PCA, is the newly named LGBT film festival, which will run in theaters throughout the city July 9-20. Photo: Karen Cornell

LGBT violence increases nationally, decreases in PA By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer While the number of crimes motivated by LGBT bias in the country rose last year and the number of anti-LGBT murders hit an alltime high, violence against LGBT people in Pennsylvania appears to have signiﬁcantly decreased. The new statistics released last week were part of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs’ 2008 Violence Report, which analyzed data from 13 LGBT service organizations throughout the country, including Equality Advocates Pennsylvania. The total number of anti-LGBT victims in the nation jumped from 2,359 in 2007 to 2,424 in 2008, accounting for about a 2percent increase. In Pennsylvania, however, the number of such victims dropped from 46 in 2007 to 36 the following year, an approximate 22-percent decrease. Amara Chaudhry, legal director of Equality Advocates, cautioned that the numbers could represent an “artiﬁcial decrease.” Chaudhry noted that Equality Advocates undertook efforts last year to raise awareness among domestic-violence and victimsservices organizations about how to handle complaints of LGBT violence. Chaudhry said Equality Advocates reported to NCAVP the calls it received from victims and service organizations, which she said may be on the decline because of this increased awareness and their improved ability to handle such issues. “In 2008, our organization engaged in substantial outreach efforts to victims’

services agencies,” Chaudhry said. “It is possible that these agencies began referring fewer cases to our organization as a result of our outreach efforts.” Pennsylvania was among six regions that reported a decrease in the number of victims, but several other locales, particularly those in the Midwest, reported a sharp upswing in the number of victims, such as Milwaukee reporting a 64-percent increase; Minnesota a 48-percent increase; and Chicago a 42percent increase. The number of bias-motivated incidents in Pennsylvania also decreased from 112 to 55 over this period, and the number of offenders dropped from 156 to 36. Pennsylvania reported one LGBT biasrelated murder in 2007 and none last year. Throughout the country, however, there were 29 reported murders motivated by the victim’s perceived sexual orientation — a 27-percent increase over the previous year. The 2008 number is the same as in 1999, the year Matthew Shepard was killed, and the highest number of murders the NCAVP has ever seen. While the number of national incidents decreased slightly, from 1,688 to 1,677, the number of offenders also increased, from 2,430 to 2,575. There was a 29-percent jump in the number of female offenders nationwide, but male offenders still accounted for about 75 percent of that population. Approximately 39 percent of offenders were white and 37 percent were black, with the majority between the ages of 19-29. Nearly 80 percent of the total number of victims identiﬁed as either gay or lesbian, and about 56 percent of victims identiﬁed as

male, while 29 percent identified as female, which represented a 6-percent increase since 2007. Similarly in Pennsylvania, the majority of the victims identified as male, although the number of female victims decreased by 50 percent from the previous year. While nationwide the number of victims ages 15-18 increased nearly 118 percent, that number actually fell 50 percent in Pennsylvania; the majority of local victims were between ages 40-49. While the highest reported type of violence was harassment both nationwide and in Pennsylvania, the number of sex assaults in the nation increased 48 percent, continuing a three-year trend. There were no anti-LGBT-motivated sex assaults reported in Pennsylvania. About 28 percent of the incidents were reported to police, but physical abuse from police officers nationwide increased 150 percent from 2007-08. In Pennsylvania, law-enforcement officials made up the second-highest classification of offenders. Chaudhry said that while the Philadelphia Police Department “has been working hard to be more sensitive to LGBT clients and to LGBT issues,” the agency has still received a high number of complaints — particularly from prisoners — of anti-LGBT bias at the hands of police officers. Chaudhry said Equality Advocates plans to work with the Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee, as well as the district attorney’s office, to continue to heighten awareness about anti-LGBT violence, and will also reach out to LGBT organizations See VIOLENCE, Page 16

The San Francisco Chronicle reports gay couples traveling overseas can now show passports with their married names, letting them take advantage of a revision to Department of State regulations. The notice of the change says the department is not recognizing the validity of same-sex marriages and civil unions but is complying with a February 2008 regulatory change. The name-change revision took effect May 27 and allows same-sex couples to obtain passports under the names recognized by their state through their marriages or civil unions. Groups opposed to gay marriage criticized the provision, saying it erodes the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Maine marriage foes hire Prop. 8 firm 365gay.com reports same-sex marriage foes in Maine have hired the publicrelations ﬁrm that led the successful Proposition 8 proposal to overturn samesex marriage in California. Schubert Flint Public Affairs will provide guidance to the campaign to repeal Maine’s gay-marriage law. Meanwhile, Maine Freedom to Marry has hired Jesse Connolly, who led 2005’s successful campaign to keep the state’s gay-rights law. Maine was the ﬁfth state to approve gay marriages when Gov. John Baldacci signed the legislation on May 6.

Pa. Lutherans reject gay ordination The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Lutherans in southwestern Pennsylvania are calling on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America not to allow individual congregations to ordain ministers in samesex relationships. The ordination recommendations were included in a proposed social statement drawn up over a period of years. The 430 clergy members who voted June 19 represent 201 congregations of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. They overwhelmingly approved the call to reject the proposed changes. Opponents argued that such a practice would violate biblical teaching and church tradition and lead to more division if clergy members accepted in one congregation or synod could not serve in another. ■ — Larry Nichols

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PRIESTS From Page 1 the nephew of the late Cardinal John O’Connor of New York. Green claims that during these tutoring sessions, McDevitt began kissing and groping him, eventually engaging in oral sex and anal penetration. Green left the school after his freshman year, stating in the suit that he could not take the abuse any longer. Prior to Father Judge, McDevitt also taught at Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Del., from 1967-68 and 1982-89 and at his alma mater, Northeast Catholic High School, from 1968-80. The suit alleges that both the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of Wilmington, both named as defendants, “were well aware that Father McDevitt took an unusual interest and spent an inordinate amount of time with minor students.” Other defendants include McDevitt’s order, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales; and Father Judge and Salesianum high schools. Archdiocese spokesperson Donna Farrell said Green contacted the archdiocese in March and they then reported the allegations to the district attorney’s ofﬁce. McDevitt died of liver cancer in 1999. Green ﬁled the suit one month prior to the expiration of Delaware’s Child Victim Act, which lifted the state’s statute of limitations on child sex-abuse crimes for two years. Last week, a former Salesianum

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of who we are and who we love. Congress must pass the Employment Nondiscrimination Act and ensure that all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity, get a fair chance to succeed at work.” HRC estimates 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, and about a third also cover gender identity. About 12 states and 100 municipalities in the nation also extend such protections to LGBT employees. “Our nation’s core principles, as well as an overwhelming majority of the American people, support full and equal rights for all our citizens, including those who are lesbian and gay,” Fattah said. “For far too long the law and administrative practice have discriminated against LGBT Americans, and it is way past the time to end this discrimination.”

Jake Kaskey, policy and outreach director at Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, said ENDA is a necessary step to protect employees in states that do not prohibit LGBT employment discrimination, such as Pennsylvania. “For years, activists have worked at the state and federal level to educate our lawmakers on the urgent need to protect all of our citizens from discrimination,” Kaskey said. “This vital piece of legislation will ensure that all employees have access to a fair and equitable workplace.” A bill now in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, HB 300, seeks to include sexual orientation and gender identity as classes protected from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. ■

student also filed suit in Delaware, this one accusing the Rev. Gerald Dunne, an Oblate and former teacher at the school, of sexual abuse 30 years ago. Dunne also taught at Northeast Catholic from 1987-94 and has been a staff member at Father Judge since 1994. He also has represented Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in the Northeast for several years. Although Dunne denies the accusations, the archdiocese placed him on administrative leave pending an investigation. Parishioners at the church were informed of Dunne’s removal during last weekend’s services, and representatives of the Archdiocesan Victim Assistance Program were on hand to answer questions. Earlier this month, a former archdiocesan altar boy filed a suit in Asheville, N.C., charging that two Catholic priests sexually abused him in the 1970s and that former Philadelphia Cardinal Krol knew of the abuse. Defendants in the case are the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., and retired Father John McCole of Philadelphia. Steven B. Souder, 47, formerly of Philadelphia, alleges that McCole, the late Father Justin Pechulis of Asheville and an unidentified man sexually abused him when he was a student at Roman Catholic High School and serving as an altar boy for Krol. Souder claims that McCole abused him on “multiple occasions” and, during a summer

trip to the rectory of the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, introduced him to Pechulis. Souder alleges that McCole and Pechulis forced him to engage in group oral sex with them, while the unidentiﬁed man masturbated in the room. The complaint alleges that Souder informed Krol of the abuse, but that the cardinal, who died in 1996, told him he “was not being touched inappropriately” and “that’s just how men behave with each other.” In an interview with the Daily News earlier this month, McCole said he knew Souder, but denied the charges and said he had no recollection of the trip to North Carolina. McCole said Souder had accused him of sexual abuse in the past, but the “diocese investigated it and said it was baseless.” Farrell told PGN she could not comment on the case. Souder’s attorney, Jay Abramowitch, told the Daily News that Souder contacted him with the allegations in 2007 and that his client had not pursued the case earlier because he had repressed the memories of the abuse. Although the alleged abuse occurred more than 30 years ago, North Carolina law allows victims to circumvent statutes of limitations if they submit documentation from a psychiatrist that the memories were indeed repressed. Pennsylvania does not have such a law. Abramowitch did not respond to a call for comment. ■

Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2009

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2010 Census to include same-sex marriages By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The 2010 Census will include statistics about same-sex married couples, following a directive by President Obama last week. LGBT leaders had been calling on the Obama administration for the past several months to reverse the policy of non-inclusion put forth by the Bush administration. Last summer, then-president George Bush announced that same-sex couples who’d gotten married in either of the two states where such unions were then legal — Massachusetts and California — would not be counted as married in the census, contending that the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal ban on same-sex marriage, precluded such an action. The administration pledged that same-sex couples who reported having a “wife” or “husband” would have that answer altered to reﬂect the third relational option, “unmarried partner.” The issue did not arise in the last census, conducted in 2000, as same-sex marriage was not legal anywhere in the country at that time. Since then, however, six states have adopted

marriage equality: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, although weddings have not yet begun in the last three. Same-sex marriages were legal in California for ﬁve months last year, until the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure that banned such unions in the state. Steve Jost, spokesperson for the Census Bureau, said the inclusion of same-sex couples will not necessitate any changes to census forms and will allow the country to “have a good data set on which to discuss this phenomenon that is evolving in this country.” Jost noted that the new policy will enable the 2010 Census to provide a more accurate picture of the makeup of the country. “This is about folks’ identity,” he said. “We are experienced in dealing with changing social phenomena and how to measure and report it, and we want to get it right.” Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called Obama’s directive a “huge win for our community.” “Our community and allies stood up and refused to allow same-sex marriages, our families

and our children to be rendered invisible in the picture of our country provided through the census,” Carey said. Carey noted that while the census is “on its face, about numbers,” it also tells “the story of our country,” which LGBT couples and families are a part of. In April, more than 50 bipartisan U.S. representatives issued a letter to the Ofﬁce of Management and Budget, urging the agency to press for the inclusion of samesex married couples in next year’s census. Last week’s census announcement was not the only recent victory for same-sex couples. On June 15, the Department of Justice notiﬁed Bostonbased group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, which is spearheading a lawsuit against DOMA, that a recent Department of State policy change allows for same-sex married couples to use their married last names on their passports. The State Department previously did not allow this practice, again citing DOMA. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

Bill will expand LGBT health services By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Openly lesbian U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) is spearheading the ﬁrst piece of federal legislation that promotes a comprehensive approach to improving the health of LGBT individuals. Baldwin introduced The Ending Health Disparities for LGBT Americans Act Tuesday, which proposes numerous initiatives to curb inequality and discrimination LGBT individuals face in attaining proper healthcare. “Our current healthcare system fails LGBT Americans on many levels,” Baldwin said. The bill would, among many other stipulations, allow for data collection on the health of LGBT Americans, the current lack of which Baldwin said impairs the

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government’s ability to provide effective health outreach to this community. “Although we have ample anecdotal evidence of these disparities, the federal government lacks even the most basic data on sexual orientation and gender identity and health,” she said. “This bill invests in research and takes critical steps toward improving the health of LGBT Americans and their families.” Beyond the research component, Baldwin’s bill would also institute a policy of nondiscrimination for all federal health programs, provide funding for culturalcompetence training sessions for healthcare providers and allocate funding for health clinics that serve LGBT communities. The legislation would also expand current Medicare provisions to allow for the

extension of benefits to samesex domestic partners of those covered under this insurance. Additionally, the bill would create an Office of LGBT Health within the Department of Health and Human Services to specifically address health concerns related to the LGBT community. The bill, which Baldwin spent more than a year crafting, currently has four cosponsors: Rep. Harry Waxman (D-Calif.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.). Numerous LGBT and mainstream organizations have expressed their support for the legislation, including the Human Rights Campaign, the National Coalition for LGBT Health, AIDS Action, and the American Psychological Association. ■

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Editorial ‘Allowing’ gay couples Last week, two state senators faced off on a local radio show, debating the merits of same-sex marriage. On the pro side was Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17th Dist.); on the con, Sen. John Eichelberger (R-30th Dist.). Earlier this month, Leach introduced a bill to provide same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania; last month, Eichelberger announced he would introduce a bill to amend the state constitution to limit marriage in Pennsylvania to one man and one woman. Pennsylvania already has a law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. The dialogue between the senators was telling and ignited a firestorm from gay-rights activists. One specific comment many took umbrage with was Eichelberger’s statement, “We’re allowing them to exist.” This week, he clarified his statement to PGN, saying he was referring to allowing gay couples to exist under the law. That is to say, same-sex relationships are no longer outlawed. How very enlightened of him. Eichelberger also stated opposite-sex marriage is meant to “reward people for actions that reward our society” and that marriage is “devalued” when society tampers with the institution. Exactly how or why that might happen was not discussed. Eichelberger also stated that same-sex couples aren’t being punished for being in same-sex relationships. Except, they are. Regardless of one’s opinion on the institution of marriage, it still affords participants certain benefits. If it didn’t, no one would get married, tradition or otherwise. Marriage, which began as a financial arrangement so that men could have exclusive sexual access to women and pass property to their offspring, has evolved into a symbolic rite with myriad privileges. Among the benefits are tax breaks, power of attorney, hospital-visitation rights, lower insurance costs and inheritance benefits. For many of these benefits, not being able to marry one’s partner equates to a financial cost — specifically, higher taxes. While higher taxes are not technically a “punishment” in the legal sense of the word, they do mean that gays and lesbians are not treated equally under the law. Which brings us to Leach’s argument in the debate: that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is discriminatory and denies them the benefits, rights and responsibilities given to opposite-sex couples. Though LGBT activists are divided on whether now is the right time to push for marriage — employment nondiscrimination laws would have a more far-reaching effect — it’s good to see that the discussion has progressed, and LGBT allies are pushing the issue. ■

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Other Views Les Robinson When the circus came to town Fred Phelps came to town and I missed him. I could just spit. To be precise, the Rev. Fred didn’t actually come here to Seattle. His minions did. Members of his Westboro Baptist Church, located in Topeka, Kan., journeyed to Seattle to stage protests around the city that featured their usual appalling signs, like “God Hates Fags” and “The Jews Killed Jesus.” Even without the ringmaster, the colorful circus carried on. And I, a devotee of such gay-hating performances, missed it even though it was on my doorstep. I feel like the elephant pooped on my foot. I was so absorbed in something else, you see. Along with other folks from my Unitarian Universalist church, I had the task of organizing a breakfast and welcoming service for the church’s new members. I’d been so busy with that and regular work that I hadn’t even heard the circus was coming to town. Next time I expect Fred to alert me with a personal phone call. Since I write humor about gay matters, and he’s a clown on gay matters, I’d call it a professional courtesy. On the Sunday morning of the church breakfast, I became a ﬁend with a clipboard. I grabbed every new Unitarian, instructed them to

sign the membership book, directed them to have their picture taken and generally administrated the hell out of the process. One ear caught something about protesters, but the other ear was involved in a harried dialogue about how we were running low on breakfast seating and could we politely blast those who had ﬁnished eating out of their chairs? It was my partner, joining the church that morning, who jolted me out of administrative overdrive by telling me the Phelpsians were outside. “You’re kidding. Here? Now? I’ve never seen them in the ﬂesh. I can’t leave. Argh!” She went outside for a look, as did the two ministers and some other members. She reported back to me that Fred’s performing seals, stationed across the street, were actually protesting the synagogue next door, not us. Well, why not? We’re worth protesting! This church is gaypositive! Hell, there’s an out lesbian whipping the new members into shape! Those idiots are missing a beat here! I spotted one of the straight women also in charge of the morning’s happy church events. She was in tears. I thought we’d run out of French toast. In fact, she’d taken a trip outside and

was undone by “God Hates Fags” and the other messages of hate. I put my arm around her and said, “I’m a big old lesbian and they’re not going to get to me. Think about something else. Like restocking the muffins.” At last I felt I could sneak away and get a good look at the group I’ve been reading and writing about for years. “They’re gone,” someone told me. I’m enormously fearful I missed my only chance. Fred Phelps is 79. When the ringmaster/clown dies, will the circus go on? Or will those horrible signs wind up on eBay? As it turned out, the circus stayed longer in Seattle. The next morning seven protesters, all related to Phelps, staged a demonstration outside a high school. They faced off against what the Seattle Times called “a boisterous counterprotest by hundreds” of students and others. In a Times picture, one of the highschool students holds out a flower to a protester. That student had in fact joined my Unitarian church the day before. There he was, fighting ugliness with beauty. I’ll feed that kid breakfast any time. ■ Leslie Robinson wonders if groups have ever protested outside Fred’s church. E-mail Leslie at LesRobinsn@aol.com.

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JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2009

Op-Ed Let’s end SEPTA’s gender-identity discrimination By The LGBT People of Color Coalition Some of you may have heard about the discriminatory policies employed by SEPTA when it comes to the use of gender markers on some of SEPTA’s transit passes. The gender markers, in SEPTA’s eyes, are used to keep passengers from giving the passes to someone of the opposite gender to use, which they feel will somehow be so prevalent they would lose a substantial amount of money to deviants who want to get over on the system. The issue with the gender markers — and why the LGBT community and our allies should ﬁght for the removal of these gender markers — is severalfold. First, there have been one too many instances of gender non-conforming or transgender passengers who have been denied the use of their SEPTA passes by drivers because the driver perceives their gender to be opposite what is on the gender marker. For example, a male-to-female transgender can be denied the use of her legally obtained transit pass at a driver’s discretion. She may be forced to make the decision to either pay an extra fare or exit the bus or train. There is currently a court case against SEPTA because of this very issue. Many of us know that SEPTA has one of the most expensive transportation rates in the country and in this time of economic hardship, having to pay an extra $2 (multiplied by however many times you use

SEPTA in a week) on top of the pass you already purchased, is not only an economic hardship but an insult. It should also be noted that someone at SEPTA sold this person the transit pass, but now another worker in the system is denying them the use of it. Another issue is one of human dignity. Let’s consider how one must feel: If I am a transgender woman who purchased my transit pass with a female gender marker on it with my own hardearned money, how would I feel to be denied the use of my pass because the driver isn’t respecting my gender identity? Furthermore, how humiliating it is to have everyone in earshot hear the driver tell you the reason you can’t use the pass. I think anyone would feel denigrated by an experience such as this. In addition to the human denigration is the possibility of inciting increased hate crimes against an already-marginalized and silenced community. When one weighs the costs (emotional and ﬁnancial) against the beneﬁts of removing the gender markers, it seems evident that removing the gender markers from transit passes is the best decision. SEPTA will not lose any substantial amount of money by removing these stickers. If you think about it, if I have a samegender friend, we could share the use of a transit pass. This may be happening on a marginal level, but certainly not to the degree that it has caused SEPTA major economic hardship. Furthermore, once a transit pass is used, there is a certain amount of time that

must elapse before it can be used again, so they already have some checks and balances in place to minimize scamming. Why should you be concerned as an LGBT person or an ally? It’s simple: We need to protect all of our rights and eliminate discrimination in public services. On any given day, a passenger’s gender could be misperceived by a SEPTA employee, leading to discrimination. Lastly, we should not and cannot turn our backs on our transgender and non-gender-conforming brothers and sisters on this issue. In this month of June, 40 years ago, it was transgender and non-genderconforming persons who fought for the freedoms in the Stonewall Riots that we beneﬁt from today with our gay-pride celebrations and certain civil rights we have been able to accumulate over the years. What can you do? On June 30, at 5:45 p.m., there will be a public SEPTA Citizens Advisory Committee meeting at 1234 Market St., seventh ﬂoor, room 718. Please come out and show your support for the removal of the gender markers from SETPA’s transit passes, and be part of eliminating one more discriminatory policy in public accommodations. ■ The People of Color Coalition is comprised of organizations representing black, Latino and Asian persons across the LGBT spectrum, including gender identity and gender expression. For more information about the coalition, email LGBTpocc@gmail.com.

Letters and Feedback States’ rights regression Since the Obama administration and the federal government continue to support and uphold the discriminatory Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which narrowly deﬁnes marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws, and provides

that states need not recognize a marriage from another state if it is between persons of the same sex, then perhaps it is time that all states refuse to honor any marriages performed outside of their own jurisdiction. That is, why should Massachusetts honor all marriages performed in Florida when Florida refuses to honor all marriages performed in the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts? Perhaps married couples who choose to relocate to another state should simply apply for and purchase another marriage license. Reciprocity is not a one-way street, even though many people in our nation would like it to be. Indeed, let every state in the union discriminate equally! Bryan D. Freehling Lahaska

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Street Talk Has Obama followed through on his LGBT promises?

Becca Holloway student Wilmington, Del.

Alexandra Lizzi student Wynnewood

“No, he’s not doing as much as he should. LGBT issues are a hot potato for him, and he’s waiting for it to cool down. But he should face it now. He seems more worried about securing his reelection rather than doing the right thing.”

“Yes, but he could be getting a lot more accomplished. I think he has good intentions. He’s sincere and wellmeaning. I’m confident that Obama will make every effort to fulfill his LGBT agenda, in time.”

Tiffany Mackintosh student Bridgeport, Conn.

Zoe Wright student Wilmington, Del.

“No. He’s all talk and no action. A lot of things he’s said he would do, he hasn’t done yet. As far as I’m concerned, he hasn’t even gotten out of the starting gate. He’s trying to be liked too much instead of doing what he’s supposed to do.”

“No, he’s not following through with his LGBT pledges. He’s avoiding them by hiding behind the recession and other things. LGBT people don’t seem to be a priority for him. But they should be. He should be giving their issues more attention.”

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Work It Out

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2009

Jared Carter

Are you a skinny-fat person? Have you spent countless hours on treadmills and stair climbers, but feel like you have to do even more? Does your exercise program consist only of aerobics classes? Does the scale say that you weigh the right amount, but you get nervous about putting on a swimsuit? If you answered, “yes” to the above questions, then you might be a skinny-fat person. Many people in America are both skinny and fat. A skinnyfat person is simply a person who does not weigh much, but has a high percentage of body fat. They usually look perfectly normal in clothes, but they do

not appear lean and toned in a swimsuit. This oxymoronic condition comes from our obsession with weight. Through diets and improper exercise regimens, some people have managed to make themselves fatter as they have lost weight. The worst part is that they don’t even know it. How is this possible? Most weight loss plans only focus on losing weight and do not care where it comes from. This ultimately results in losing muscle, which will cause a person’s percentage of body fat to increase. Americans love to diet as a primary way of losing weight — so much so that they rarely ask if it is the best way to achieve their goals. The concept behind dieting is fairly simple: Eat fewer calories than you burn. This will result in weight loss, but it is only temporary and usually not maintainable.

The problem with losing weight through diet alone is that the body adapts very quickly. When we deprive our bodies of calories and create a caloric deﬁcit, our bodies try to correct the situation, slowing down metabolism by shedding lean muscle. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue, and our metabolism is directly linked to how much we have. After our bodies get rid of enough muscle to balance the calories that we are taking in, weight loss will stop. This is classically referred to as “the plateau,” and it’s frustrating to the person dieting. This will ultimately result in even more severe dieting and muscle loss. By the time you reach your goal weight, your metabolism will be signiﬁcantly less than when you started the diet, and you will actually have a higher percentage of body fat due to the lack of muscle.

Those who try to lose weight through aerobic exercise will suffer a similar fate. Aerobic exercise is vital to cardiovascular health, yet it is not the way to achieve that lean, toned look so many people strive for. In fact, excessive aerobic exercise will break down muscle tissue, creating the same problem as diets. So how do you avoid becoming a skinny-fat person? Don’t try to lose weight — try to lose fat. Instead of trying a crash diet that will leave you fatter than before, try to eat small meals at frequent intervals. Most experts recommend ﬁve to six meals per day. Exercise is a vital component to reducing body fat, but must have a concern for muscle. If all you do now is use the treadmill or go to an aerobics class, book a session with a personal trainer and learn how to use some of the resistance-

training equipment. Resistance training must be incorporated into your exercise program to some degree. This will allow you to increase your muscle mass and speed up your metabolism, rather than slowing it down. Remember, muscle tone has nothing to do with weight and everything to do with body fat. So stop worrying about what your scale says and measure progress by how you look in the mirror. Many people will see great results and will not lose nearly as much weight as they did on a diet that left them frustrated. ■

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and Rubini said he chose Grant’s program because “we don’t have to enlighten the enlightened.”

Police in New Orleans arrested the Rev. Leo McKenzie, thencommunications director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, June 9 on solicitation charges. A plainclothes ofﬁcer alleged that McKenzie propositioned him for oral sex in the Decatur News bookstore, a predominantly LGBT locale, as several ofﬁcers were conducting surveillance as part of a campaign to shut down shops that sell pornographic materials within 2,000 feet of a church or school. Then-Archbishop John Krol said he was “shocked and grieved” to learn of his staffer’s arrest but that he would not “condemn him.” McKenzie was well known among the local LGBT community for his outspoken opposition to the advancement of LGBT-rights issues. A judge later sentenced McKenzie to a six- to 12-month counseling program in lieu of prison time.

Bob Grant, a talk-show host at radio station WWDB-FM 96.5, came under fire from the local LGBT community after he ejected an openly gay university professor from his studio. Dennis Rubini, a history teacher at Temple University, had been scheduled for an hour-anda-half appearance on Grant’s June 25 program, but Grant ended the interview just five minutes into the show. Grant allegedly called Rubini a “skunk” during the opening of the show, prompting Rubini to fire back, calling Grant “Hitlerian.” Rubini later said that his comment was motivated by one of Grant’s shows in April, during which the host told two members of the Gay Media Association that homosexuality is a “perversion” and an “aberration.” Rubini said a WWDB booking agent contacted him to set up the appearance and gave him the option of going on Grant’s show or on a program that was run by a longtime LGBT ally,

Philly celebrates Stonewall milestone About 500 LGBT and ally individuals came out to JFK Plaza June 16 for the “Stonewall to San Francisco” rally, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Karla Jay and Allen Young, co-authors of “Gay Report,” energized the crowd, and Jay outlined her “10-year plan for 1980,” which laid out her goals of curbing LGBT discrimination. “We must create a world where straights can’t do a damn thing if they don’t like us, a world where gay power is not a slogan, but a reality in the 1980s,” Jay said. Participants raised money for the March on Washington planned for the fall of 1979, and also held a candlelight vigil in honor of slain San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk and former PGN staffer Jan Sergienko. ■ — Jen Colletta

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Obituaries David Hellmann, 60, church volunteer David Hellmann, a longtime supporter of St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, died June 15. He was 60. Hellman attended Upper Moreland High School, where he graduated in 1966, and earned his bachelor’s degree in business education from Shippensburg University 1970. Hellmann, who was openly gay, retired as a manager and special assistant to the chairman of DuPont several years ago, but his niece, Kristy Kronauge, said her uncle spent about 25 years there. Outside of work, Hellmann was an active volunteer at St. Luke’s, serving as both a vestry and rector’s warden. Hellmann also had a passion for animals and spent the last ﬁve years donating his time to the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society. Kronauge said cats were always Hellmann’s favorite and, at the time of his death, he had welcomed two into his own home on John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Kronauge said her uncle enjoyed traveling, was an avid reader and loved to entertain. She commended his dependability and said he approached any situation with care, love and foresight. Hellmann was preceded in death by his father, Carl, and is survived by his mother, Anna

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of Philadelphia; brother C. Eric Hellmann and his wife Nancy of Freemont, Ohio; Kronauge of Dublin, Ohio; niece Karin Quinn of Abington; nephew Kurt Hellmann of Nunnelly, Tenn.; great-niece Kaitlin Quinn of Abington; and great-niece and -nephew Loren and Kole Hellmann of Nunnelly. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. July 4 at St. Luke’s, 330 S. 13th St., where Hellmann’s ashes will remain. Memorial contributions can be made in Hellmann’s name to the church. ■ — Jen Colletta

Paul J. Scaer, 63, librarian Paul J. Scaer, an openly gay librarian, educator and musician, died on June 16 after a battle with cancer. He was 63, and lived in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. Scaer grew up in Van Wert, Ohio, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University in Indiana. After graduating from Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, he served as pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., and later at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. In 1986, he earned a master’s degree in library science from Drexel University. From September 1987 to October 1988, Scaer worked as a children’s librarian at the Falls of Schuylkill

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branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. “Paul was a respected and valued member of our staff,” said Donald C. Root, a spokesperson for the Free Library of Philadelphia. Scaer also served as a librarian at Chestnut Hill Academy. For 17 years, Scaer was a librarian at Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, a public school in the city’s Spring Garden section. In 2006, Scaer went to work as a librarian at the new Science Leadership Academy. There he also taught a music-theory class and created a music program. He had been on medical leave from the school since February 2008 due to his cancer diagnosis, said Christopher D. Lehmann, principal of the academy. “Paul was a truly good human being,” Lehmann said. “He was a kind, thoughtful person with a unique perspective whom I enjoyed talking to every day.” Lehmann said Scaer was instrumental in forming the school’s gay-straight alliance in 2006. He also said the school’s library has been named the Scaer Library, in his honor.

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The Harrisons denied all charges, claiming the couple had made them remove their basketball hoop, trampoline, glass sound barrier and other furniture from the front veranda. Justice Doug Halfyard said that although these constituted “rational reasons” for the family to resent Boggs and Hart, the Harrisons had still behaved in “malicious and intolerable” ways and would have to pay $7,500 to each man in damages. During the six-day trial, Hart claimed Mrs. Harrison told him: “You two have ruined this place. It is disgusting. And so are you. I have so much on you. You are going to be very sorry.” However, Boggs and Hart were told they would not receive greater damages because, “to a limited extent,” they had provoked the Harrisons.

Pastor: Gays an ‘abomination’ The pastor of a Northern Ireland church has attacked homosexuality, saying it is associated with shortened lifespans and mentalhealth problems and that people should change themselves. In language strikingly similar to that used by homophobic Northern Ireland MP Iris Robinson last year, Pastor Mark Bradﬁeld, of Bethel Baptist Church, also said being gay was “an abomination” and against God’s will. Bradﬁeld’s tirade was published in a letter to the Derry Journal. He was responding to an article published in the newspaper earlier this month, in which the local Rainbow Project welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama’s

United Methodist Church, Broad and Arch streets; call Zak, (215) 848-4380, or Paul, (215) 307-0347. � The Men’s Peer Support Group 26 - JULY 2, 2009 will meet JUNE for topical discussion at 7 p.m. at The Pride Center of New Jersey. � Rainbow Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics Anonymous will hold a 12-step went backat to7 Brown’s after meeting p.m. at house Limestone meeting in a bar Church, in the Onehunga Presbyterian 3201 Limestone Wilmington, Del.; district Road, of Auckland. The (302) 456-9129. appeared to be misunderstanding � The Humboldt Society, a gay that and Brown’s incorrect assumption lesbian Ambachnaturalist was gay. club, will meet at According 7:30 p.m. at the Way to William Williams, Community Center.the police after neighbors called � Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, hearing violent disturbances in aBrown’s 12-step program, will meet residence. Whenat 7:30 the p.m. at arrived, All Saints Church, Olive police they found18Brown Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; (302) severely injured and bleeding 542-3279. profusely, while Ambach, who � The Women’s Peer Support Group was swearing loudly in Hungarian, will meet at 7:30 p.m. at The Pride threw furniture, including a double Center of New Jersey. bed, through an upstairs window. � The Bisexual/Gay/Lesbian Ambach’s lawyer, Peter Kaye, Alliance at Rutgers University will said the juryp.m. must the meet at 9:30 in consider Murray Hall, possibility that the Hungarian man Room 211, 13 George St., New suffered a “sudden and932-1306. temporary � Brunswick, N.J.; (732)

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simply.” He ended his letter with an apparent comparison of the gay movement to Nazism, stating: “Hitler said that the lies most easily believed were the biggest, loudest and most repeated.” Earlier this year, police said Robinson would not be prosecuted over remarks she had made about gays. Last summer, she said: “I cannot think of anything more sickening than a child being abused. It is comparable to the act of homosexuality. I think they are all comparable. I feel totally repulsed by both.” Shortly after her outburst, Robinson’s son Gareth was photographed kissing a man and sitting on his knee at a Belfast party.

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Gay man murdered with banjo The trial of a Hungarian tourist who allegedly killed a 69-year-old gay man with a banjo began June 22 in the Auckland High Court in New Zealand. The man on trial, Ferdinand Ambach, is accused of beating Ronald James Brown around the head with a banjo before shoving the instrument’s neck repeatedly down his throat. Brown died in hospital three days after the attack in December 2007 when his life-support machine was turned off. Ambach has denied the charges and claims to only remember parts of what happened that night. The prosecutor for the case, Nick Williams, told the jury that a “misunderstanding” had erupted between the two men, when they

loss of self-control,” which would make the case one of manslaughter rather than murder.

Indian city plans first gay parade The city of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, is set to hold its ﬁrst Rainbow Parade on June 28. The event aims to raise awareness of the challenges facing the state’s LGBT population. “We would like to look at discrimination of homosexuals by families and society. But most importantly, we would try to bring the role of medical practitioners — primarily mental-health professionals who try to ‘cure’ patients of their sexual orientation,” said Dr. L. Ramakrishnan, director of Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India. According to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” a gay man can be given life imprisonment for having consensual sex with another man. Although this law is very seldom enforced, it makes any sort of support or safe-sex program extremely difﬁcult to carry out. The criminalization of homosexuality, and the homophobic attitudes held by many across the country, have also led many psychiatrists to prescribe antidepressants and even electroshock therapy as “cures” for gay people. Although India still has a very conservative attitude regarding gay rights, there is a long history of trans and eunuch communities. Trans performers often dance at weddings and trans people in

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Tamil Nadu are given ration cards and have a welfare board. “There is a cultural acceptance of transgenders,” said Kalki, a trans activist. “Ours is an issue of gender identity, so the government and media have had a soft spot for us. But homosexuality and bisexuality are related to sexual orientation and society is not as accepting of that. Most transgenders do not identify with the concept of a Pride, as most are uneducated and not too Westernized, unlike the LGB individuals. But this is an opportunity to support them because their state is quite backward in many ways.”

China preps sexchange guidelines China’s ﬁrst medical guidelines on sex-change surgery could require patients to gain police approval before the procedure,

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LGBT camp to host BBQ Mountain Meadow, a local camp for children with LGBT parents, will host an open-house barbeque at 2 p.m. June 28 in Cheltenham. Mountain Meadow staff will be on hand to discuss the organization’s upcoming summer camp in August, as well as other events the group hosts year-round, while parents and kids new to the organization can get to know other LGBT-headed families. The site is accessible by public transportation. For more information about the location or carpool availability, call (215) 772-1107.

Mazzoni moves, temporarily LGBT health clinic the Mazzoni Center will move its headquarters from 1201 Chestnut St. to a temporary office on the eighth floor of the Stephen Girard Building, 21 S. 12th St. The move is expected to last for about a year as the Chestnut Street building undergoes renovations. The new office will house Mazzoni’s open-door counseling program, AIDS case management, food bank, smoking-cessation program and comprehensive risk

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according to the Health Ministry’s Web site. The proposed guidelines, posted June 16, said candidates for surgery must show an agreement from police to change their sex on their identiﬁcation cards once the procedure is complete. The ministry posted the draft guidelines to invite public and professional opinions before July 10. China has no laws against sexchange surgery, and the ministry says the guidelines are necessary to regulate the procedure. One bioethicist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences criticized the proposed requirements of police agreement and requiring patients to live openly in their desired gender for at least two years before surgery. “As long as a person meets the physical and mental requirements, she or he should be granted the permit to have the surgery. The police should change the sex of

the receiver on the identity card accordingly,” Qiu Renzhong said. Although attitudes about sex in China have become increasingly relaxed, especially in big cities, the country remains a conservative society where sexual identity issues are not freely discussed. Experts estimate that nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery, while 100,000 to 400,000 people are “considering it.” No ofﬁcial statistics on transsexuals in China are available.

counseling service. The clinic’s administrative ofﬁces, as well as rapid HIV testing and STDscreening services, will be located on the 12th ﬂoor of the temporary location. Mazzoni will continue its walk-in rapid HIV testing at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St., and its primary medical care, HIV primary care and all other medical services will continue uninterrupted at Mazzoni’s Family and Community Medicine, 809 Locust St. The move is expected to be completed by July 1. Open-door counseling will reopen at the Girard Building July 2, while the rest of the services will not resume until July 6.

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China’s proposed guidelines also states that candidates must show they have no record of criminal offenses and have told their immediate family that they are undergoing the operation. In addition, patients also must be over 20, single and have undergone psychological therapy for at least a year. ■

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The psychology department of Ryerson University in Toronto is conducting an online survey of gay men who have prostate cancer. Interested participants should identify as gay or bisexual and have been diagnosed with prostate cancer within the last four years. The survey takes about 45 minutes and participants will be compensated $20 on completion. For more information, call (866) 643-7604 or e-mail CancerOutcomes@psych.ryerson. ca. ■ — Jen Colletta

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From Page 1 work with Congress to replace the ban with a policy of “inclusion and nondiscrimination.” “This bilateral strategy would allow our openly gay and lesbian servicemembers to continue serving our country and demonstrate our nation’s lasting commitment to justice and equality for all,” the letter stated. The legislators urged Obama to take swift action, noting that “LGBT servicemembers and our country’s national security will continue to suffer if initial action is delayed until 2010 or 2011,” the letter said. The correspondence detailed numerous other reasons for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” From Page 5 Leach said he’s reviewed countless research studies on the effects of same-sex marriage, and only two could possibly be construed as having a negative impact on society: one that found children of gay and lesbian parents are slightly more likely than children of straight parents to self-identify as gay or lesbian, and another study out of Sweden that found the heterosexual marriage rate declined after same-sex marriage was legalized. Leach said this last study could have been colored by the fact that the year before the data was collected, couples rushed to marry to take advantage of a tax break that was expiring at the end of the year. To counter Eichelberger’s arguments, Leach contended that marriage equality has an inherently positive effect on society, as it allows same-sex couples to better provide for one another’s healthcare, become

VIOLENCE From Page 7 throughout Pennsylvania to garner and share ideas and suggestions on the most effective means of reducing bias-motivated violence. Pennsylvania Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-38th Dist.) introduced a bill in February that would add sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, ancestry and physical and mental disability as protected classes under the state’s current hate-crimes law. Such groups had previously been included in the

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including the fact that more than 12,500 servicemembers, many of whom provide specialized services, have been dismissed since the policy’s inception, and about 250 have been discharged since Obama took ofﬁce in January. The letter also states that the repeal of the law has widespread support among the general public, citing a May 2009 Gallup poll that found 69 percent of Americans thought “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” should be lifted. Christopher Neff, political director at the Palm Center of the University of California, called the letter “gutsy,” saying the number of legislative supporters who signed on “sends a strong message that there is movement on this issue and that it doesn’t

have to wait three years for a bill to pass Congress.” In March, Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) introduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which seeks to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the legislation was referred to the House Armed Services Committee. Several previous versions of this bill have died in committee. The legislation currently has 147 cosponsors, including Sestak and Fattah, and other Pennsylvania U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-13th Dist.), Bob Brady (D-1st Dist.), Michael Doyle (D-14th Dist.) and Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist.). ■

economically stable and provide a better environment for their children. Coane asked Eichelberger that: If he doesn’t support marriage equality for same-sex couples, what does he think should be done to protect and promote stability for children who are being raised by same-sex couples? “Nothing,” Eichelberger responded. “People in those relationships are making that decision. We don’t reward people for walking out on relationships. I’ve met people over the years who have been stuck in a tough relationship where the father walks out on the children, and we don’t reward those people. That’s not contributing to our society.” Eichelberger also raised the oft-used argument that allowing marriage equality would encourage polygamy and pedophilia. “We can call all kinds of things families. I mean, we can say a three-party marriage is a family, or seven or eight people or marrying younger and younger children

these days,” he said. Leach called this notion “crazy” and a scare tactic, and contended the slippery-slope argument deﬁes rationality. “That’s fallacious. Saying that if you allow two men to marry, then you’ll have to allow someone to marry an aardvark or a lawnmower is just not accurate. We draw reasonable lines all the time,” Leach said. “We can drive 65 and not 95 and can keep a gun but not a truck bomb. To me, the line should be drawn where it allows for every person to marry the one person they love most in the world. There is no support for interspecies marriage or polygamy. That’s a false concern.” Coane went on to ask if Eichelberger felt that “by their very nature, homosexual relationships are dysfunctional,” to which the senator responded, “Umm, I guess I would say that. I would say that.” ■

Pennsylvania Ethnic Intimidation Law, but were stricken following a 2007 Commonwealth Court ruling that found the legislative process by which these classes were included in the law was unconstitutional. The bill is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chaudhry noted that the lack of hate-crimes protections for the LGBT community in Pennsylvania is counterproductive in eradicating bias-motivated violence. “Removing LGBT victims from the ethnic-intimidation statute

suggests that hate-motivated violence targeted at LGBT victims is somewhat less egregious and, therefore, less worthy of the elevated sentencing ramiﬁcations to which other hate-motivated crimes are subject,” she said. At the federal level, the U.S. House approved the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act in April, and the legislation is awaiting a Senate vote. ■

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New book chronicles 40 years of gay liberation By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer “I think our movement could learn from what happened 40 years ago, but it looks like we haven’t.” So says gay writer and activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca, speaking about his new book, “Smash the Church, Smash the State!” a collection of essays from writers, artists and activists sharing their varied and diverse perspectives about the early days of the gayrights movement. Mecca, a Philadelphia native and former PGN editor who now lives in San Francisco, said it took him about a year and a half to collect the essays. Having lived through that era as he came of age in a South Philadelphia working-class Italian family during the late 1950s and ’60s, Mecca said he didn’t expect the writers’ recollections of that era to be so even-keeled. “I was surprised by the fact that nobody really dredged up the old conflicts that we had,” he said. “There were a lot of conflicts in the movement 40 years ago. I guess, when I was putting this together, I was a little worried that it was going to get too personal, but it really doesn’t. People are really good at being able to put those battles in perspective. They are able to look back at them and reflect on them in a way that’s constructive.”

“Smash” is both a celebratory and critical tome, as many of the writers, including Mecca, often lament the issues and divisions within the gay-rights movement that haven’t been resolved in the 40 years since the Stonewall Riots. The book collects 49 essays and historical documents from Mecca, Susan Stryker, Hal Tarr, Cei Bell, Barbara Ruth, PGN publisher Mark Segal and contributor Victoria A. Brownworth, among others, with topics ranging from RadicalQueens to lesbian feminism. “Class issues are still unresolved in our community,” Mecca said. “There’s still sexism, racism and transphobia. All those things still plague us in the movement. It’s good that the book points out that these are struggles that have been going on for 40 years. Maybe it’ll help wake people to the fact that we need to really start dealing with them.” “Smash” also ponders whether it is better for gays and lesbians to work from within the systems they are trying to change. The book’s title refers to the rallying cry for many LGBT groups in those days: “2, 4, 6, 8, smash the church, smash the state!” Forty years later, those battle lines have blurred as some factions of both the church and state have embraced the LGBT community and vice versa. There are now openly gay

religious leaders and politicians, but Mecca and a few other writers in the book are wary, if not critical, of those alliances and the issues of assimilation they represent. “If people want to be part of the state and the church, that’s their right,” he said. “Personally, I’m an atheist and have been since I was 16 years old. I’ve never wanted a state job or wanted to run for office but I understand that that is part of our struggle: to be accepted in all those spheres. Personally, that’s not where I am. I’d like to see us get past religion and see humanity as a whole get to a different place than where they are now. I find religion problematic because even if religion accepts us as queer, there are still some problems. The whole things with guilt, sexuality and its attitudes toward women, it’s all problematic. I have problems with the state. I recognize that we have to be organized in some way. But I’m an anarcho-socialist. I’m not comfortable with any ideology. I lean more toward some kind of blend of anarchy and socialism. I’d like to see us become a society where people have to be paid a wage that they can survive on.” The recent fight for marriage equality, especially in California, reopened a rift between gay activists and civil-rights activists in the African-American community, with some of the latter resenting the idea of the gay-rights

movement comparing itself to the struggle for civil rights. Mecca, along with some of the other contributors, said the civilrights movement was so powerful and effective that it inﬂuenced every movement that came after it. “No two struggles are exactly alike and the civil-rights movement was the great teacher for everybody,” he said. “The anti-war movement learned from the civil-rights struggle, and the women’s movement did too. What [Martin Luther] King did in the South in the 1950s was a blueprint for all of us.” Mecca added that the stories in “Smash” detail how many of the gay-rights organizations of the era evolved after taking the civilrights blueprint and running with it. “I think it’s important to know where we came from,” he said. “It’s important to know what the homophile movement of the 1950s and ’60s had done. I think it’s important that activists today know that after the Stonewall Riots in 1969, we were a radical movement and we were looking for some pretty radical social change. And we shook up the world. We didn’t just shake up America: We shook up the whole world. We were so deﬁant and outrageous in our tactics, and we had to be. There was no other way

that we could have done what we did without being as outrageous and forceful as we were — things like Mark Segal disrupting Walter Cronkite on the ‘Evening News,’ the GLF [Gay Liberation Front] New York staging protests at a lot of media outlets, the GLF Los Angeles disrupting the American Psychiatric Association Convention. These were all things that, at the time, were tactics being used by the anti-war movement, the Black Panthers and the radical women’s movement. But it was the ﬁrst time that the queer movement started using these kinds of tactics. The homophile movement didn’t use them. The most they did was march around Independence Hall in Philly every July 4. And that was considered radical in 1964 to do that. I laugh at it now because it seems funny that marching around Independence Hall in suits and dress would seem radical. We come along ﬁve years later and we’re not just marching, we’re disrupting things.” In a time when LGBT individuals and issues are featured in the news and on TV shows and have an audience with politicians, Mecca said “Smash” is a reminder that there was a time when gays and lesbians were invisible in any form of mainstream media. “They didn’t pay attention to us See GAY LIBERATION, Page 32

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at all until we started confronting them,” he said. “When I first came out, back then, the newspapers never covered us. The Inquirer wouldn’t cover us even though we would do something. It wasn’t really until we started disrupting TV shows and the media started realizing we weren’t going to let them ignore us that the media opened up. Politicians were the same way. It wasn’t until we started going after them, targeting them, protesting and shouting at them at their rallies that they started meeting with and paying attention to us. Our pushing helped open the door to the Democratic Party. A lot of things are better today and kids coming out today do have it easier. Not to say that it’s perfect. A lot of kids still get thrown out of their house, but I do think all of the changes that have been made were set [in motion] by what we did 40 years ago.” Indeed. Gay activists today even have the ear of the president, despite that he doesn’t seem to be throwing enough effort into backing all of the issues that won him LGBT support on the campaign trail. Still, Mecca said the ability for activists to get the president to address LGBT issues at all is a triumph. “Young people today need to appreciate the kind of work that made the Democratic Party as supportive as it is,” he said. “We can criticize it — and I’m the first one to criticize Obama and the Democratic Party on what they’re not doing — but we’ve got to recognize all the things they do are because of the things we did. It’s the same with the media. I’m the first one to trash the hell out of the corporate media because I hate the mainstream media. It’s just awful, especially TV news. It’s a joke. But at the same time, they cover us. It’s only because of what we did.” Yet, Mecca added, this doesn’t mean activists shouldn’t try to press their allies on these issues. “I don’t think we should ever stop criticizing,” he said. “I’m a firm believer that you acknowledge what someone is doing but you keep pushing. If you don’t keep pushing, then you don’t get more. It becomes stagnant and people don’t give you more. I want to keep pushing and pushing [Obama]. To me it’s not about ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ To me, it’s about things that don’t seem to affect our community, but they do — like affordable housing, a living wage, jobs and national healthcare. They

affect the working class and poor of our community. Those are the things that I’d like to see the queer movement pushing more for. Because it’s all well and good that he issued a gay Pride proclamation. It’s all well and good that he’s giving domestic-partner beneﬁts to domestic workers. These things are great, but it’s not enough, especially if we’re going to talk

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about class issues. It feels like everything we do is for the middle class or better. Unless we’re ﬁghting for economic justice, I don’t think we’re doing our job as gay activists.” With so many internal issues still prevalent within the movement for gay rights, Mecca, with his long and rich history and perspective as an activist, isn’t too optimistic that the issues of class, race and sexism can be resolved any time soon. “Being human beings, I don’t think we’ll ever get over division,” he said. “I think it’s the curse of being human. I think it’s a matter of how we deal with those divisions. There are constructive and destructive ways. I think the battle over ENDA two years ago when Barney Frank and the HRC decided to leave out transgenders was a destructive way to deal with our differences: Our community is a very diverse one, more than just gay men and lesbians.” For more information on “Smash the Church, Smash the State!” or Tommi Avicolli Mecca, visit www.avicollimecca.com or www.citylights.com. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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‘Little Ashes’ is a heatless affair By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor “Little Ashes” is an awful, artless ﬁlm about the homosexual poet/playwright Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltrán) and his relationships with both the artist Salvador Dalí (Robert Pattinson) and the ﬁlmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty). With all of the depth and style of a Wikipedia entry, this torpid drama — it is hardly a proper biopic — opens in 1922, when an era of conservative morality held Spain in its grasp. Federico is attending an art school in Madrid and becomes besotted with new student Dalí. And Pattinson, the heartthrob from “Twilight,” makes his entrance, dandily — a fop in poofy clothing. He looks uncomfortable and says his lines without the slightest bit of conviction. However, Pattinson may be the sole reason the staggeringly bad “LittleAshes” is getting a theatrical release at all. Without the novelty of his ludicrous performance, this debacle would have likely received the purgatorial direct-tovideo treatment it deserves. Yet even teenage girls and gay men who swoon over this slight — in both build and talent — actor will likely be disappointed with him here. Pattinson is utterly miscast;

he plays the ﬁlm’s most pivotal character without being the least bit interesting. His “crazedartist” scenes are ridiculous, selfindulgent bits of posturing, and a big moment where he tells off his art teachers is more dull and embarrassing than audacious. But so is “Little Ashes.” Nevertheless, Federico is infatuated with Dalí, and when the poet/playwright prays and confesses to having impure thoughts about him, it provides a moment of camp amusement. But this bit is followed by a scene of bad farce in which Dalí tries to arrange running into Federico and his friend Margarita (Marina Gatell) for reasons that are unclear. It is a sequence as painfully awkward as a latter scene in which Margarita, determined to seduce Federico, makes love to him while Dalí watches and masturbates to their frenzied humping. “Little Ashes” is nothing but a collection of graceless moments. When Dalí attends a dinner party, he deliberately makes a spectacle of himself, spouting “shocking” — but in fact silly — lines about communal defecation and wanting to have an enema. After what feels like an eternity — but in fact may be mere minutes — Federico and Dalí go

off to the country, where they lay together and Federico lovingly strokes Dalí’s hair. They soon go swimming, holding hands and cavorting in the water before k-i-s-s-i-n-g! It’s not nearly as romantic or erotic as it sounds. A previous scene in which two handsome men strip off their shirts and wrestle contains more sexual tension and passion. After Dalí’s curious bi-curious encounter, Luis Buñuel turns up and spouts antigay rhetoric before he discovers Federico’s same-sex lust. Dalí, meanwhile, ﬂees to Paris, where “Little Ashes” offers its most unintentionally hilarious sequence: shots of bare female breasts and bullﬁghting intercut with can-can music and images of Dalí frolicking at the Moulin Rouge. Talk about surrealism! “Little Ashes” is nothing if not surreal. Yes, Dalí goes all goofy — he is bald one minute and turning his mustache upside-down the next. He continues to act like an insufferable idiot. Pattinson’s accent is like his mustache — all over the place. Then there is the bizarre sequence in which Federico sees Dalí and Luis’ avant-garde short “Un Chien Andalou” and gets offended. (He thinks the Andalusian dog of the title is a reference to him.) Actually,

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what is offensive is that the clips from “Un Chien Andalou” are shown out of order — ending (not beginning) with the famous eye-slicing moment. But then, “Little Ashes” damages viewers’ eyeballs long before this sequence. In the film’s not-so-grand finale, Federico comes to his tragic end. (Because, of course, the maricón must die!) Tissues will not be necessary. Throughout the revolting “Little Ashes,” there is much talk about revolution, but the film offers no real political thrust or agenda; just its impassioned

characters talking about “No Rules!” and “No Limits!” But really, it’s just No Good! The ﬁlm unfolds in a twee, old-fashioned style that does its fascinating subjects a great disservice. While Beltrán tries to infuse his Federico with emotion, it comes off as hyperventilating and overacting. In contrast, McNulty hardly registers as Luis, except during his homophobic tirade. But then, “Little Ashes” itself hardly registers. With any luck, this ﬁlm will be completely forgotten. Although for anyone who suffers through this disaster, that is doubtful. ■

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Mombian Dana Rudolph Pixar’s ‘Up’: A lesbian mom’s perspective Disney Pixar’s new animated feature, “Up,” is a good movie, and better than most children’s fare. My kindergartener and I both enjoyed it — but it left me with a few lingering qualms about its depiction of parenting and gender roles. The story revolves around 78year-old Carl Fredricksen, who is determined to see to his deceased wife’s last wish and move their house to an idyllic locale in South America. He does so with the aid of thousands of helium balloons and an accidental stowaway named Russell, a young boy who is working on his Wilderness Explorer “Assisting the Elderly” badge. The film tackles more serious topics than previous Pixar films have handled. The opening sequence shows Carl and wife-tobe Ellie from their first meeting as children through their falling in love, getting married and growing old together. It is a perfect balance of humor and pathos. The couple’s struggle and ultimate failure to have children will touch people of all orientations who have gone through this process. Carl’s personal challenge to find meaning in his life after Ellie’s death is a tearjerker of the first order, although it seemed to affect the adults in the audience more than it did the kids. The kids will likely prefer the parts that show Carl and Russell’s adventurous trip to South America, complete with flying house, talking dogs, mysterious birds and fantastical chase scenes. While the film is a fun romp tempered with a few serious themes, and well deserving of most of its glowing reviews, it still has some obvious flaws. Linda Holmes of NPR has already written about wanting Pixar to make a story with a girl protagonist — one who, unlike her Disney compatriots, is not a princess (www.npr.org/blogs/ monkeysee/). Ellie is as spunky

and independent and nonprincess-y a heroine as one could imagine, but she is seen only in passing and disappears after the opening segment. I agree with Holmes, but would add to her critique the parental stereotypes perpetrated by the film. Russell’s parents are divorced. He lives with his mother and bemoans the lack of time his dad has to spend with him. Fair enough. What irks me, however, is the scene in which Carl discovers that Russell, for all his Wilderness Explorer training, does not know how to pitch a tent. Carl blames Russell’s dad for not teaching him. Really? What makes Carl, married to the adventurous zookeeper Ellie for decades, think that Russell’s mom has no idea how to put up a tent? What makes him so sure his dad does? Even though the Pixar writers were able to make Ellie an independent, capable, nontraditional woman, they fall back into gender stereotypes when it comes to what parents teach their kids. The fact is, many a mom — LGBT or not — can put up a tent or throw a softball. Many, if not most, dads can cook and sew on a button. When one looks at LGBT parents, furthermore, the range of non-gender-typical talents is often even wider. No one can assume a child will or won’t be able to learn certain skills just by looking at the gender of his or her parents. I would be the last person, however, to say that male role models are unnecessary for my son. Not because my spouse and I can’t teach him to put up a tent, or throw a baseball, or build a birdhouse. What I want male role models for is to show my son the many things it means to be a man. It is less about specific skills — which are, with a few exceptions (e.g., facial shaving), non-genderspecific in this day and age — and more about showing him that someone of his gender can do a wide range of things. It is even more about the abstract skills — showing him that someone of his gender can be tough, daring and protective, but also nurturing, kind, artistic

and much more. It is then up to him to choose how he wants to express his own individual version of manhood. For children of opposite-sex parents, the father often becomes the primary male role model, and the mother the primary female one. Same-sex or single parents, however, reach out to relatives, friends, teachers, coaches and/or religious leaders, not to mention involved donors, surrogates or birth parents. The few academic studies that have been done on lesbian families, for example, indicate that lesbian moms provide even more male role models, in more diverse ways, than do nonLGBT parents. Even allowing for some margin of error, there seems to be no evidence that children of same-sex parents are missing out on positive role models of the opposite gender as their parents. Same-sex families are also not the only ones to have to reach out beyond the parents for role models, however, as “Up” indicates — and that is one positive message the movie does convey. Carl even pins on Russell’s new badge when his real father doesn’t show up at the ceremony. The ﬁlm thus gives us both a childless oppositesex couple and a boy whose main male role model is not his father. Although those situations cause the characters some sorrow, Carl, Ellie and Russell each move beyond them and discover happiness in other ways. By breaking the automatic assumptions that a happy marriage equals kids and a happy boy must have an involved biological father, “Up” does push the envelope a bit to show us a few more of the many meanings of family. If Pixar’s next ﬁlm could do so without the unfortunate lapse into gender stereotypes, it would really have something that rises above. ■ Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (www.

mombian.com), a blog and resource directory for LGBT parents.

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Professional Portraits The Bike Stop has been the “heart of the leather community for over 18 years.” At one time I found the place a little intimidating, but now if I want to stop by and have a quick beer or get a bear hug from Rick upstairs, I no longer feel like I’m invading the boys’ club. It’s still a malecentric, non-frilly spot (The Pit Stop in the basement has a sign that reads “No Sneakers — No Cologne”), as it should be, but now it feels like a place where I could hang with my big brothers and feel safe. (Not that my actual big brother is into leather ... at least not that I know of.) The man overseeing all of the fun is Jim Madden. And they do have fun at The Bike Stop, with something happening on one of the four floors every night. You can hang out on the first floor for pinball videogames and general socializing or head down to The Pit Stop for ... well, I don’t know; I’ve never been down there ... or head up to The Short Stop to watch the game or participate in one of the tighty-whitey parties. Or you can climb to the Top of the Stop to dance your chaps off to the live DJ. I had a chance to find out more about the guy running this Philadelphia institution. PGN: So tell me about Jim.

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Suzi Nash

JM: I was born in Troy, N.Y., in

1954 and am one of two sons.

PGN: Are you the older or younger brother? JM: Younger; my older brother is also gay. My parents are still living in the area in a little town near Troy called Wynantskill. By the way, “Wynant” was a guy who was a big property owner in the area and “kill” is a Dutch word meaning creek. It was semi-rural; you didn’t have to go far to get lost. But we weren’t far from Albany, so when I was in my early 20s, I moved there for a while and that’s where I came out. I went to the University of Binghamton and while I was there, I met a girl who was from Cherry Hill. She was gay and she invited me down for the Fourth of July celebration in Philly the summer of 1985. I met a lot of great people and started to hang out here. The second time I came I went to The Bike Stop. I walked in and they were signing up softball players. I was a pretty decent player in those days, so I joined The Bike Stop team. Ron Lord, the owner of The Bike Stop at the time, took a shine to me and when I lost my job in New York, he put me to work over at the Monster Inn.

PGN: What was that? JM: It was a restaurant right across the street from The Bike Stop at 211. So, he offered me the job and I’ve been here ever since. In 1997, he sold the place to me. PGN: What is a cold winter memory? JM: I was kind of diminutive when I was a kid, so 3 feet of snow was a lot for me. The school was right across from our house but there was a big field that we had to cut across. I remember walking through the field and the snow was up to my chest. I think we tried to shovel it once, but I can’t imagine why. We wouldn’t shovel our own driveway, but we tried to shovel our way to school. I guess we were bored. PGN: What kind of things did you like to do? JM: I was a daydreamer. Yup, I daydreamed a lot. We had a pretty big yard with a couple of sheds, which we pretended were forts, so most of the kids came to our house to play. My brother was pretty mischievous, so we always figured out a way to have some fun. PGN: Did he come out first?

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JM: No. I came out when I was about 24 and he didn’t come out until much later. He worked a lot and lived at home for quite some time, so his social life didn’t blossom until later.

PGN: How did you come out? JM: I came out to my friends first and that went well — there wasn’t any pushback from any of them. They truly were my

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friends. My parents were a different story. There are other people in my family who were gay, some open, some not, and there were a lot of dynamics at play even before I came out. When I told my mother, I had to chase her down the street in the pouring rain to bring her back to finish the story. She wasn’t very accepting and that’s when I started to pull away and head away from home. After my brother came out, we made our amends. PGN: Hobbies? JM: Trying to sleep! Actually, my husband and I raise Komondors. They’re Hungarian flock-guarding dogs. Extra large, they average over 100 pounds and they have long dreadlocks. They’re pretty well known; I used to bring them into the club. We have a father and a son and daughter from separate litters. I do some gardening and reading and Richie and I are heavily invested in the marriage-equality movement in New Jersey, where we live. PGN: Do you show the dogs? JM: Well, the father is a finished champion. The daughter didn’t have the temperament for the ring — she was a little too reactive. The son is just not great show quality. We could probably finish him if we wanted to champion him, but he’s a perpetual puppy. PGN: So did you do that “Best in Show” thing and parade him around the room? JM: Yes, I have done that, but it’s not my favorite thing to do. “Best in Show” was more accurate than most people would want to admit. PGN: Here’s an important question: Why do the trainers put the dog treats in their own mouths before giving them to the dogs? JM: When you’re in the show SOLUTION

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ring, there are so many distractions. You don’t see it on TV, but there are hundreds of other dogs around, there are people and noises and all the other impulses that can distract your dog, and you want that dog paying attention to you. You don’t want the bait in your hand, which I made the mistake of doing once: The dog went for the bait and the judge was caught in the middle. So you put the bait in your mouth for two reasons: one, to have free use of your hands if you want to place the dogs’ paws or fluff up their coats, and two, so that the dog will look at your face and eyes and pay attention to you instead of staring at your pocket looking for a treat. PGN: How did you and your husband meet? JM: We met in 1996 here at The Bike Stop on the second floor. It was a Sunday night and I was working. We’ve been together ever since. In 1997, he took my name. We had a commitment ceremony right here at The Bike Stop attended by 125 of our closest friends. PGN: What was your first impression when you came here for the first time? JM: Some people have the impression that it is the haunted house at the end of the street. I think the whole leather community has a kind of mystique about it. But I didn’t know anything about it; I just walked by and thought it was a pretty cool-looking place. When I walked in and saw the softball team gathered at the bar, I just fell in with the crowd. PGN: What are some of the things that scare people? JM: Some people can’t get past the image of the guy in chains and leather. There used to be See PORTRAITS, Page 39

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Q Puzzle “Stonewall Headline” Across 1. Foreman, formerly of NGLTF 5. Marlon Brando’s hometown 10. Frisbee, for one 14. As to 15. Sarah of Alaska 16. Rubber stamp 17. Eyelid ailment 18. Humped antelope 19. In the public eye 20. Start of a New York Post headline after Stonewall 23. Stirred up 24. Title for A. Spear 25. However, briefly 26. “Unhappily Ever After” actor 27. Sitarist Shankar 30. Radiant 32. NASDAQ rival 34. Fey of “30 Rock” 36. Students may take them out 37. More of the headline 40. Name derived from Nicholas 43. Austria’s capital, to Austrians 44. Watch a NY Liberty game here 48. Irritating 50. “ ___ of Seventeen” 52. Toto’s home state (abbr.) 53. Come out on the beach 54. Surg. locales 56. Everett’s “ ___ Monkey Zetterland” 58. End of the headline 62. Adult filly 63. Western director Sergio 64. His grandmother had a Woody 66. Art Deco design name 67. Shaft of a knight 68. Trickle through the cracks

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69. Twosome 70. Second name in crossdressing 71. Doest own Down 1. Wrong (prefix) 2. Reformer Susan B. 3. Cattle calls, e.g. 4. Is abundant 5. Unzipped partner? 6. International ___ 7. “What a shame” 8. Dropped hankie and such 9. Mitchell of NBC News 10. Lucie’s father 11. Brewed drink for teetotallers 12. Golfer Patty 13. “No glove, no love” subjects 21. Finish’d 22. Avoid going straight 23. Hightailed it 28. Vidal’s “A ___ from the

Diners Club” 29. Torso opening 31. Give the slip to 33. Prefix with lateral 35. In the sack 38. “Lead ___ into temptation” 39. Casey Jones, e.g. 40. Got excited 41. Hollinghurst’s “The Swimming-Pool ___ “ 42. Edmonton’s province 45. Many a place near Aspen 46. Ball whackers, in Ping-Pong 47. U-turn from SSW 49. Gate design 51. C. Marlowe’s tongue 55. Golfer Sam 57. Overhand stroke, for Mauresmo 59 It gets spilled at wild parties 60. Beat it 61. Peruvian native 65. Quit, with “out”

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Cabaret series takes over Society Hill By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Quince Productions has been reliable for presenting a steady string of quality dance productions and LGBT plays, but this summer it’s changing things up a bit by organizing a weekend overﬂowing with cabaret performances. The “Full House” series features a varied roster of local and regional cabaret performers like Melissa Kolzynski, Karen Gross and Maggie Laird through June 28 at the Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse. Out performer Peter Andrew Danzig, 25, is no stranger to the arts scene in Philadelphia, as he recently performed in Quince’s production of “Show/Tell” and as part of the Kimmel Center’s

“Celebrating Sondheim” tribute show. His cabaret piece, “Welcome to the Red Room,” will close out the “Full House” alongside Aimee Robidoux and her show, “Vision of Love,” at 6 p.m. June 28. Danzig said the title of his show is inspired more by the venue than anything else. “I looked at the space and it’s a ﬁrst-time event for everybody who I know that’s coming,” he said. “A lot of my friends and family who are going to be attending have never seen the Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse. I think it’s a really good way to welcome them to that space. I wanted to go simple and welcome people. With the music that I’m performing and the stories I’m trying to tell, I don’t think it needed a speciﬁc

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title. I think the audience will get it.” Danzig said that his and Robidoux’s shows are thematically and tonally different, but will certainly complement each other. “My performance opens with a solemn look at the world as it is now in relationships and things of that nature,” he said. “As a homosexual man, I wanted to pursue some of the thoughts on relationships and love and the state of affairs that we are in today. A lot of my music is based on equality and finding a place in the world. Hers is a little more light and I feel that she is going to be performing more upbeat pop songs that people are more familiar with. It’ll kind of be nice and balanced.” Danzig added he is more concerned about finding the right songs to convey his message than about putting songs in his show that are surefire crowd pleasers. “I picked music that I thought was related to things that are prevalent now,” he said. “That was the hardest part, because there is something to be said about selecting music that everybody knows. It usually guarantees a successful performance because everybody can relate. For me, it was important that I pick music that was cognizant of my beliefs, and also I thought that it would be great to take some obscure

music that people don’t necessarily know because I can put my own touches on it and accent the work the way I see it.” Another out performer taking part in “Full House” is recent New York City transplant Nathan Ohm, who performs his “Travel and Home: Songs for the Journey” show at 7:30 p.m. June 26. Ohm said the show combines his Broadway inﬂuences, humor and his newfound appreciation for jazz. “I started getting in touch with more of the jazz standards in the last three years: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, etc.,” he said about inspirations for his performance. “People that know me know that I like to travel a fair amount and I’ve recently moved to New York. So there will be a little bit of comparing Philly and New York. I’ll have a blend of humor and then just real-life stories, which can be humorous.” The 36-year-old performer had spent nine years living in Philadelphia before relocating to New York to focus on acting. “I’m expanding my life,” he said about the move. “In the last three years, I have focused on getting a presence in theater. In the last two years, I’ve done six shows in the Philadelphia area and I wanted to come to New York to take advantage of some of the classes that are up here, as well as do some more auditions in

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New York for Broadway tours.” Both Danzig and Ohm agree that presenting several different performers under the banner of a single event should make a splash bigger than any of the individual cabaret acts. “I feel that all of us are very different kind of performers bringing all kinds of different musicality and backgrounds,” Danzig said. “I think what’s exciting about this cabaret series versus what people are used to is that there’s an array of different performers and everybody here is versatile. So in any given concert, people are going to be exposed to music that they like and they know but, also in the course of seeing the series, [audiences] will hopefully go and see other performers and expose themselves to something completely different.” “The way that it’s being marketed and produced, it puts a fresh image on cabaret,” Ohm added. “Philly is big in the jazz scene and there aren’t a lot of known cabaret performances to go to. So it will certainly give cabaret a fresh start in Philly.” “Full House” runs through June 28 at the Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St. For more information or tickets, visit www.quinceproductions.com. ■

Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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PORTRAITS From Page 37 urban myths circulating that people would get tied up in the basement and that all sorts of things went on down there. We do have a basement bar, but we are a business with a liquor license and we can’t allow any sexual activity to happen here. We do have things like jock-strap night or underwear night, we have a regular bootblack and we do demonstrations and things to give the place a little edge. But we keep it legal. PGN: What are some of the changes? It seems to me that the men’s bars in general are more welcoming to women, for one thing. JM: That’s been a big and difficult row to hoe. Our primary client is male, but my motto is “Show respect, get respect,” and that starts on our end. So whether it’s women or straight people, we try to be welcoming. In this day and age, you can’t afford to turn anyone’s money away. And there are certainly as many women into leather and fetish as there are men, and they need a place to feel comfortable too. At the same time, it is a men’s bar and I don’t want to lose our identity. People come from all over the world because we have a reputation in the leather community. Our own Scott Tucker became Mr.

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International Leather and people from all over still remember that. PGN: When I think of The Bike Stop and the leather community, I think of philanthropy. You seem to support a lot of causes. JM: We try. We certainly support a number of sports teams. Rick Van Tassel works here and is a member of Team Philadelphia, so we are very involved with the sports community. I’m one of the original sponsors of the gay softball league. Before I came here, The Bike Stop was one of the first places doing fundraising for people with AIDS. Before there were AIDS service organizations, they just tried to raise money to get people food and medicine and pay for medical help. A lot of the leather community got hit first with the epidemic. PGN: So what’s great about being a bar owner? JM: It’s a lifelong dream of mine. I come from a long line of bar people. My grandfather and his brother owned a speakeasy in the ’20s and ’30s during prohibition. After prohibition, they became legitimate bar/restaurant owners and my mother and her siblings worked in the restaurant. PGN: Celebrity sightings? JM: There used to be a show on Channel 12 called “Cookin’ Cheap” with Larry and Laban, a couple of hillbillies from down

Virginia way. They’d cook a meal with a can of beans and some bacon or something. They were in town doing promotions and they came in. A couple people from the cast of “Are You Being Served?” have come in. When Estelle Getty was shooting “Mannequin,” she came in and sat right at the corner of the bar and hung out. Andy Bell from Erasure. Recently, when “The Wizard of Oz” was playing at The Forrest, one of the little people playing one of the munchkins was gay, so he hung out here too. PGN: Something you’re scared of? JM: I’m frightened of ... gee, this is a therapy question. I’m frightened of abandonment. I’m also claustrophobic. I found that out taking an MRI. It also reared its ugly head [when I was] taking a trip to Florida. We were driving and had a bed-over-cab RV and I couldn’t sleep on the inside. Stuck in the small enclosure, I would have a panic attack. PGN: Who would you like to sit next to at a dinner party? JM: I think it would be Ron Howard. I’ve always had a fascination with the movies. They shot a film here called “Consequences” a few years ago and I just love the whole process of filmmaking. I have a number of stories that I’d like to make into screenplays.

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PGN: So what’s the first film about? JM: It would probably be about that Florida trip. It was calamitous. In addition to my claustrophobia, the RV caught on fire, I hit my head and knocked myself down a few times and we had a few encounters with local police. To top it off, the wedding we were going to see never took place, at least not that trip. PGN: Do you still play ball? JM: No, I just had my knee replaced in September. I played left field and third base and finished up as a first baseman. It’s been years since I played. I can’t even bowl anymore because of the arthritis in my knee. PGN: Best play? JM: We were at a game in New York City and a ball popped up right by the fence. I managed to somehow get over and catch it before it hit the ground and it was the final out of the game. PGN: Most unusual possession? JM: I still have a stuffed animal from when I was a kid. It’s the orange mouse from Fruit Stripe gum candy. PGN: Do you talk in your sleep? JM: Richie works for a computer programmer so he leaves at 5:30 in the morning. I’ve been told I’ve had complete conversations with him that I have no recollection of.

PGN: What’s a song that you’re embarrassed to admit you like? JM: I think it would be “You Light Up My Life” by Debbie Boone. PGN: How did you know you were gay? JM: I was always attracted to handsome boys. I’ve been sexually active with boys since I was about 8 years old. It didn’t take long for me to figure out what I wanted. PGN: Stupid human trick? JM: I like to think I can still sing! There are varying opinions outside of my own, but I’ve performed with a live band and I’ve done my share of karaoke. I like to sing blues rock, Eric Clapton and Johnny Lang. At my 50th birthday party, I performed with the live band that was playing for us. I did a duet, “It’s Still Raining,” at the last live performance of Marie Lally. It was a memorable birthday. ■ The Bike Stop 206 S. Quince St. (215) 627-1662 www.thebikestop.com To suggest a community member for “Professional Portraits,” write to: Professional Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or portraits05@aol.com.

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Ms. Behavior®

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Meryl Cohn

Desperately seeking older women Dear Ms. Behavior: I am 24 and live in a buzzing queer community. Most of my friends are older gay women, some as many as 30 years older than me. Many of the women seem to like me because I remind them of their own youth, or because I bring a new perspective, or because I am attractive. A few people have questioned my motives about hanging out with these women, but my motives honestly are pure. I ﬁnd these older women beautiful with their wrinkles and lines and signs of having lived life to the fullest. It is my true aesthetic to see them as magniﬁcent.

The problem for me is trying to convince any one of them that I am a viable girlfriend or partner. I don’t think they take me seriously, other than as an unattainable object of beauty in their midst. Any advice about how to go about pursuing women in their 40s or 50s? They seem to take my advances as something entertaining rather than serious. — Love ‘em Older Dear Love ’em Older: If you’re in your 20s and actively seeking girlfriends who are 30 years older, people will question your motives. They’ll suspect that you’re looking for a Mommy to take care of you emotionally and financially, or that you need to be worshipped for your youthful beauty. However, Ms. Behavior is far less cynical than your peers and appreciates your Ode to the Middle-Aged Goddess. Your longing for wizened women is obviously rooted in appreciation for the interesting folds of their lizardy skin, and for the sparkly wisdom emanating through their cataracts. You may have to forgive your friends for giving you the skinny eye; it’s just that they’re not accustomed to anyone salivating over them anymore, so they don’t know how to behave. However, if you hang in there, you will surely find a suitable older lady who will allow her tired spirit to be buoyed by the sight of your youthful and beautiful gallop around her mansion. Dear Ms. Behavior: I love my girlfriend thoroughly. However, recently, she has gained a lot of weight, which makes the logistics of sex more difficult. She has a large belly and it just gets in the way. She can’t get on top of me anymore, and she moves with great effort. I am sensitive to her plight of overeating, so I have not wanted to bring it up. However, we haven’t had much sex since she’s put on the pounds, and I’m starting to get anxious that our love life is dead. Short of dragging her to Weight Watchers,

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can you offer advice for how I can get her on the right track and realign our love life? — Despairing Dear Despairing: Start by learning to love every massive inch of your girlfriend. Have lots of sex with her, even if you have to modify your activities (to avoid inducing a heart attack or a squashing). It’s easy to get out of the lovemaking habit and hard to find your way back to it once you’ve stopped doing it. Just ask any dyke at a Lesbian Bed Death Support Group. Go for walks in the park (not to Ben & Jerry’s) and encourage your girlfriend to join you. Never refer to your walks as exercise. If she increases her activities and has fun, she’ll feel more connected to her body, which can often lead to weight loss. If you want to be the codependent lover of my — oh, I mean HER — dreams, start cooking some amazing lowcalorie vegetable and fish dishes for her. Don’t tell her she needs to go on a diet; just make it easy for her to eat well. Some day, when you’re both doing well in your new way of life, tell your girlfriend that you miss the old days, when your lips and your hips could touch simultaneously. Tell her how much you like her body on top of yours, and how you look forward to being beneath her again. (The part you’re implying but not saying is that you want her on top now but would be crushed.) If you’re gentle and steadfast and kind in your approach, there’s a chance that your girlfriend will lose weight. However, it’s also possible that she won’t. Extra weight can be a lifelong struggle for many, so you should also prepare to continue to love your woman exactly as she is, just in case. ■ Meryl Cohn is the author of “‘Do What I Say’: Ms. Behavior’s Guide to Gay and Lesbian Etiquette” (Houghton Mifflin). Email her at MsBehavior@aol.com or visit www.msbehavior.com.

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Established acts come out swinging on new releases By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. Interscope It’s pretty much a given that

the hip-hop purists probably washed their hands of The Black Eyed Peas long ago. But if any of them were still hanging on, “The E.N.D.” with its shameless accessibility is sure to shake them off the bandwagon. But to the Black Eyed Peas’

credit, they sound like they are having too much fun to care. The group has always been infused (OK, maybe drenched) with pop aspirations and sensibilities. So it’s no surprise that the new album is dripping with techno, electro and auto-tune. Normally this would be

a kind of sad and tired as e-v-e-r-y-b-od-y is doing it these days. But since The Black Eyed Peas have never been loyal to any one genre, they’re a little bit freer to not give a damn who they alienate and just let it flow. The formula is simple, but effective: Lay down a fat fouron-the-floor beat, add futuristic synths, trade off lines between various group members, let Fergie belt out the lead vocal or the hook, repeat. The results vary from song to song. “Boom Boom Pow,” “Rock That Body” and “I Gotta Feeling” are the obvious breakout club favorites and candidates for endless remix opportunities. “Ring-A-Ling” and “Showdown” are more trite and generic and, as a result, don’t deliver quite as well. The Peas gets some surprisingly authentic-sounding funk going with “Out of My Head,” “Alive” and “One Tribe.” Other places they try to rock out (“Now Generation”) or get their dancehall groove on (“Electric City”) fall flat. The E.N.D. is a mixed bag, but has more than enough worthwhile songs to make it worth picking up, Placebo Battle For The Sun Vagrant Listening to “Battle For The Sun,” you wouldn’t know that after Placebo’s world tour for its last album, they were on the verge of breaking up. They didn’t, but bi-singer Brian Molko and out gay bassist Stefan Olsdal had to jettison longtime drummer Steve Hewitt from the group and replace him with American drummer Steve Forrest. And it’s hard to argue with the results. Placebo sounds ferociously happier and more upbeat on “Battle For the Sun” that they did on the moodier and electronictinged “Meds,” which was actually pretty damn good. But the sunnier disposition (pardon the pun) of this new record might actually allow it to (again, sorry for the pun) outshine its predecessor. It may or may not be because of the new drummer, but it’s hard

not to feel like Forrest has brought a breath of fresh air to the group, the way he pounds away on hardcharging tracks like, “For What It’s Worth,” “Breathe Underwater” and “The Never-Ending Why.” But it’s not all brute force on this new release. Placebo has always been adventurous when experimenting with sonic textures, getting some spectacular results. The synth-ish guitar tones on “Bright Lights” and spare piano lines on “Kings of Medicine” elevate typical rock songs into something irresistibly uplifting. “Come Undone” benefits greatly from its dynamics between its hypnotic and soft verses and its heavily grunged-out chorus. It looks like Placebo has easily won this battle. VNV Nation Of Faith, Power and Glory Anachron USA Up until and including its 2005 release, “Matter + Form,” VNV Nation’s brand of d a r k l y positive and trance-ish electro-pop, kept getting stronger and more assured in both vision and songwriting, winning a devoted following along the way. Then in 2007, they dropped “Judgment,” which wasn’t bad but didn’t stir the imagination like previous efforts. “Of Faith, Power and Glory” seems to have righted the course. Tracks like “Sentinel,” “In Defiance” and “Tomorrow Never Comes” find VNV back in aggressively danceable form. The duo’s goth fanbase have plenty to sink their teeth into thanks to the moodier and ominous-sounding tracks like “Army of Conflict” and “Ghost.” As usual with VNV Nation albums, it’s the more low-key moments on the record that pack the most emotional punch. The moving digital balladry of “From My Hands” is arguably one of the best songs in the set, as is the equally soulful but more propulsive “Where There Is Light.” These synthpop dynamos seem to have gotten their bearings back. ■

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Q on the tube: Closer to your world By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor

BEYOND HATE CRIMES: In September 2002, three skinheads were roaming a park in Rheims, France, looking to “do an Arab,” when they settled for a gay man instead. François Chenu, 29, was beaten unconscious and thrown into a river, where he drowned. The acclaimed French vérité film “Beyond Hatred” is the story of the Chenu family’s (Jean-Paul and Marie-Cecile Chenu, pictured) struggle to seek justice while trying to make sense of such pointless violence, at 10 p.m. June 30 on PBS. Photo: First Run Features

worth watching: WEEKDAYS Guiding Light 10 a.m. on CBS. The Young & The Restless 12:30 p.m. on CBS. As the World Turns 2 p.m. on CBS. Ellen 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show 9 p.m. on MSNBC. FRIDAY Jeffrey and Cole Casserole Gay blogger Jeffrey Self goes bananas. 11 p.m. on Logo. SATURDAY Kings Silas and David take a trip to the country ... 8 p.m. on NBC. Groomer Has It A recap of the second season followed by the season ﬁnale. Who will go to the dogs? 8 p.m. on Animal Planet.

The Witnesses AIDS hits a circle of friends in 1980s France. 10 p.m. on Sundance.

The best talent show on TV, with Sharon Osborne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff as the judges. 9 p.m. on NBC.

SUNDAY True Blood After Sookie is savagely attacked by a mysterious creature, Bill enlists Eric’s help to save her life. Maryanne continues to work her magic on the locals. Jason has his doubts about the Fellowship of the Sun’s anti-vampire views. 9 p.m. on HBO.

Mental Jack gave Chloe a dressing down last week. This week she goes to her girlfriend for solace. 9 p.m. on FOX.

MONDAY Gimme Sugar: Miami The LA Truck Stop gals in Miami plan to hook lesbians up for love. 10 p.m. on Logo. Kathy Grifﬁn: My Life on the D-List Calling all queers — the diva of dish is back, hailing the homos. 10 p.m. on Bravo. Raising the Bar Charlie’s facing life as an openly gay law clerk. 10 p.m. on TNT.

Ellen’s Bigger, Longer and Wider Show The dyke diva stands up. 9 p.m. on TBS.

Weeds Silas and Doug seek a lease for their medical-marijuana dispensary. 10 p.m. on Showtime.

Harper’s Island After watching her father’s gruesome death, Abby confronts Wakeﬁeld. Meanwhile, everyone gets emotional when a body is found in a bathtub and somebody turns up missing. 9 p.m. on CBS.

Nurse Jackie Edie Falco is even better than Carmela Soprano in this new dark dramedy. With queer nurse MoMo. 10:30 p.m. on Showtime. TUESDAY America’s Got Talent

WEDNESDAY New Adventures of Old Christine With lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes. 8 p.m. on CBS. The Real World: Cancun Season premiere. Can’t get enough of that funky stuff. When it starts out with naked guys, where will it end up? 10 p.m. on MTV. Top Chef Masters The 24 chefs compete for charity. The ﬁrst six episodes feature four cooks in battle —including queer ones. 10 p.m. on Bravo. THURSDAY So You Think You Can Dance? Hotties and notties, queers and non-queers compete to see who is the best dancer. So much better than “American Idol” and not afraid of the queers. 8 p.m. on Fox. The Fashion Show Just like Project Runway, but with a different gay guy. Designer Isaac Mizrahi hosts. 10 p.m. on Bravo. ■

The best TV reporters bring us more than the news — they bring us perspective, draw us into their stories, make us part of what they report on, be it major news or human interest. Last week, ABC senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto reported from Tehran. His reports came from the streets, not some safe and secluded hotel room. When government forces rescinded permits for his film crew, he took his cell phone and transmitted that way — still from the streets. Then Ahmadinejad’s people hijacked his Twitter account to send out their own version of events under his name, as reported by ABC News. None of the repressive Iranian regime’s efforts to block news of the thousands protesting in the streets throughout Iran was successful. Sciutto brought the full story to the world — including to Iranians, whose news was restricted to proAhmadinejad reports. Sciutto’s reporting is what TV news is supposed to be about. The Iranian protests were the biggest story in the world last week. But in Philadelphia, another reporter made news in a more personal way with his untimely passing. Gary Papa, longtime sports director at 6 ABC’s “Action News,” where he had been since 1981, died June 19 after a long and public battle with prostate cancer. He was 54. What put his death on the front page of the Daily News and made it a lead story on all the competing networks — not just Channel 6 — was that Papa was a great guy. He was genuine, warm, enthusiastic, caring and driven to help others. From the outset, Papa had used his own battle with cancer to try to save the lives of other men — straight, gay, bisexual, young and old. Afer Papa’s 2003 diagnosis, he shared it with his viewers in April 2004. He remained on the air throughout his chemotherapy, which was obviously grueling. He lost his trademark hair. He got puffy from treatments, then gaunt. Viewers followed his progress as his hair grew back and his body grew stronger. But the cancer returned and, a few months ago, Papa, looking shockingly ill, restricted his airtime to the 6 p.m. slot. It was a valiant effort, but anyone watching could see he would not win the battle this time around. Until just months before his death, Papa also continued to give talks throughout the Delaware Valley about prostate cancer, which afflicts one in six men. He was deeply concerned that men become vigilant and pro-active with their health. Papa’s own diagnosis had stunned him. He talked openly on air and off about how men are too casual with their health, that they put off going to the doctor and fear the annual digital prostate exam and the simple PSA blood test that detects the disease early. Papa’s own prostate cancer metastasized, but the vast majority of prostate cancer, when found early, does not. Most gay and bisexual men only put HIV/AIDS on their personal health radar. If they get tested for that, or are vigilant about practicing safe sex, they think no other health crisis will affect them. But one in six means millions of men afflicted with prostate cancer, 10 percent of whom will be queer. No Philadelphian was untouched by Gary Papa’s story or his passing. He was a great guy and a great reporter, and his loss will resonate for a long time. There was no other reporter in Philadelphia who knew sports like Papa did. None. Whether or not you were one of the men touched by Papa’s reports or his personal story, pay him a tribute: Get a prostate exam. ■

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Your guide to arts and entertainment

Theater

Grey Gardens Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the eccentric lives of the reclusive Little Edie Beale and her mother, Edith Bouvier Beale, the cousin and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, respectively, through June 28 at Suzanne Roberts Theater, 480 S. Broad St.; (215) 985-0420. Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits The Walnut Street Theatre presents a tribute to the big shows and bigger legends in this hilarious, loving and endlessly entertaining revue, through June 28 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550. It Was A Very Good Year Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the musical featuring pop standards of the late ’50s and early ’60s, through June 28, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; (215) 785-0100. The Little Foxes The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents American playwright Lillian Hellman’s compelling work about the ambitious, Southern, middle-class Hubbard siblings and their lessthan-honorable scheme to become rich even at the expense of destroying their own family, through June 28 at The F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, N.J.; (973) 408-5600.

strong opinions about the placement of her daughter, through June 28 at The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 568-8079.

Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald The two Grammy-winning artists perform at 8 p.m. June 26 at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; (215) 5467900.

The Producers The Walnut Street Theatre presents an all-new production of Mel Brooks’ Tony Award-winning musical, through July 12, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550.

REO Speedwagon, Styx and .38 Special The classic rock bands perform at 8 p.m. June 26 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; (609) 317-1000.

Respect: A Musical Journey of Women Act II Playhouse presents a high-energy celebration of just how much women have changed, using the best songs of the past 100 years, through June 28, 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; (215) 654-0200.

Femi Kuti The Afrobeat artist performs 9 p.m. June 26 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. The Slip The avant-garde rock band performs 8 p.m. June 27 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400.

Spring Awakening Broadway’s most talked-about new musical celebrating the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood runs through June 28 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Urban Convergence Asian Arts Initiative hosts a multi-artist exhibition merging and morphing artistic genres and culture — high art with street art, underground with pop, ﬁne art with street culture — through Aug. 2 at 1219 Vine St.; (215) 557-0455.

Willy Wonka Jr. The Media Theater presents the stage adaptation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” featuring songs from the classic family ﬁlm “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” through July Little Lamb InterAct Theatre Company 4, 104 E. State St.; (610) 891-0100. presents the story of a gay couple who adopts a baby, only to have the birth mother visit with Best of Romantic

Music classical

BROADWAY BURNS: Broadway actor Joel Rooks reprises his role of George Burns in the Tony-nominated play “Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen,” through July 18 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse of the Cape May Stage, 31 Perry St., Cape May, N.J. Director Roy Steinberg takes theater audiences on a guided tour of the 20th century told through the eyes of Burns, regaling audiences with stories about his marriage to Allen, and their rise to success on stage, screen, radio and TV. For tickets, call (609) 884-1341. Photo: Alicia Grasso

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents a performance of Romanticera pieces, at 7 p.m. June 26 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Chamber Concert The Philadelphia Orchestra presents an intimate concert at 3 p.m. June 28 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

The Legendary Beethoven The Philadelphia Orchestra performs some of Beethoven’s best, 8 p.m. June 29 at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; (215) 5467900. Mozart and A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates music written

by prodigal geniuses when they perform at 8 p.m. June 30 at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; (215) 5467900.

Music other

Beyoncé The pop/R&B singer/ actress performs at 8 p.m. June 26 at the Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; (215) 336-2000.

Sugar Town: Girls Rock Philly beneﬁt Beloved Inﬁdels, Acres of Diamonds (featuring members of Kitten Disaster), The Lemon Treasures and DJ Julia Factorial perform at 9:30 p.m. June 27 at 1508 South St.; (215) 545-0475. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars The West African roots reggae band with the message of peace and love performs 7:30 p.m. June 30 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. 311 The funk-rock jam band performs at 8 p.m. June 30 at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, 301 S. Columbus Blvd.; (215) 928-8801. Tim Williams The local singer-songwriter performs a CD-release show 7:30 p.m. June 30 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400.

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Sonic Youth The punk-rock group performs at 8 p.m. July 2 at the Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; (215) 6271332.

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Main St., Collegeville; (610) 409-3500. Frenz Fleisher/Ollman presents an exhibition of works selected by Will Oldham, the proliﬁc singer-songwriter who records and performs under the moniker Bonnie Prince Billy, through the end of summer, 1616 Walnut St., suite 100; (215) 545-7562. Himalayan Visions Blue Lotus Gallery presents an exhibition by Nepalbased photographer Kishor Kayastha, through July 19, 1314 Sansom St.; (215) 545-2800. New Abstractions Edge Gallery presents an exhibition featuring the work of modernist painter Robert Langford, through June 28, 72 N. Second St.; (215) 413-7072.

the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., Cape May, N.J.; (609) 884-5404.

Dance

Philly Tap Challenge ’09 On Fire Philadelphia Civic Ballet Company presents some of the world’s top tap dancers, who will converge to instruct, perform, meet and celebrate, June 26-27 at University of the Arts’ Arts Bank, 250 S. Broad St.; (215) 490-3717.

Film

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2009 Indie ﬁlms are screened through June 27 at 941 Theater, 941 N. Front St.; (215) 235-1385.

Das Rheingold Image Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents a screening of New Works Barcelona-based theater The Clay Studio presents an group La Fura dels Baus’ exhibition by artist Rebecca interpretation of the first of Chappell, through June 28, the four operas in Wagner’s 137 N. Second St.; (215) Ring cycle, through June 925-3453. 28, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 527Outgrowths Crazy Ladies 9898. Proximity Gallery presents AxD Gallery presents a solo sculpture exhibition a collection of drawings, The Magnificent Seven by artist Carey Netherton, paintings and other The 1960 classic Western through July 28, 265 S. works by Christine Jones is screened at 2 p.m. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250. thematically linked to June 28 at The Colonial achieve both the reticence Theatre, 227 Bridge St., of youth slipping away and Pickles and Pop Phoenixville; (610) 917The Clay Studio presents the quiet musings of adult 0223. the latest works from artist expectation, through June Melissa Mytty, through 30, 2434 E. Dauphin St.; Tropic Thunder June 28, 137 N. Second St.; The 2008 comedy is (267) 825-2949. (215) 925-3453. screened at 8 p.m. June 29 Draw 4 at The Trocadero Theatre, Pulp Function Art Star Gallery and 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922Fred Beans Gallery at Boutique presents a group 5483. Michener Art Museum exhibition featuring Ryan Myers, Lisa Hurwitz, Kurt presents a wide variety of artistic expressions using Halsey, Isaac Bushkin, Travels and Home: Mandy Sutcliffe of Belle & handmade paper pulp, Songs for the Journey Boo, Angie Mason, Ashley recycled paper, paper cuts, Quince Productions Goldberg, Rachel Bone and cardboard, papier-mâché presents cabaret performer and folded paper, through Susie Gahremani of Boy Nathan Ohm at 7:30 p.m. Girl Party, through July 26, June 28, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; (215) 340June 26 at Society Hill 623 N. Second St.; (215) 9800. Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth 238-1557. St.; (215) 923-0210. What Were They Folk Art From Berlin to Thinking: 160 Years of The Philip and Muriel Broadway, and a Few Bad Taste Berman Museum of Art at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Random Stops Ursinus College presents Arts presents an exhibition Quince Productions an installation focusing on of styles that were the presents cabaret performer examples from Dr. David height of fashion at some Maggie Laird at 9:30 p.m. Bronstein’s collection of June 26 at Society Hill Pennsylvania and Northeast point in recent history, Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth through Nov. 8 at The folk art and artifacts, Carriage House Gallery at St.; (215) 923-0210. through Aug. 29, 601 E. The Wallflowers The acclaimed rock band performs at 8 p.m. July 2 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; (215) 572-7650.

Pants on Fire: Songs About Liars, Lust and Flaming Pants Quince Productions presents cabaret performer Melissa Kolczynski at 7:30 p.m. June 27 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210. The Best is Yet to Come Quince Productions presents a show featuring members of the Cabaret Performance Class at 9:30 p.m. June 27 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210.

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Welcome to the Red Room Quince Productions presents a show featuring Peter Andrew Danzig and Aimée Robidoux at 6 p.m. June 28 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210.

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Ben Bailey The comedian and star of Discovery Channel’s “Cash Cab” performs June 26-27 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; (215) 496-9001.

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Manayunk Arts Festival The region’s largest outdoor arts and crafts festival, now in its 20th year, will run from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. June 27 and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. June 28 along Main Street in Manayunk; (215) 4829565. The Scene TLBTB Productions’ newest LGBTQ party in Philly, will be held 10 p.m.-2 a.m. June 27 at Vesuvio, 736 S. Eighth St.; (215) 922-8380. ■

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Exhibits

Cabaret

Beyoncé (singer, actress, diva and former Destiny’s Child centerpiece) continues her reign as this generation’s Diana Ross when she performs what is sure to be a spectacularly bootylicious concert at 8 p.m. June 26 at the Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St. For tickets, call (215) 336-2000.

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Old City’s Privé brings Greek with a twist By Suzi Nash PGN Contributor Recently voted the second most romantic place in Philly, Privé, 246 Market St. in Old City, is not only good for your love life, it’s good for your health. Chef Peter Karapanagiotis (from The Food Network’s “Chopped”) was raised on traditional Greek dishes and brings unadulterated Mediterranean foods to the table with a nouveau sensibility. It’s also a fun place with an open kitchen and a hip lounge/restaurant on the second ﬂoor. We dined in the White Room, which was so pristine, I was afraid to order the red wine in case I had a lapse in my natural grace and coordination and spilled it, turning the White Room into the White Room with Red Splotches. But I digress: The White Room was wonderfully comfortable with roomy banquettes and padded chairs. Before we had a chance to order, our affable server brought us fresh bread with a trio comprised of kalamata olives, dressed olive oil and homemade tarragon hummus. The room was a little noisy due to the women two tables away, who were so impressed by their food, they couldn’t stop squealing. It was a little like the scene from

“When Harry Met Sally,” but I assumed it was a good sign that they were practically orgasmic over the risotto du jour. I started with the watermelon “village style” ($6), feta with housemade lavender honey and candied walnuts atop a tower of yellow and pink watermelon. I once took a scooter ride across the mountains of Greece and stopped by a roadside restaurant overlooking the hills to have a dessert of feta, yogurt and walnuts. The freshness of the ingredients at Privé made me feel as though I was back there with the wind blowing in my hair. My dining companion opted for the octopus ($14). It was magnificently laid out, dressed with a deconstructed salad of roasted peppers, kalamata olives, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers, and drizzled with a wild-berry balsamic vinaigrette. And all those succulent little suction cups staring at you. It looked pretty, but I was too wimpy to try it. However, my companion dove into it like he was Jacques Cousteau and said it was perfectly prepared, tender with a delicate flavoring. The dishes at Privé are served as prepared so they don’t sit under heat lamps as you savor your first dish. My next choice was the

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frozen roasted beet marmalade ($6). The preparation was interesting: Frozen beet purée is mixed with simple syrup, put in the bottom of a bowl and placed in the freezer. Then a ball of goat cheese is rolled in sesame seeds and fried. The hot goat cheese is placed on top of the beets, melting them. This was pretty good, though the goat cheese slightly overpowered the beets. My friend ordered the haloumi ($8), a traditional Cypriot cheese, flash-fried and topped with spicy pepper relish. The interesting thing about haloumi is that it doesn’t melt, no matter how hot it gets, so it’s sliced and fried for 15 seconds until it crisps and then put on a fried wonton with a little pepper relish. For you tennis fans, Cyprus is the birthplace of the ever-smiling Marcos Baghdatis. In between dishes, we tried a few of the specialty drinks on the menu. I had the Privé Passion ($13) and it was fantastic. I’m not really a drinker, but this could change things: Ketel One vodka with Pama liquer, pomma berries and pear juice. My friend had the top-shelf Long Island iced tea ($14), with Ketel One with Cabo Blanco, Tanqueray, Cointreau, Bacardi, peach nectar and peachinfused tea. After one sip, he began to moan like the ladies at the table near us. For an entrée, I had the yellowfin tuna ($25), small squares of fresh tuna served over rice topped with a honeydew-mango salsa and dressed with spring spices. It was kind of like a large appetizer served as an entrée, but it was very good. I actually couldn’t finish it, and took it home for my 1 a.m. snack. My ally in food had the chimichurri chicken ($17). This is a restaurant favorite and one of the dishes making the ladies near us swoon. For this, free-range chicken was cooked with wholegrain mustard and presented on a bed of butternut-squash puree, with a tower of fresh micro greens and asparagus. It was a lovely combination of textures and tastes. I spoke to one of the three owners, Augustine Riginos, about Privé and the brand-spankingnew menu.

PGN: I see you go out of your way to use organic foods. AR: Peter was raised that way — we all were. When you eat something that was raised naturally, you can taste the difference. When it’s been forcefed cornstarch and sugars and other junk, it’s just not the same. We have a whole bunch of small farmers and butchers we’ve developed relationships with and it’s great. Same goes for the produce: The organic stuff holds its ﬂavor and color much better.

PGN: How did you get in the business? AR: I come from a Greek family with a long line of restaurant

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experience. Well, mostly diners, but I’ve managed to work my way up to fine dining. Peter Karapanagiotis is our new chef and he’s young, but what’s great about that is that he’s not afraid to bring flavors to the table that no one else is trying instead of following old-school styles of cuisine. PGN: I notice a lot of Greek ingredients on the menu but not the usual dishes. AR: There’s a lot of Greek influence on the menu, but we wanted to change it up. Peter is good at taking old island recipes and twisting them. In Greece, you eat what comes from the earth. Whatever is in season, you eat; if it’s not in season, you gotta wait. Also, if you notice, the plates are not drowning in sauces. The Greek style is very simple: olive oils and fresh ingredients. Of course, we have some things on the menu that are heavier, but mostly it’s very light.

trio of chocolates: a ﬂourless chocolate torte; Spanish hot chocolate, thick and served in an espresso cup with a dash of cayenne pepper to give it a little kick (with a piece of biscotti on the side for dipping); and a coffee crème brûlée, made with toasted marshmallows. All three were good but we liked the brûlée best. It was a little like camping with really fancy s’mores. I had the housemade panacotta with fresh sliced strawberries drizzled with wild berry balsamic and garnished with fried basil. Beautifully defying gravity, it came with a strawberry high atop the panacotta, balancing a heaping spoonful of fried basil. The panacotta was surrounded by fresh blackberries and sprinkled with citrus dust. Privé is open Tuesday through Sunday with a special prix-ﬁxe menu on Sundays, $25 for a three-course meal. Sundays are also industry night, with halfpriced drinks for those in the biz. And for those of you suffering from seasonal affective disorder, they have a “Lousy Weather” extended happy hour to counteract these dreary days we’ve been experiencing. You can come and complain about the weather over discount drinks until 9 p.m. ■

If you go Privé 246 Market St. (215) 923-8313 www.priveoldcity.com Open Tuesday through Sunday

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Meeting Place A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations

Community centers ■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday through Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; (215) 545-4331 ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; (215) 898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 348-0558 ext. 65; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220; www.waygay.org. Peer counseling: Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. Library hours: Mondays 3-9 p.m., Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays 3-9 p.m., Thursdays 3-9 p.m., Fridays 3-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; Volunteer Velada, third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

Health Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 166 W. Lehigh Ave.; (215) 763-8870 ext. 6000. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., suite 205; (2215) 536-2424. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; (215) 851-1822 or (866) 2223871. Spanish/English. HIV testing Free, anonymous testing and counseling is offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment at AIDS Resource, 520 W. Fourth St., suite 2A, Williamsport;

Key numbers ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: (215) 587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: (856) 933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: (215) 985-4851

(570) 322-8448. HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; (215) 685-1803. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications, conﬁdential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Ofﬁce Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; (610) 586-9077. Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 1201 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-0652. www.mazzonicenter.org. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; (215) 985-9206.

Gloria Casarez, (215) 686-2194; Gloria. Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: (215) 686-2555

■ Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine: (215) 563-0658

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: (215) 5921513 ■ AIDS Treatment hot line: (215) 5452212

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: (215) 686-4670

■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: (215) 685-1633

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: (215) 772-2000

■ Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (215) 731-1447; (866) LGBTLAW ■ Equality Forum: (215) 732-3378 ■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: (215) 732-TALK ■ Mayor’s liaison to LGBT communities:

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; (215) 627-9090; www.galloplaw.org. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a Web site where everyone is invited to sign up for e-mail notices for activities and events.; www.gppn. org. ■ Independence Business Alliance The Philadelphia chapter of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development and educational opportunities. Holds monthly networking events; (215) 701-4760; P.O. Box 12647, Philadelphia, Pa. 19129; www.independencebusinessalliance. com. Monthly Brown Bag forums for LGBT business owners at noon on third Thursdays at the William Way Center. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgjaphiladephia.org. ■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia Region, holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 304 S. 12th St.; (215) 8406141; www.gayphiladelphia.org. ■ Philly OutGoing Professionals Social group for gay, lesbian and bisexual professionals meets for social and cultural activities; (856) 8579283; popnews19@yahoo.com.

■ Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): (215) 572-1833

■ The COLOURS Organization Inc. 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; (215) 4960330.

Professional groups

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 494-LGBT; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: (215) 875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: (717) 920-9537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: (215) 732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

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12-step programs and support groups Adult Children of Alcoholics

Meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the William Way Center. ■ Rainbow Adult Children of Alcoholics and Alcoholics Anonymous meet at 7 p.m. Saturdays at Limestone Presbyterian Church, 3201 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Del.; (302) 456-9129. ■

Al-Anon

Gay Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. Fridays at St. Andrew’s Church, 50 York St., Lambertville, N.J.; (215) 986-1029. ■ Meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the William Way Center. ■

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Acceptance meets at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays at Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets. ■ Beginnings meets at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at 1201 Locust St.; (215) 563-0663 ext. 282. ■ Community meets at 8 p.m. on Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian but all are welcome. ■ GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. on Sundays and 8 p.m. on Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; (484) 529-9504. ■ Living In Sobriety meets at 10 a.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11 a.m. Sundays at the William Way Center. ■ Night Owl meets at 11:30 p.m. Sunday through Saturday at the William Way Center. ■ Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Beginners meeting meets at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2212 Spruce St. ■ Sober and Gay meets at 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday at the William Way Center. ■ Stepping Stone meets at 2:30 p.m. Mondays at the Mazzoni Center. ■ Ties That Bind Us is a12-step Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the BDSM, leather and alternative sexuality community. Meetings are held from 7:30-9 p.m. in South Philadelphia. For location, call (800) 581-7883. ■ Way Gay Young Peoples meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the William Way Center. ■

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

Meets at 7 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the William Way Center.

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Emotional Support

Healing After Loss has monthly activities in South Jersey and surrounding area; www.lsn. southjersey.com. ■ Pink and Blues is a free depression and bipolar support group for sexual minorities and meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 627-0424. ■ Pink and Blues Main Line, a peer-run mental health support group, meets 6 p.m. Thursdays at Bryn Mawr Consumer Center, 1001 W. Lancaster Ave.; (610) 527-1511. ■ Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets at 7:30 p.m. on ﬁrst Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037; (215) 545-2242; www.phillysos. tripod.com. ■ Survivors of Suicide Inc., Chester County meets at 7:30 p.m. on second Wednesday of the month at Paoli Memorial Hospital, Willistown Room, Medical Ofﬁce Building; (215) 545-2242; www. phillysos.tripod.com. ■

HIV/AIDS

Strength In Numbers Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ SINPhiladelphia.

second Tuesday of the month at the Independence Branch of the the Free Library, 18 S. Seventh St.; (215) 685-1633. ■ A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets from 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; (215) 769-3561. ■ Encuentros Positivos, a group for HIV-positive Latino men who have sex with men, meets on first and third Tuesday of the month at 1205 Chestnut St.; (215) 985-3382. ■ “Feast Incarnate,” a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, begins at 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. Bible study follows at 6 p.m.; (215) 387-2885. ■ A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS will meet from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Mazzoni Center. ■ Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program’s Voice It Sistah, a support group for HIV-positive women, meets at 11 a.m. every first and third Tuesday at YOACAP, 1207 Chestnut St., Suite 315; (215) 851-1898.

Wednesdays:

A support group for HIV-positive women will meet from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; (215) 387-6055. ■ AIDS Services in Asian Communities’ weekly volunteer work group will meet from 6-8 p.m. at 340 N. 12th St., Suite 205; (215) 563-2424. ■ Project Teach, a peer-education and empowerment program for people living with HIV/ AIDS, will meet from 3-5 p.m. at Philadelphia Fight, 1233 Locust St. ■ Positive Effect, for HIV-positive people 18 and over, meets from 5-7 p.m. at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; (856) 963-2432. ■

Thursdays:

A support group for HIV-positive men and women will meet from 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St.; (215) 769-3561. ■ Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for all infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55. N. Broad St.; call Zak, (215) 848-4380, or Paul, (215) 307-0347. ■

Saturdays:

AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth support group meets at 11 a.m. at AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 315, Wilmington; a social session will follow at 12:30 p.m.; (302) 652-6776. ■

Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

Meetings are at 2 p.m. Sunday through Saturday and at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the William Way Center. ■

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

Open meeting, Tuesdays, beginners meet at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting at 6 p.m. at Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St., third ﬂoor, room 3208; call Troy, (215) 514-3065. ■

S.A.R.A.

Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment; day and evening hours; (215) 563-0663 ext. 282. ■

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Mondays, 7 p.m. at the William Way Center. Mondays, 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 20 N. Route 9, Marmora, N.J.; (609) 675-1998. ■ Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. at All Saints Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; (302) 5423279. ■ Fridays, 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean View Lodge, Metropolitan Community Church, 521 Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, Del.; (302) 945-5982. ■ Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. at the William Way Center. ■ ■

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Mondays:

Positive Brothers, a support group for men of color living with HIV/AIDS, meets from 6:308:30 p.m. at 112 N. Broad St., 11th ﬂoor; (215) 496-0330.

■ Safe space to meet and discuss substance abuse problems with ofﬁce in William Way Center; (215) 340-9995.

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Tuesdays:

AIDS Services in Asian Community offers safer-sex and HIV/AIDS information at 10 a.m. on

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Smoking Cessation

FreshOUT!, Mazzoni Center’s free quitsmoking program, hosts individual sessions, classes and support groups and offers Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patches, gum and lozenges); (215) 563-0652 ext. 228 or e-mail quitsmoking@mazzonienter.org. ■

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Dems to push through banking overhaul quickly By Anne Flaherty The Associated Press Democratic leaders have committed to enacting by the end of the year the biggest regulatory revision to the U.S. financial system since the 1930s — an undertaking so ambitious it has some lawmakers worried about missteps. “We have to evaluate it, weigh it, slow it down and make sure we do it right,” said Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. “Because if we don’t, we will pay dearly.” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was expected to outline the administration’s plan last Thursday before the Senate panel and the House Financial Services Committee. The proposal is aimed at filling in regulatory gaps and increasing oversight of the financial markets to

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12TH & DICKINSON ST. 3 Room Apt for Rent. Living Room, Kitchen, Bath and Bedroom w/walk-in closet (very large rooms). $800. mo plus util. Call 215 468-9166 after 6 pm. or 215 686 3431 daytime. _______________________________33-28 12TH & DICKINSON AREA Furnished Townhouse for rent: 3 levels. Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2 bedrooms , bath. Very Unique. 1500. mo plus util. (negotiable). Call 215 468-9166 after 6 pm. or 215 686 3431 daytime. _______________________________33-28 MINUTES FROM CENTER CITY 3 BR, 1 full bath, 2 half baths, hdwd flrs thruout, lg. EIK, stainless steel appl, D/W G/D, W/D, clean & spacious basement, lg. back yard. Pets OK. $1500/mo. 267-278-1636. _______________________________33-28 AVENUE OF THE ARTS Entire 3rd floor apartment for rent has large eat-in kitchen with ice maker, built in micro, d/w, garb disp. lots of counter and storage. hall closet, very large living room, rent includes all channel Tevo. bathroom has a washer/dryer, another hall closet and two bedrooms with more closets. Heat and hot water is also included. $1,200.00/month. This is a non-smoking building. 215-416-5545. _______________________________33-28 $1200/MONTH SPECIAL 2 bedrooms, kitch, W/D, living room, hardwood flr, ultra modern steel refrig and dishwasher. Central air. New apt. of year in Queen Village. All tile bathroom and kitchen floor. Sexy! Must see! 215-687-8461, home 215-336-4629. _______________________________33-26 19XX S. CHADWICK ST. Live on a gay street! Rent a row house in back of St. Agnes Hospital in South Philly, 1 block from public transportaton. 1 BR, 1 BA, 3 floors including finished basement, W/D, new stove, new refrigerator, garbage disposal, private back yard. $800 per month., Available 7/1/09. Call 717-589-7828 or 215-917-4261. _______________________________33-27 Affordable! Great Area! 3bd 2ba Home only $275/mo! Rent Applied to Down Payment! For Free Info & Listings 800-516-8301. _______________________________33-26

ART MUSEUM PENTHOUSE CONDO Pet-friendly 2BR/2BA Penthouse Condo in the historic Bergdoll Brewery. 2 large Bedrooms and Baths, all recently renovated. Ample closet space. Private roofdeck with amazing panoramic views of sunsets, Center City, Art Museum and Fairmount Park. Cherry hardwood ﬂoors, New kitchen and bathrooms, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. Quiet and private. ***Secure bike-room & gated parking for 2 cars included in monthly rent ***Rent also includes water, snow removal, landscaping, use of community garden and BBQ grills. Walking distance to great restaurants, bars, museums, Kelly Drive, parks (great dogparks nearby!) Check out the Brewery Condo website: http://www.brewerycondo.com/tour/tour.html Available immediately. Please call for showing: 215-356-2206. _______________________________33-27

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ROOMMATES PGN WILL NOT PUBLISH RACIAL DISTINCTIONS IN ROOMMATE ADS. SUCH NOTATIONS WILL BE EDITED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. ___________________________________ GREATER NE PHILA. Have your own bedroom in a beautiful split level home with 2 gay men. House is 4 BR, 2 full baths, W/D, upper and lower decks, use of kitchen. Property is by Welsh & the Boulevard, 1 min. to 58 bus. We ask only that you be at least reasonably neat and employed. Rent is $600 + 1/3 utils. Contact Dave at 215-698-0215. _______________________________33-29 2614 W. MONTGOMERY AVE. Rooms for rent ranging from $350 to $500. Located on 2nd & 3rd ﬂoor. Utils. paid by landlord. Please contact Mrs. Johnson. 917825-7761 _______________________________33-28 Have private 2 rms in 15 room hist. house. Share 1st ﬂ. $575+ el. 215-844-8118. _______________________________33-28

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