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Partys call for federal

marriage amendment
vexes Log Cabin
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Revelations this week that the
Republican Party platform would
include strong opposition to same-
sex marriage and an endorsement of
the Federal Marriage Amendment has
renewed debate over whether Log
Cabin Republicans should withhold
its endorsement of presumptive GOP
presidential nominee Mitt Romney
because of the anti-gay language.
This week, 112 members of the
Republican Party approved platform
language that afrms marriage as
between one man, one woman;
criticizes judges for court-ordered
redenition of marriage; attacks the
Obama administration for no longer
defending the Defense of Marriage
Act; and endorses a Federal Marriage
Amendment. Buzzfeed revealed
the draft language on marriage in
a report on Monday and quoted
Tony Perkins, president of the Family
Research Council, as taking credit for
writing the marriage language.
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Corkins faces charges
after Family Research
Council attack
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, a former part-
time volunteer for D.C.s LGBT community
center, is scheduled to appear in court for
a joint preliminary and detention hearing
today, following last weeks shooting at the
Family Research Council headquarters.
Visit washingtonblade.com for updated
coverage on his scheduled appearance.
Corkins was ordered held without bond
last Thursday by a federal judge one day
after the FBI and D.C. police apprehended
him for allegedly shooting a security
guard in the lobby of the Family Research
Council headquarters, one of the nations
leading anti-gay groups.
The FBI placed Corkins in custody
arounc 11 a.m. Wecnescay, Au. 15, ar
801 G Srreer, N.W., alrer police saic he
shot security ofcer Leo Johnson in the
arm. Police said Johnson, who sustained
a non-life-threatening wound, and other
guards wrestled Corkins to the oor and
took away the gun.
One of the charges is the federal
offense of interstate transportation of a
rearm and ammunition. The second is a
D.C. offense of assault with intent to kill
while armed.
FBI ofcials said the rearms charge was
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MITT ROMNEY and PAUL RYAN have each adopted anti-gay positions, including support for a
constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Del. Senate candidate sets record
A gay Delaware state Senate candidate last week announced he has raised
more money than any other rst-time political hopeful in a primary election
campaign.
Rehoboth Beach Realtor Andy Staton, who would become the rst openly LGBT
person elected to the state legislature in Delaware if voters choose him to represent
the new 6th Senate District in November, said his campaign has raised a record
$105,697.39 more than twice as much as any other candidate as of Aug. 11.
This gure includes the $83,000 he has raised since the beginning of the year.
Staton told the Blade that more than 500 donors have given $100 or less to his
campaign.
I am extraordinarily excited that we have had so many folks from our
community stepping out to support the campaign. At the same time Im humbled
by the response, he said. People from across the district are responding to
ideas. Were presenting real ideas and real solutions so that we can deliver on
solutions as we go forward. And Im humbled that so many people have chosen
to invest in our campaign.
Gov. Jack Markell, House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth
Beach,) Senate Majority Leader Patricia Blevins (D-Elsmere) and Rehoboth Beach
Commissioners Patricia Coluzzi, Patrick Gossett and Mark Hunker are among the
state and local ofcials who have endorsed Staton. The Victory Fund and the
Barbara Gittings Delaware Stonewall Democrats have also backed his campaign.
Staton will square off against former Dewey Beach Mayor Bob Frederick and
former congressional candidate Mike Miller in the Democratic primary on Sept.
11. Lewes resident Ernie Lopez will face Glen Urquhart, who unsuccessfully ran for
Congress in 2010, in the Republican primary.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Md. releases marriage ballot language
The Maryland Secretary of States ofce on Monday released the language of
the same-sex marriage referendum that will appear on the November ballot.
Question 6 will ask voters to vote for or against the Civil Marriage Protection Act
that establishes that Marylands civil marriage laws allow gay and lesbian couples
to obtain a civil marriage license, provided they are not otherwise prohibited from
marrying; protects clergy from having to perform any particular marriage ceremony
in violation of their religious beliefs; afrms that each religious faith has exclusive
control over its own theological doctrine regarding who may marry within that
faith; and provides that religious organizations and certain related entities are not
required to provide goods, services, or benets to an individual related to the
celebration or promotion of marriage in violation of their religious beliefs.
The wording is accurate and straightforward and will serve as another way to
educate voters, said Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage
Equality. This referendum is about equality under the law and protecting religious
freedom, and we know the more people know about this issue the more they
support it. Voter education is whats fueling our momentum.
Derek McCoy, executive director of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, the
group that collected more than 160,000 signatures in support of the referendum,
criticized the language.
This is a transparent attempt by the Secretary of State to bias voters to be
in favor of the legislation, but its an attempt that will backre, he said. Voters
will be inherently suspicious of any description that goes to such lengths to say
what supposedly isnt impacted, rather than deal forthrightly with what obviously
is impacted.
A Hart Research Associates poll conducted between July 24-28 noted that 54
percent of state voters would vote for the same-sex marriage law that Gov. Martin
OMalley signed in March, compared to 40 percent of respondents who said they
would oppose it..
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
washingtonblade.com
04 AUGUST 24, 2012 LOCAL NEWS
Housing for people with HIV
in D.C. remains a problem
ANDY STATON is seeking to become
Delawares rst openly LGBT state
legislator.
PHOTO COURTESY OF STATON
in favor of the legislation, but its an attempt that will backre, he said. Voters
will be inherently suspicious of any description that goes to such lengths to say
what supposedly isnt impacted, rather than deal forthrightly with what obviously
is impacted.
A Hart Research Associates poll conducted between July 24-28 noted that 54
percent of state voters would vote for the same-sex marriage law that Gov. Martin
OMalley signed in March, compared to 40 percent of respondents who said they
would oppose it..
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
CORRECTION
An item in last weeks sport column should have reported that the D.C. United
Night OUT event at RFK Stadium will be Sept. 15. The Blade regrets the error.
Nearly 1,000 remain on
waiting list to access
assistance
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
The head of D.C.s response to HIV
conceded on Tuesday that city ofcials
continue to grapple with the problem of
a lack of housing for people with the virus.
Housing is obviously a challenge that
makes it more difcult for us to do what
we need to do, said Dr. Gregory Pappas
of the Department of Healths HIV/AIDS,
Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease
and Tuberculosis Administration.
HAHSTA statistics indicate that 1,309
people in D.C., Northern Virginia and
suburban Maryland have received
subsidies through the Tenant-Based Rental
Assistance program during this scal
year that allows participants to obtain
permanent affordable and quality housing
in the private rental housing market
through the federal Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS program. The
agency distributes these funds through the
metropolitan area and Jefferson County in
the West Virginia panhandle.
Trenton Fedrick, manager of HAHSTAs
Housing Assistance Division, noted that
some TBRA clients have been in the
program for up to seven years, compared
to an average of two years for those who
receive transitional housing assistance.
The agencys own statistics indicate that
968 people with HIV remain on a waiting
list to access housing-related assistance
from the city.
Housing Works protesters heckled
Mayor Vincent Gray on this point when he
spoke at the International AIDS Conference
at the Walter E. Washington Convention
Center last month the Blade spoke with
one Southeast Washington resident with
HIV who said he has been on a waiting list
for access to housing for those with the
virus since 2001.
Pappas acknowledged this backlog
remains a problem. He stressed, however,
that fewer than an estimated 20 of those
on the waiting list are actually in homeless
shelters or living on the streets.
The waiting list is a bit contentious
because people apply, but they can go
on and have housing that we dont know
about, he said. Its not like these people
are all in the same situation. They apply
and the number thats kicked around is
1,000 people. What I dont like is when
people say 1,000 people are on the street.
A thousand people have demonstrated
need for some sort of support. Most of
them like the rest of the housing problem
in the United States and D.C. are staying
with friends and relatives.
Underlying socio-economic disparities
and gentrication of traditionally lower-
income neighborhoods also pose an
ongoing challenge to securing housing
for people with HIV.
Fedrick noted those with HIV who seek
access to the citys housing programs are
unable to afford rents that average $1,400
a month for a one-bedroom apartment.
Pappas further pointed out that many
landlords are unwilling to rent apartments
to those struggling with substance abuse
and mental health issues.
Were talking about people who are
not only HIV-positive, were talking about
people who have socio-economic issues
that put them in a situation where they are
homeless, added Fedrick. Youre talking
about people who have had in some ways
a lifetime of issues, youre talking about
people who are in a position, at a point of
time when our national economic issue is
kind of dire with people being out of work.
Its not a simple x.
Housing Works Director of National
Organizing and Advocacy Larry Bryant
agreed.
The problem with HIV both here in the
city and nationally is not just about people
having unsafe sex, he told the Blade.
Its about people living in desperate
situations, people who are on the edge
of poverty or below poverty, people who
are homeless. Were not looking at it in a
holistic kind of way.
The city received roughly $8 million
in HOPWA funds during this scal year
for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,
the Short-Term Rental, Mortgage
and Utility Assistance and transitional
housing programs. Transgender Health
Empowerment and Josephs House are
among the local service providers that
work with people with HIV who need
housing assistance.
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Health panel likely to make HIV tests routine
WASHINGTON The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a committee of
clinicians and scientists that recommend health services to the government, is
expected to call for routine HIV tests that will become as ubiquitous in check-ups
as a cholesterol check and a blood pressure reading.
According to a Reuters report published by the Chicago Tribune, anonymous
ofcials close to the panel say the group may update its 2005 recommendation
to leave the decision up to individual doctors to expand the practice to compel
the entire healthcare eld, a move that would also require insurers to begin fully
covering the test as a preventative service.
While the cost of expanding the test to the general population could reach $27
billion, experts agree that early detection is key to preventing the spread of the
disease, which infects some 60,000 in the U.S. each year.
This would be one of those major sea changes ... moving away from what has
been somewhat the segmentation of HIV either by population, by geography,
said Michael Kharfen, chief of community outreach for the Washington, D.C.,
Department of Health.
Campus Pride names top 25 pro-gay colleges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Ahead of the release of the annual Campus Climate Index,
which rates pro-LGBT policies on 339 American college campuses, Campus Pride
has released a list of the top 25 pro-LGBT colleges and universities in America.
The list, which includes University of Maryland College Park, Pennsylvania State
University, Stanford University, Minnesotas Carleton College and Georgias Emory
University, precedes the annual list, which Campus Pride calls the most reliable,
trusted source of its kind.
Campus Pride rates both colleges and universities on LGBT policy inclusion,
student life, academic life as well as other relevant practices using a ve (highest)
to one (lowest) star rating system.
APA calls for access to gender reassignment
ARLINGTON, Va. The American Psychiatric Association this week called on
healthcare providers to lower barriers for individuals seeking to transition their
gender, saying that trans patients frequently experience discrimination and
victimization in the healthcare setting.
The statement afrms that access to medical and surgical interventions is crucial
to gender variant individuals, and that the mental health of these individuals
depends on equal access to these interventions.
The APA joins other organizations, including the American Medical
Association and the American Psychological Association, in endorsing strong
policy statements deploring the discrimination experienced by gender variant
and transgender individuals and calling for laws to protect their civil rights, the
statement reads.
Beloved Scouts leader ousted for being gay
LOUISVILLE Greg Burke is adored by the Louisville area Boy Scouts he used
to lead, and their parents alike, as a strong leader who upheld the strongest
ideals of scouting, according to one.
However, because Burke wrote the national organization informing them that
he is gay, the Boy Scouts of America informed him that he did not meet their
membership requirements, and he was forced to resign his position, according to
the Louisville Courier-Journal.
My voice needed to be heard, Bourke said of his decision to contact the
organization directly and ask if he was welcome. What kind of organization does that?
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Bi candidate accuses opponent
of homophobic attacks
KYRSTEN SINEMA claims her opponent is using dirty campaign tactics.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SINEMA
LOUISVILLE Greg Burke is adored by the Louisville area Boy Scouts he used
to lead, and their parents alike, as a strong leader who upheld the strongest
ideals of scouting, according to one.
However, because Burke wrote the national organization informing them that
he is gay, the Boy Scouts of America informed him that he did not meet their
membership requirements, and he was forced to resign his position, according to
the Louisville Courier-Journal.
My voice needed to be heard, Bourke said of his decision to contact the
organization directly and ask if he was welcome. What kind of organization does that?
Democrat calls
Sinemas charges
dirty slanderous lie
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A former Arizona state lawmaker who
could become the rst openly bisexual
person elected to Congress is accusing
a Democratic primary opponent of
telling potential supporters that she cant
win because of her sexual orientation.
Meanwhile, LGBT supporters of her
opponent have rushed to his defense.
Kyrsten Sinema, who was a state
lawmaker for seven years, is competing
in a three-way primary set for Tuesday
with Andrei Cherny, a former chair of
the Arizona Democratic Party, and State
Senate Minority Leader David Schapira.
The winner gets the Democratic nod to
represent the states 9th congressional
district in the U.S. House.
In a Washington Blade interview on Aug.
17, Sinema had particularly harsh words
for Cherny, whom she said has engaged in
very, very, very dirty campaign tactics by
telling potential supporters she wouldnt be a
good choice for the Democratic nomination
because shes bisexual and single.
Unfortunately, his strategy every time
he runs for ofce has been to really seek
to tear down his opponent instead of
putting forth his own positive ideas for the
future, Sinema said. Were seeing that
same strategy again in this election.
In one instance, Sinema said she was told by
a union which ultimately chose to endorse
her that Cherny said during an earlier
endorsement interview that she couldnt win
because of her sexual orientation.
I got a call from some union folks who
support my campaign because of my long
history of standing with working families,
Sinema said. Apparently, he had told
some of them in interviews that I couldnt
win the election and that I shouldnt get
the endorsement because Im openly
bisexual and cant win a general election.
Before becoming chair of the Arizona
Democratic Party, Cherny lost an election for
California State Assembly in 2002 and lost an
election to become Arizona state treasurer.
Additionally, Sinema accused Cherny
and his wife of telling potential donors
she wouldnt be the right choice because
shes not a family person. While Sinema
is single and has no children, Cherny is
married and has two children.
Sinema declined to identify the union
or the potential donors to whom Cherny
allegedly made the accusations.
Seth Scott, Chernys campaign manager,
responded to Sinemas accusations by
denying the charges and calling her a liar.
Kyrsten Sinemas false accusation is a
dirty, desperate and slanderous lie, Scott
said. Sinemas willingness to make up
such egregious lies tells us all we need to
know about her own personal character,
her standing in the polls and her tness
for ofce.
Its not the rst time Sinema has accused
Cherny of underhanded campaign tactics.
In May, The Hill newspaper reported that
Sinema and Schapiro issued a joint statement
criticizing Cherny for what they called Karl
Rove-styled attacks from an earlier campaign
as well as in the current primary.
According to The Hill, Sinema and
Schapiro criticized Cherny for his 2002
campaign for a seat in the California
State Assembly. The mailer featured a
photograph of a tattooed black male with
a gun, suggesting voters would be unsafe
under Chernys opponent.
Sinema, who is known as an LGBT rights
advocate in Arizona and led campaigns
against state ballot initiatives prohibiting
same-sex marriage, has been endorsed by
major LGBT organizations, including the
Human Rights Campaign and the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Fund.
Some prominent LGBT individuals in
Arizona rallied behind Cherny in the face of
the accusations, saying that they couldnt
believe he would make homophobic
remarks and that Sinema was making
accusations without offering proof.
Jim Kolbe, a gay Republican who
formerly represented Arizona in the U.S.
House, called the allegations against
Cherny preposterous and said theres
no way the candidate would employ such
campaign tactics.
Under new guidelines, HIV tests may
become as routine as a cholesterol check
or a blood pressure reading.
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INDICATION
REYATAZ

(atazanavir sulfate) is a prescription medicine used in


combination with other medicines to treat people 6 years of age and
older who are infected with the human immunodeciency virus (HIV).
REYATAZ has been studied in a 48-week trial in patients who have
taken anti-HIV medicines and a 96-week trial in patients who have
never taken anti-HIV medicines.
REYATAZ does not cure HIV or AIDS and you may
continue to experience illnesses associated with HIV-1
infection, including opportunistic infections.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any
of its ingredients.
Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines
due to potential for serious, life-threatening side effects or
death: Versed

(midazolam) when taken by mouth, Halcion

(triazolam),
ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as Cafergot

, Migranal

, D.H.E. 45

, ergotrate
maleate, Methergine

, and others), Propulsid

(cisapride), or
Orap

(pimozide).
Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines due to
potential for serious side effects: Camptosar

(irinotecan),
Crixivan

(indinavir), Mevacor

(lovastatin), Zocor

(simvastatin),
Uroxatral

(alfuzosin), or Revatio

(sildenal).
REYATAZ can help lower your viral load
UNDETECTABLE for many HIV patients
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Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may
lower the amount of REYATAZ in your blood, which may lead to
increased HIV viral load and resistance to REYATAZ or other anti-HIV
medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane

, Rifadin

, Rifater

,
or Rifamate

), St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing


products, or Viramune

(nevirapine).
Serevent Diskus

(salmeterol) and Advair

(salmeterol with uticasone)


are not recommended with REYATAZ.
Do not take Vfend

(voriconazole) if you are taking REYATAZ and


Norvir

(ritonavir).
The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking REYATAZ
with some other medicines may require your therapy to be
monitored more closely or may require a change in dose or
dose schedule of REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with
your healthcare provider all prescription and non-prescription medicines,
vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health preparations you are
taking or plan to take.
Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to
become pregnant. REYATAZ use during pregnancy has not been
associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant women have
experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV
medicines called nucleoside analogues. After your baby is born, tell
your healthcare provider if your babys skin or the white part of his/her
eyes turns yellow. Do not breastfeed if you are HIV-positive.
Also tell your healthcare provider if you have end-stage kidney
disease managed with hemodialysis or severe liver dysfunction.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effects,
symptoms, or conditions, including the following:
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s Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes
occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the rst few weeks
after the medicine is started, and usually goes away within 2 weeks
with no change in treatment.
s Severe rash may develop with other symptoms that could be serious
and potentially cause death. If you develop a rash with any of
the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call your
healthcare provider right away:
Shortness of breath
General ill-feeling or u-like
symptoms
Fever
Muscle or joint aches
s Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in
bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver).
s A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel
dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem.
s Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking
protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may need
changes in their diabetes medicine.
s If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may get
worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
s Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side, blood
in your urine, and pain when you urinate.
s Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems
with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ.
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Ask your doctor about REYATAZ, the #1 prescribed
protease inhibitor since 2007.

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Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients.
REYATAZ does not cure HIV or AIDS and you may continue to experience illnesses
associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections.
Individual results may vary.
ONCE-DAILY PEYATAZ IN HIV COMBINATION THEPAPY.
Conjunctivitis (red or inamed
eyes, like pink-eye)
Blisters
Mouth sores
Swelling of your face
s Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV
medicines. The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time.
s Immune reconstitution syndrome has been seen in some patients
with advanced HIV infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic
infection. Signs and symptoms of inammation from previous infections
may occur soon after starting anti-HIV treatment, including REYATAZ.
sGallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder
inammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV
medicines include: nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea;
depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or
burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.
You should take REYATAZ once daily with food (a meal or snack).
Swallow the capsules whole; do not open the capsules. You should
take REYATAZ and your other anti-HIV medicines exactly as
instructed by your healthcare provider.
Please see Important Patient Information about REYATAZ on the
following pages.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of
prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch
or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
REYATAZ is one of several treatment options your doctor
may consider.
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REYATAZ

(atazanavir sulfate) Patient Information


REYATAZ

(RAY-ah-taz)
(generic name = atazanavir sulfate)
Capsules
ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with REYATAZ.
Read the section What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ
with other medicines?
Read the Patient Information that comes with REYATAZ before you start using it
and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet provides
a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know
about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection
destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune
system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS
develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the
HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your
body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness
associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS and you may continue to experience
illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections. You
should remain under the care of a doctor when using REYATAZ.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them,
like toothbrushes and razor blades.
Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe
sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual
contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
Who should not take REYATAZ?
Do not take REYATAZ if you:
are taking certain medicines. (See What important information should I
know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?) Serious life-threatening
side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your
healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take.
These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins,
and herbal supplements.
are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is
atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients
in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have had an allergic
reaction to any of these ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ?
Tell your healthcare provider:
If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during
pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant
women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with
other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and your healthcare
provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ
while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about the Antiretroviral
Pregnancy Registry.
After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your babys skin
or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow.
If you are breastfeeding. Do not breastfeed. It is not known if REYATAZ can
be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your
baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be
passed to the baby in the breast milk.
If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus.
See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have end stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis.
If you have diabetes. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have hemophilia. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
About all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Keep a list of your medicines
with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see What
important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines? and Who should not take REYATAZ? Some medicines can
cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
How should I take REYATAZ?
Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare
provider. Your healthcare provider will prescribe the amount of REYATAZ that
is right for you.
Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better.
Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at
the same time each day.
If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX

or VIDEX

EC), take
REYATAZ 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines.
If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers
such as AXID

(nizatidine), PEPCID AC

(famotidine), TAGAMET


(cimetidine), ZANTAC

(ranitidine), AcipHex

(rabeprazole), NEXIUM


(esomeprazole), PREVACID

(lansoprazole), PRILOSEC

(omeprazole),
or PROTONIX

(pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider.


Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking
with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare
providers care while taking REYATAZ.
When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your
healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The
amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even
a short time.
If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take
your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours
of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose
at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do
not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines.
If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your healthcare
provider or poison control center right away.
What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing
symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, ask
your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you manage
these side effects.
The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:
mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs
in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the
medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change
in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs.
severe rash: Rash may develop in association with other symptoms which
could be serious and potentially cause death.
If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using
REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:
shortness of oreath
general ill feeling or "flu-like" s]mptoms
fever
muscle or joint aches
conjunctivitis (red or inflamed e]es, like "pink e]e"j
olisters
mouth sores
swelling of ]our face
yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in
bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Although these
effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, call your healthcare
provider promptly if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow.
a change in the way your heart beats (heart rhythm change). Call your
healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could be
symptoms of a heart problem.
diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happen in
patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had
diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients
may need changes in their diabetes medicine.
if you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may
get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop
signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine,
pain when you urinate) tell your healthcare provider promptly.
some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with
protease inhibitors like REYATAZ.
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changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat
in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast, and around the trunk.
Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and
long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
immune reconstitution syndrome. In some patients with advanced HIV
infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection, signs and symptoms
of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV
treatment, including REYATAZ, is started.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include
nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness;
trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.
Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder inflammation)
have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines?
Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may
be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take).
REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when used
with these medicines.
Ergot medicines. dih]droergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT

, MIGRANAL

, D.H.E. 45

, ergotrate
maleate, METHERGINE

, and others (used for migraine headaches).


0RAP

(pimozide, used for Tourettes disorder).


PR0PUl8lD

(cisapride, used for certain stomach problems).


Triazolam, also known as HAlCl0h

(used for insomnia).


Nidazolam, also known as VER8ED

(used for sedation), when taken by


mouth.
Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible serious
side effects:
CANPT08AR

(irinotecan, used for cancer).


CRlXlVAh

(indinavir, used for HlV infectionj. Both REYATAZ and CRlXlVAh


sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.
Cholesterol-lowering medicines NEVAC0R

(lovastatin) or ZOCOR


(simvastatin).
UR0XATRAl

(alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate).


REVATl0

(sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension).


Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower
the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral load.
Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HlV medicines ma] develop.
Rifampin (also known as RlNACTAhE

, RIFADIN

, RIFATER

, or RIFAMATE

,
used for tuberculosis).
8t. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary
supplement, or products containing 8t. John's wort.
VlRANUhE

(nevirapine, used for HIV infection).


The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ:
8EREVEhT Dl8KU8

(salmeterol) and ADVAIR

(salmeterol with fluticasone),


used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
also known as COPD.
Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR


together:
VFEhD

(voriconazole).
The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor
your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose
schedule may be needed):
ClAll8

(tadalafil), LEVITRA

(vardenafil), or VIAGRA

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

(tadalafil) or TRACLEER

(bosentan), used to treat pulmonary


arterial hypertension.
llPlT0R

(atorvastatin) or CRESTOR

(rosuvastatin). There is an increased


chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol-
lowering medicine.
Nedicines for aonormal heart rh]thm. C0RDAR0hE

(amiodarone), lidocaine,
quinidine (also known as CARDl00Ulh

, 0UlhlDEX

, and others).
NYC0BUTlh

(rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis).


BUPREhEX

, 8UBUTEX

, 8UB0X0hE

, (buprenorphine or buprenorphine/
naloxone, used to treat pain and addiction to narcotic painkillers).
VA8C0R

(bepridil, used for chest pain).


C0UNADlh

(warfarin).
Tric]clic antidepressants such as ElAVll

(amitriptyline), NORPRAMIN


(desipraminej, 8lhE0UAh

(doxepinj, 8URN0hTll

(trimipramine),
TOFRANIL

(imipramine), or VIVACTIL

(protriptyline).
Nedicines to prevent organ transplant rejection. 8AhDlNNUhE

or NEORAL


(c]closporinj, RAPANUhE

(sirolimus), or PROGRAF

(tacrolimus).
The antidepressant trazodone (DE8YREl

and others).
Fluticasone propionate (Fl0hA8E

, FLOVENT

), given by nose or inhaled to


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

.
Colchicine (C0lCRY8

), used to prevent or treat gout or treat familial


Mediterranean fever.
The following medicines may require a change in the dose or dose schedule of
either REYATAZ or the other medicine:
lhVlRA8E

(saquinavir).
h0RVlR

(ritonavir).
8U8TlVA

(efavirenz).
Antacids or ouffered medicines.
VlDEX

(didanosine).
VlREAD

(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).


NYC0BUTlh

(rifabutin).
Calcium channel olockers such as CARDlZEN

or TIAZAC

(diltiazem),
COVERA-HS

or ISOPTIN SR

(verapamil) and others.


BlAXlh

(clarithromycin).
Nedicines for indigestion, heartourn, or ulcers such as AXlD

(nizatidine),
PEPCID AC

(famotidine), TAGAMET

(cimetidine), or ZANTAC

(ranitidine).
Talk to your healthcare provider about choosing an effective method of
contraception. REYATAZ may affect the safety and effectiveness of hormonal
contraceptives such as birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. Hormonal
contraceptives do not prevent the spread of HIV to others.
Remember:
1. Know all the medicines you take.
2. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take.
3. Do not start a new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider.
How should I store REYATAZ?
8tore REYATAZ Capsules at room temperature, 59 to 8O F (15 to 8O Cj. Do
not store this medicine in a damp place such as a bathroom medicine cabinet
or near the kitchen sink.
Keep ]our medicine in a tightl] closed container.
Keep all medicines out of the reach of children and pets at all times. Do not
keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. Dispose of
unused medicines through community take-back disposal programs when
available or place REYATAZ in an unrecognizable, closed container in the
household trash.
General information about REYATAZ
This medicine was prescribed for your particular condition. Do not use REYATAZ for
another condition. Do not give REYATAZ to other people, even if they have the same
symptoms you have. It may harm them. Keep REYATAZ and all medicines out of
the reach of children and pets.
This summary does not include everything there is to know about REYATAZ.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient
information leaflets. Remember no written summary can replace careful discussion
with your healthcare provider. If you would like more information, talk with your
healthcare provider or ]ou can call 1-8OO-821-1885.
What are the ingredients in REYATAZ?
Active Ingredient: atazanavir sulfate
Inactive Ingredients: Crospovidone, lactose monohydrate (milk sugar), magnesium
stearate, gelatin, FD&C Blue No. 2, and titanium dioxide.
VlDEX

and REYATAZ

are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.


C0UNADlh

and 8U8TlVA

are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb


Pharma Company. DESYREL

is a registered trademark of Nead Johnson and


Company. Other brands listed are the trademarks of their respective owners and are
not trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
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REYATAZ

(atazanavir sulfate) Patient Information


REYATAZ

(RAY-ah-taz)
(generic name = atazanavir sulfate)
Capsules
ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with REYATAZ.
Read the section What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ
with other medicines?
Read the Patient Information that comes with REYATAZ before you start using it
and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet provides
a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know
about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection
destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune
system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS
develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the
HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your
body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness
associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS and you may continue to experience
illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections. You
should remain under the care of a doctor when using REYATAZ.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them,
like toothbrushes and razor blades.
Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe
sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual
contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
Who should not take REYATAZ?
Do not take REYATAZ if you:
are taking certain medicines. (See What important information should I
know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?) Serious life-threatening
side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your
healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take.
These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins,
and herbal supplements.
are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient is
atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients
in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have had an allergic
reaction to any of these ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ?
Tell your healthcare provider:
If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during
pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant
women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with
other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and your healthcare
provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ
while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about the Antiretroviral
Pregnancy Registry.
After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your babys skin
or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow.
If you are breastfeeding. Do not breastfeed. It is not known if REYATAZ can
be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your
baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be
passed to the baby in the breast milk.
If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus.
See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have end stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis.
If you have diabetes. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
If you have hemophilia. See What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
About all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Keep a list of your medicines
with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see What
important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines? and Who should not take REYATAZ? Some medicines can
cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
How should I take REYATAZ?
Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare
provider. Your healthcare provider will prescribe the amount of REYATAZ that
is right for you.
Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better.
Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at
the same time each day.
If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX

or VIDEX

EC), take
REYATAZ 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines.
If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers
such as AXID

(nizatidine), PEPCID AC

(famotidine), TAGAMET


(cimetidine), ZANTAC

(ranitidine), AcipHex

(rabeprazole), NEXIUM


(esomeprazole), PREVACID

(lansoprazole), PRILOSEC

(omeprazole),
or PROTONIX

(pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider.


Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking
with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare
providers care while taking REYATAZ.
When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your
healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The
amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even
a short time.
If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take
your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours
of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose
at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do
not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines.
If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your healthcare
provider or poison control center right away.
What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing
symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, ask
your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you manage
these side effects.
The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:
mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs
in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the
medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change
in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs.
severe rash: Rash may develop in association with other symptoms which
could be serious and potentially cause death.
If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using
REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:
shortness of oreath
general ill feeling or "flu-like" s]mptoms
fever
muscle or joint aches
conjunctivitis (red or inflamed e]es, like "pink e]e"j
olisters
mouth sores
swelling of ]our face
yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in
bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Although these
effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, call your healthcare
provider promptly if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow.
a change in the way your heart beats (heart rhythm change). Call your
healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could be
symptoms of a heart problem.
diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happen in
patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had
diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients
may need changes in their diabetes medicine.
if you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may
get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop
signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine,
pain when you urinate) tell your healthcare provider promptly.
some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with
protease inhibitors like REYATAZ.
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changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat
in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast, and around the trunk.
Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and
long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
immune reconstitution syndrome. In some patients with advanced HIV
infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection, signs and symptoms
of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV
treatment, including REYATAZ, is started.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include
nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness;
trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain.
Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder inflammation)
have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines?
Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may
be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take).
REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when used
with these medicines.
Ergot medicines. dih]droergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT

, MIGRANAL

, D.H.E. 45

, ergotrate
maleate, METHERGINE

, and others (used for migraine headaches).


0RAP

(pimozide, used for Tourettes disorder).


PR0PUl8lD

(cisapride, used for certain stomach problems).


Triazolam, also known as HAlCl0h

(used for insomnia).


Nidazolam, also known as VER8ED

(used for sedation), when taken by


mouth.
Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible serious
side effects:
CANPT08AR

(irinotecan, used for cancer).


CRlXlVAh

(indinavir, used for HlV infectionj. Both REYATAZ and CRlXlVAh


sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.
Cholesterol-lowering medicines NEVAC0R

(lovastatin) or ZOCOR


(simvastatin).
UR0XATRAl

(alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate).


REVATl0

(sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension).


Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower
the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral load.
Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HlV medicines ma] develop.
Rifampin (also known as RlNACTAhE

, RIFADIN

, RIFATER

, or RIFAMATE

,
used for tuberculosis).
8t. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary
supplement, or products containing 8t. John's wort.
VlRANUhE

(nevirapine, used for HIV infection).


The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ:
8EREVEhT Dl8KU8

(salmeterol) and ADVAIR

(salmeterol with fluticasone),


used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
also known as COPD.
Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR


together:
VFEhD

(voriconazole).
The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor
your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose
schedule may be needed):
ClAll8

(tadalafil), LEVITRA

(vardenafil), or VIAGRA

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

(tadalafil) or TRACLEER

(bosentan), used to treat pulmonary


arterial hypertension.
llPlT0R

(atorvastatin) or CRESTOR

(rosuvastatin). There is an increased


chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol-
lowering medicine.
Nedicines for aonormal heart rh]thm. C0RDAR0hE

(amiodarone), lidocaine,
quinidine (also known as CARDl00Ulh

, 0UlhlDEX

, and others).
NYC0BUTlh

(rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis).


BUPREhEX

, 8UBUTEX

, 8UB0X0hE

, (buprenorphine or buprenorphine/
naloxone, used to treat pain and addiction to narcotic painkillers).
VA8C0R

(bepridil, used for chest pain).


C0UNADlh

(warfarin).
Tric]clic antidepressants such as ElAVll

(amitriptyline), NORPRAMIN


(desipraminej, 8lhE0UAh

(doxepinj, 8URN0hTll

(trimipramine),
TOFRANIL

(imipramine), or VIVACTIL

(protriptyline).
Nedicines to prevent organ transplant rejection. 8AhDlNNUhE

or NEORAL


(c]closporinj, RAPANUhE

(sirolimus), or PROGRAF

(tacrolimus).
The antidepressant trazodone (DE8YREl

and others).
Fluticasone propionate (Fl0hA8E

, FLOVENT

), given by nose or inhaled to


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

.
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LGBT group wades into
Md. gaming debate,
triggering reports of
links to casinos
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
As the dust settles over the Maryland
General Assemblys approval on Aug. 15 of
a controversial bill to increase the number of
casinos operating in the state, some political
insiders say the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force appears to have taken the unusual
step of accepting money from gambling
interests to campaign against the bill.
The Task Force last month announced it
opposed taking up the bill this year, noting
it would trigger a voter referendum on
gambling that likely would motivate more
conservative, religious voters to turn out to
vote against both gambling and the states
same-sex marriage law, which is also on the
November ballot in a referendum.
Earlier this month, the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force Action Fund mailed
an expensive tri-fold ier to thousands
of Maryland households asking residents
to urge their state representatives to
vote no on the gambling bill. The
mailer was likely part of the rst round
of an expected erce campaign in which
gambling and marriage equality may
become entangled, sources familiar with
the two issues told the Blade.
The sources, who spoke on condition that
they not be identied, said the Task Force
Action Fund mailer raised eyebrows among
many political observers in Maryland,
including ofcials in the administration of
Gov. Martin OMalley, who introduced the
gambling bill. Sources estimated the mailer
cost well over $100,000.
I know for a fact that the Task Force didnt
pay for it a single, anonymous contributor
paid for it, said one of the sources.
Others familiar with the situation say
they believe one or more of the ve
casinos already authorized to operate in
the state and that stand to lose business
from a sixth casino that the bill authorizes
most likely paid for the mailer.
These sources note that Monique Hall,
a member of the Task Force Action Fund
board of directors, is a vice president for the
DCI Group, a Republican-leaning political
consulting rm that the sources say has been
retained by one of the Maryland casinos to
campaign against the gambling bill.
The sources believe one of the casinos
paid for the mailing directly or reimbursed
the DCI Group, which in turn paid the Task
Force Action Fund for the mailing.
One of the sources said the Cordish
Company, a national conglomerate
that operates casinos in Las Vegas and
throughout the country, including a casino
located just south of Baltimore, is a client of
DCI Group and may have been the source
of the money used to pay for the mailer.
The Blade could not independently conrm
that Cordish is a DCI client. There are other
gaming companies operating in Maryland
that oppose the expansion, including Penn
National Gaming, which owns 20 casinos
throughout the nation, including Hollywood
Casino of Perryville, Md.
The Task Force has declined to disclose
the source of the money used to prepare
and pay for the mailer.
We do not have a position on gambling,
but rather on marriage equality, said Task
Force Deputy Executive Director Darlene
Nipper in a statement.
The purpose of the marriage equality
mailer, funded by the Task Force Action
Fund, which like other nonprots includes
many donors, some named and some
who are not, is to get marriage equality
over the nish line, Nipper said. It was
sent to a portion of registered Democratic
households in Maryland.
The mailer states, If the gaming bill
is on the ballot, opponents are likely to
spend millions identifying and turning
out voters who dont like gamblingand
who also dont like Marriage Equality! So
all the no votes on gaming could also be
no votes for us.
The mailer added, The best thing that
can happen to give us a fair shot at winning
on the ballot in November is for the
legislature to put gaming aside till next year
and let the marriage issue proceed without
complications. The Task Force Action Fund
is a 501c(4) nonprot and contributions
made to it are not tax deductible.
The Task Force did not directly answer
when asked if it has made nancial
contributions to the Maryland referendum
ght, but two knowledgeable sources
said the Task Force has not made cash
donations to the effort.
We have provided staff resources
specically to advance marriage equality
in Maryland, said Nipper in an emailed
statement. She also noted that the Task
Force held its annual Creating Change
conference in Baltimore earlier this year
and that OMalley spoke to attendees. Task
Force executive director Rea Carey is on
sabbatical and unavailable for comment.
Speculation over who could have paid
for the Task Force Action Fund mailer
has centered on Tom Synhorst, a gay
Republican strategist and founder and
chair of the DCI Group, which bills itself
on its website as a public affairs company
that helps corporations navigate their
most challenging political, legislative and
regulatory problems anywhere in the world.
Monique Hall, the DCI Group vice
president and the Task Force Action Fund
board member, did not respond to Blade
inquires. A receptionist at DCI initially
refused to take a message for Synhorst on
Aug. 17 and declined to transfer a Blade
reporters call into Synhorsts voicemail.
Another receptionist did take a message
when the Blade called back on Monday,
but Synhorst did not immediately respond.
DCI doesnt disclose its client list on its
website, but two sources with knowledge
of the Task Force mailer said DCI has
gaming clients, including possibly the
Cordish Company.
Carmen Gonzales, a spokesperson
for Maryland Live! Casino said Cordish
has no immediate comment on any of
the issues surrounding the approval of a
sixth casino for Prince Georges County,
including the Task Force mailer, except for
this statement:
Maryland Live! is, and will continue
to be, the premier casino entertainment
destination in the region. In the next few
months, Live! will open new world-class
dining and entertainment amenities,
including the Prime Rib and Rams Head
Center Stage.
One political observer familiar with
Maryland gambling rivalries, speaking
on condition of anonymity, speculates
that the existing casinos in the state that
oppose the opening of a new casino will
create new or use existing faith-based
organizations to front their campaign,
arguing that gambling is morally wrong.
Other observers familiar with Synhorst
and the DCI Group say DCI has a history
of creating front groups to wage battles in
political campaigns.
Synhorst has a long record of working for
Republican political candidates, including
former Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), former
Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.), and former
Presidents George Walker Bush and
George W. Bush.
DCI has been involved with the creation
of several front groups for the Bush
administration and telecommunications,
pharmaceutical and computer industries,
according to SourceWatch, which is published
by the Center for Media and Democracy.
SourceWatch noted that the Associated
Press reported in June 2001 that Synhorst has
been linked to South Carolina push polls
in the 2000 Republic primary that attacked
candidate John McCain as a cheat, a liar
and a fraud, according to the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The Center for Media and Democracy
added, DCI and its afliates offer direct
contact that bypasses the media entirely.
The clients message is directly delivered via
phone banks, regular mail and/or the internet.
Direct contact provides the campaigns with
complete control over the message. Freed
from the lters created by news outlets, they
can be as biased and inammatory as the
message shaper deems necessary.
Will gaming push
derail marriage?
On Aug. 15, the General Assembly
passed the gambling bill, with the House
of Delegates approving it by a vote of 71-
58 and the State Senate approving by a
margin of 32-14.
Six of the eight openly gay or lesbian
members of the General Assembly voted
for the bill, citing arguments by proponents,
including OMalley, that the measure would
generate an additional $174 million a year
in revenue for the state. OMalley said most
of the revenue would be used to fund state
education programs.
The gambling measure was drafted to
include a provision requiring that it must
come up before voters in the November
election if the General Assembly passes it.
Meanwhile, earlier in the year,
opponents of same-sex marriage
obtained the required number of petition
signatures needed to place on the
November ballot a same-sex marriage
law that the General Assembly passed
and OMalley signed in February.
Same-sex marriage advocates have
expressed conicting views over whether a
gambling referendum would hurt chances
for upholding the same-sex marriage
law if both referenda were on the ballot
at the same time. The marriage law has
been on hold pending the outcome of the
November referendum.
The Task Force, among other LGBT
advocates, says a gambling referendum
is likely to encourage a greater number
of conservative, religious-oriented voters
to go to the polls who oppose both
gambling and marriage equality.
Other advocates, including Josh Levin,
campaign manager of Marylanders
for Marriage Equality, the organization
leading the campaign to uphold the
same-sex marriage law, say a gambling
referendum would have no impact on the
marriage equality vote.
Weve been looking at this carefully for
a long time and we have yet to see any data
that suggests there are any voters who
would come out in the election because of
the gaming initiative who were not already
going to be out for a presidential election
or to vote on the question of marriage
equality, Levin told the Blade.
Levin said he bases his assertion
on private polls and focus groups
commissioned by Marylanders for
Marriage Equality.
At least one pollster sympathetic to
LGBT equality, who asked not to be
identied, said Levins assessment may
not be correct.
I dont think a gambling ballot measure
by itself will generate a greater turnout,
the pollster said. But the Cordish
Company is likely to spend millions to
bring out anti-gambling voters ... You are
injecting a huge unknown factor if you put
gambling on the ballot.
The bill authorizes the state to expand
the number of casinos allowed to operate
in Maryland from ve to six, with the sixth
site to be located in Prince Georges
County, most likely in the countys National
Harbor complex located near D.C.
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The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate
in Missouri was thrust into the national
spotlight this week following comments
he made suggesting a woman can resist
becoming pregnant after a legitimate
rape prompting LGBT advocates to
decry not only his views on women but also
his long history of opposition to LGBT rights.
Todd Akin, whos seeking to oust
Democrat Claire McCaskill from her seat
representing Missouri in the U.S. Senate,
raised eyebrows when he made comments
in an interview that aired Sunday on St.
Louis television station KTVI-TV after being
asked if women who become pregnant as
a result of sexual assault should have the
option of abortion.
If its a legitimate rape, the female
body has ways to try to shut that whole
thing down, Akin said. But lets assume
that maybe that didnt work or something.
I think there should be some punishment,
but the punishment ought to be on the
rapist and not attacking the child.
The remarks ignited a media restorm,
particularly over the notion of what Akin
would consider a legitimate rape. The
next day, Akin apologized on former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabees radio
show, saying his earlier remarks were ill-
conceived, and it was wrong. Despite
pressure from GOP leaders to quit the
race including from Mitt Romney and
Paul Ryan Akin said he had no intention
of dropping out.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), whos
leading Republican efforts to take control
of the U.S. Senate, said Akins comments
were wrong, offensive and indefensible
and over the next 24 hours the candidate
should consider what is best for him and
people hes seeking to represent in public
ofce. The National Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee has reportedly
withdrawn $5 million in advertising
planned for the Missouri race.
Akin has an anti-gay record as a six-
term congressman representing Missouri
in the U.S. House, where he has not
only supported, but taken the lead, on
measures targeting the LGBT community.
He has consistently scored zero on
the Human Rights Campaigns annual
congressional scorecards.
As a member of the House Armed
Services Committee, Akin proposed
an amendment in May which the
Republican-controlled panel adopted as
part of major Pentagon spending
legislation to institute a conscience
clause in U.S. code to allow service
members to object to openly gay people
in their ranks in the wake of Dont Ask,
Dont Tell repeal.
The president has repealed Dont Ask,
Dont Tell and hes now using the military
as campaign props to advance the gay
agenda, Akin said. My sons and our sons
and daughters didnt volunteer to be part of
some political agenda; they volunteered to
protect our freedom in America.
Last year, Akin introduced a committee
amendment to expand the Defense of
Marriage Act to prohibit military chaplains
from ofciating over same-sex wedding
ceremonies and to bar same-sex marriages
from taking place on military facilities. A
similar amendment introduced by Rep.
Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) this year was
attached to pending defense legislation.
Palazzo said during the markup that Akin
helped write the legislation.
On the House oor, Akin has a signicant
anti-LGBT record. The lawmaker twice
voted in favor of the Federal Marriage
Amendment when it came to the House
oor in 2004 and 2006. In subsequent
years, Akin voted against hate crimes
protections legislation, a version of the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act and
Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal.
In 2006, Akin came to the House oor to
decry same-sex marriage and suggested
that countries that have allowed it have
vanished as a result of that decision.
From a practical point of view, to
preserve our civilization and society, its
important for us to preserve marriage,
Akin said. Anybody who knows something
about the history of the human race knows
that there is no civilization which has
condoned homosexual marriage widely
and openly that has long survived.
When legislation to repeal Dont
Ask, Dont Tell came to the House oor
in December 2010, Akin was among
the House Republicans who were vocal
against any attempt to repeal the
militarys gay ban, saying the vote on
repeal represented an attempt to impose
a social agenda on the U.S. military
during wartime as operations continue in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Over the course of the current Congress,
Akin has voted for amendments afrming
DOMA that have come to the House oor:
the one offered by Rep. Virginia Foxx
(R-N.C.) last year as well as one offered by
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) this year.
He didnt vote on the one offered by Steve
King (R-Iowa) a few months ago.
Chad Grifn, president of the Human
Rights Campaign, criticized Akin in a
statement, calling him one of the leading
voices in the House working against the
best interests of LGBT people.
Hes against any kind of relationship
recognition for same-sex couples; hes
made remarks that are demeaning to LGBT
families; he voted against the historic repeal
of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, and he refuses to
support workplace protections, Grifn said.
Todd Akin is no friend to anyone who has
experienced discrimination and is looking to
their elected ofcials to protect their rights
under the law.
A.J. Bockelman, executive director
of Missouris statewide LGBT group
PROMO, said the endorsements that Akin
has earned are reective of anti-gay views
that the candidate will act upon if elected
to the Senate.
His endorsement list includes foes of
not just choice, but also LGBT equality
such as Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlay and
Mike Huckabee, Bockelman said. Make
no mistake, while Akin will attempt to back-
peddle in his statement, when one examines
his record and past statements, Akin is simply
restating his beliefs loud and clear.
Jerame Davis, executive director of
the National Stonewall Democrats, said
its time for Akin to not only abandon his
campaign, but resign from ofce with all
due haste.
If he truly believes there is some sort
of classication system for rape and that
only certain types of rape can result in
pregnancy, he is unt for public ofce and
has no business voting on issues he clearly
cannot comprehend, Davis said.
McCaskill was among the members of
the Senate Armed Services Committee
who voted to repeal Dont Ask, Dont
Tell in 2010 even before the Pentagon
produced its report on the issue later in
the year.
On same-sex marriage, McCaskill hasnt
yet expressed support, but instead of
outright opposing marriage equality has
deferred to the states. Following President
Obamas endorsement of marriage
equality, McCaskills ofce said she opposes
discrimination against gays and lesbians,
but believes states should take the lead in
determining marriage equality.
The state of Missouris position on this
issue has been clearly established since 2004
and nothing about todays announcement
changes that, McCaskill spokesperson John
LaBombard was quoted as saying in the
Springeld News-Leader.
The Missouri race is one of the most
closely watched Senate races in the
nation and could determine control of the
Senate. Most polls gave Akin a slight lead.
A poll published last week by SurveyUSA
gave Akin an 11-point lead over McCaskill.
But that poll was taken well before Akin
made his controversial remarks.
Gay Republican groups had differing
views on what consequences Akin should
face as a result of his remarks.
R. Clarke Cooper, executive director
of the Log Cabin Republicans, said his
organization backs Cornyns decision to
call on Akin to reconsider his campaign.
Log Cabin Republicans support
Chairman Cornyn and the National
Republican Senatorial Committee
decision to pull resources from Akins
campaign, Cooper said. There is no
such thing as legitimate rape.
Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of
GOProud, said his organization would
defer to the Missouri GOP on what should
happen with its U.S. Senate candidate, but
expressed concerns.
We are going to leave it up to the
Missouri Republican Party to determine
who their nominee is in the U.S. Senate
race, LaSalvia said. GOProud hopes
that Sen. McCaskill is defeated this year,
and we are seriously concerned about
Akins ability to defeat her in November.
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Family Research Council remains
in federal charity program

Government is assisting hate groups
with obtaining donations
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
The U.S. Ofce of Personnel Management has declined a request that it expel
the anti-gay groups Family Research Council and American Family Association
from a federal employee charitable giving program known as the Combined
Federal Campaign or CFC.
OPM, which is headed by John Berry, an out gay man, responded to a request
for the ouster of the two groups from the CFC by senior federal employee Gary
Cunningham and other federal employees. Cunningham argued in a posting on
the CFCs Facebook page that the two organizations are designated as hate
groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a national civil rights organization.
That basically means that the federal government is assisting hate groups with
obtaining donations, Cunningham said in his posting. If you think this is outrageous,
like I do, PLEASE write CFC and OPM and tell them to take them off.
In a reply on the same Facebook page, OPM states, All charities included in
the CFC National Capital Area are vetted and approved by OPM. Each Charity
must meet the federally-mandated requirements of the CFC.
The OPM statement, which doesnt identify the person posting it, adds, The
ideology of a charity is not considered. No federal tax dollars are provided to
any charity through the CFC. Donors can select which CFC charities they wish to
contribute to and exclude charities they do not want to support.
Cunningham, joined by several other federal workers, made the request for
removing the Family Research Council and the American Family Association from
the CFC on grounds that the organizations were listed as hate groups at least
two weeks before Herndon, Va., resident Floyd Lee Corkins II allegedly shot a
security guard on Aug. 15 in the lobby of the Family Research Council building
in downtown D.C.
D.C. police and the FBI said Corkins shouted words to the effect of I dont like
your politics seconds before shooting the guard in the arm, inicting a non-life-
threatening wound. Authorities said the guard wrestled the gun from Corkins,
preventing him from gaining access to the upper oors, where he may have
intended to kill FRC employees.
The following day, FRC director Tony Perkins accused the Southern Poverty Law
Center of giving someone like Corkins a license to unleash a violent attack against
FRC by improperly designating FRC and other organizations as hate groups.
Perkins comments triggered a national debate over whether organizations
such as FRC should be designated as hate groups based on disagreements
over their positions on public policy issues without evidence that they may be
promoting or encouraging violence.
A Southern Poverty Law Center ofcial strongly disputed Perkins accusation that
the group created a climate that prompted Corkins to commit a violent act, saying
the group has denounced violence throughout its 40 years of civil rights activism.
The Southern Poverty Law Center ofcial said it designated FRC as a hate group
not because of the positions it holds on issues, including its opposition to same-
sex marriage, but because it relentlessly defames LGBT people by releasing false or
misleading information that, among other things, links homosexuality to pedophilia.
With that as a backdrop, the request by Cunningham and other federal workers
that OPM drop organizations listed as hate groups from the Combined Federal
Campaign appeared to take on a greater signicance.
The CFC bills itself on its website as the worlds largest charitable giving
program. It says that in 2010 federal workers donated more than $281.5 million
to charitable organizations in the U.S. and abroad. A federal advisory committee
reviewing the CFC this year reports that in more than 50 years since the CFC
was created, federal employees donated more than $7 billion to thousands of
national and local charitable groups.
CFC rules posted on its website state that the main eligibility requirement for a
group to become part of the CFC is it must rst obtain a tax-exempt status from
the IRS known as a 501 (c) (3) charity. Other requirements include certain nancial
accountability standards to ensure that most of the organizations revenue
obtained by donations goes to a charitable cause rather than to salaries and
overhead expenses. Groups admitted to the CFC must also le an annual IRS 990
nancial disclosure form that is available for public inspection.
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brought because Corkins transported the
gun and ammunition from Virginia, where
he purchased them legally, to D.C. for the
purpose of committing a crime.
Ofcials with the DC Center for the
LGBT Community said Corkins had been
working as a volunteer at the centers front
desk on weekends for about six months
and there were no signs of any problems
associated with his work.
I was shocked to hear that someone
who has volunteered with the DC Center
could be the cause of such a tragic act of
violence, the centers executive director,
David Mariner, said in a statement.
No matter the circumstances, we
condemn such violence in the strongest
terms possible, Mariner said. We hope
for a full and speedy recovery for the
victim and our thoughts are with him and
his family.
Law enforcement ofcials and the DC
Center have not released additional
details about Corkins background,
adding to the mystery both within the
LGBT community and the community at
large about who Corkins is. It could not
immediately be determined whether
Corkins is gay.
An FBI arrest afdavit led in U.S. District
Court last week says Corkins lived with his
parents in Herndon, Va., and drove a silver
2004 Dodge Neon, which is registered
under the names of his parents, to the
East Falls Church Metro station on the
day of the shooting. The afdavit says he
took the Metro to D.C. and walked from
a Metro station to the Family Research
Council building.
A spokesperson for George Mason
University told the Blade that Corkins
studied philosophy at the university as an
undergraduate student from 2005 to 2007,
when he stopped taking courses. The
spokesperson, Dan Walsch, said the
university incorrectly told some news media
outlets last week that Corkins received a
masters degree in education from George
Mason. Walsch said the mix-up was due
to the fact that Corkins father, Floyd Lee
Corkins Sr., also attended George Mason
around the same time as his son and the
elder Corkins was the one who received
the masters in education degree.
Ric Chollar, director of the universitys
Ofce of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Questioning Resources
which bills itself as a safe, inclusive, and
comforting place for LGBT students
has no recollection of Floyd Corkins II ever
having visited the ofce or participating in
any of its activities, according to Walsch.
Walsch said that under the universitys
privacy policy, he could not release any
further details about Corkins enrollment
at George Mason such as how many
courses he completed before he stopped
attending the school.
During Corkins rst appearance in
court on Aug. 16, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Patrick Martin, one of two prosecutors in
the case, asked U.S. District Court Judge
Magistrate Allan Kay to arrange for Corkins
to undergo a psychiatric evaluation before
the preliminary and detention hearing set
for Aug 24. Kay approved the request.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier called
Johnson a hero for risking his life by
preventing Corkins from entering the
upper oors of the building where Family
Research Council employees work. Lanier
said that while authorities were not certain
what Corkins motive was, a stash of
ammunition recovered from his backpack
suggested he might have been planning
a mass killing.
An FBI arrest afdavit led in U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia
Thursday morning says a witness told the
FBI Corkins stated words to the effect
of I dont like your politics to Johnson
and other security ofcials in the lobby
seconds before he pulled out his gun and
shot Johnson.
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Suspect due in court after
shooting at FRC building
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Police cordoned off the area around the Family Research Council building on G Street last week after
a shooting that injured a security guard.
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We reafrm our support for a
constitutional amendment dening
marriage as between one man and one
woman, the draft language reportedly
states. We applaud the citizens of the
majority of States which have enshrined
in their constitutions the traditional
concept of marriage, and we support
the campaigns underway in several other
states to do so.
During deliberations over the platform,
some members of the committee offered
amendments to soften the language with
respect to marriage including delegate
Barbara Ann Fenton of Rhode Island, who
offered language saying the government
should get out of marriage and endorse
civil unions for gay and straight couples _
but each of these measures was defeated
by voice vote. Log Cabin Republicans had
a four-member delegation credentialed to
attend the proceedings.
Now that the platform language has
been made public and assailed by
LGBT advocates across the board calls
are emerging for Log Cabin to decline to
endorse Romney.
Log Cabin has precedent for declining to
endorse presidential candidates in its own
party. In 2004, the organization declined
to endorse then-President George W.
Bush in his bid for re-election largely
over his support for a Federal Marriage
Amendment. In an op-ed published
Sept. 15, 2004, then-Log Cabin President
Patrick Guerriero laid out the case for why
his organization didnt endorse its partys
presidential nominee and referenced
disappointment with the 2004 Republican
Party platform.
Even as we saw the GOPs future
highlighted with fair-minded prime-
time convention speakers, we saw the
passage of an extremist party platform
that opposes any basic protections for
gay and lesbian families, Guerriero wrote
at the time. The incongruity between the
partys platform and its list of prime-time
speakers symbolizes a wider battle for the
GOPs heart and soul.
This year, the organization has yet to
endorse the Republican presidential
ticket, but is expected to announce its
decision along with endorsements for
congressional candidates prior to its
national dinner, which will take place
this year in D.C. at the Hyatt Regency on
Sept. 20. Log Cabin didnt respond to the
Washington Blades request for comment
on whether the platform will factor into the
endorsement, but the organization has
said before it would weigh many factors
into the decision.
The co-founders of the Mitt Gets
Worse LGBT campaign against Romney
Rick Jacobs, chair of the Courage
Campaign, and David Brock, founder of
American Bridge 21st Century issued
a joint statement on Wednesday decrying
the platform language and calling on Log
Cabin not to endorse the candidate.
Surely, the Log Cabin Republicans,
who exist to promote full equality in
the Republican Party will now nd it
impossible to endorse Mitt Romney and
Paul Ryan, just as they had to pass on
endorsing then-President Bush in 2004
when he and the Republican Party were
then actively pushing an anti-marriage
equality amendment to the Constitution
while promoting anti-marriage equality
state referenda, Brock and Jacobs said.
The Republican Party and its nominees
keep getting worse for LGBT Americans.
The organization last week submitted
a petition to Log Cabin which is
still available online calling on the
organization to decline to endorse
Romney during the 2012 election based
on the candidates anti-LGBT record. As
of Wednesday, the petition had 35,000
signatures.
But the 2012 platform language is in
line with Romneys beliefs. He backs a U.S.
constitutional amendment banning same-
sex marriage throughout the country even
as he said he doubts Congress would
have the political wherewithal to pass it.
He also pledged to resume defending the
Defense of Marriage Act in court.
Republican vice presidential candidate
Paul Ryan is similarly on the record with
beliefs that are in accordance with the
platform. As a U.S. House member, Ryan
voted in favor of the Federal Marriage
Amendment in 2004 and 2006. More
recently, he voted for amendments to
separate bills reafrming the Defense of
Marriage Act.
Gay Republicans had mixed views on
whether the platform language should be
a factor in the organizations decision to
endorse Romney.
Jim Driscoll, a a gay Nevada-based
HIV/AIDS activist whos backing Romney
in the presidential election, has previously
called on Log Cabin to endorse Romney
and continued to say the organization
should do so with the caveat that the
organization should express consternation
over the party platform.
They should endorse him despite the
platform, but they should say it in spite of
the platform and condemn those elements
in the platform that are completely out of
touch with the gay community and out
of touch with America, Driscoll said.
It should be an endorsement with that
reservation that they condemn that
trend.
Recalling Bush ofcially won Florida by
a margin of 537 votes, Driscoll said gay
Republicans were responsible for putting
the candidate over the top. Driscoll said
the Romney campaign should handle
the issue of gay rights more carefully,
perceptively, sensitively, intelligently,
even though he acknowledged that the
presidential campaign wasnt responsible
for writing the platform.
Log Cabin Republicans has responded
to the platform. On Wednesday, Cooper
issued a statement calling the inclusion of
anti-gay language a hollow and short-lived
victory for social conservatives who know
that public opinion is rapidly turning in favor
of equality. But the question of whether the
organization will endorse Romney in spite of
the language remains.
Robert Turner, president of the D.C.
chapter of Log Cabin Republicans, said the
platform language shouldnt play a role in
whether Log Cabin endorses because the
platform document is unrelated to the
candidate seeking the White House.
The party platform is a document of the
Republican Party not of the candidate,
Turner said.
Turner declined to opine on whether
the national organization should endorse
Romney, saying the decision is up to the
national board.
GOPs anti-gay bias creates problems for Log Cabin
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Supreme Court asked to
hear Conn. DOMA case
The New England-based LGBT group behind successful litigation against the
Defense of Marriage Act is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear yet another
case in which a district court ruled against the anti-gay law.
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is asking the Supreme Court to take up
the case of Pedersen et al v. Ofce of Personnel Management after U.S. District
Judge Vanessa Bryant of Connecticut last month ruled against Section 3 of
DOMA as a result of the litigation. The organization had earlier called on the high
court to take up its case of Gill v. Ofce of Personnel Management, which led the
U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn DOMA.
The question presented to the Supreme Court is the same question presented
in other cases: Does Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act violate the equal
protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as applied
to legally married same-sex couples?
The 33-page petition also lays out similar arguments for why the Supreme
Court should take up DOMA and strike it down as unconstitutional. Among them
are the case raises questions of national importance that are ripe for review and
the case presents an opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule that laws related
to sexual orientation should be subjected to heightened scrutiny a position
held by the Obama administration.
But GLAD also argues that the Pedersen case should be taken up by the
Supreme Court because the six married couples and a widower who are plaintiffs
in the lawsuit demonstrate the many ways in which same-sex couples are affected
by DOMA, such as the federal income tax, Social Security, federal employee and
retiree benets, the Family & Medical Leave Act and the Employment Retirement
Income Security Act.
DOMA is not a narrow statute that discriminates against gay men and
lesbians in discrete contexts, but rather a broad- based enactment whose
effects pervade the entire U.S. Code, the petitions states. Because they have
been disadvantaged in so many different ways, the Petitioners in this case best
represent the range of DOMAs effects on married gay men and lesbians.
The petition means the Supreme Court has been asked to hear a total of four
cases within the course of a couple months challenging DOMA. Other lawsuits
in which both opponents and proponents of DOMA have called on justices to
consider the anti-gay law are Windsor v. United States and Golinski v. Ofce
of Personnel Management, which have led district courts to overturn DOMA,
and the consolidated case of Gill v. Ofce of Personnel Management and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Health & Human Services.
The Pedersen case has seen activity at the circuit court level, where it currently
sits. The U.S. Justice Department, which has stopped defending DOMA and has
assisted in efforts to litigate against it, has appealed the case to the U.S. Second
Circuit Court of Appeals even though the House Republican-led Bipartisan Legal
Advisory Group, which has taken up defense of DOMA, hasnt yet taken action
following the district court decision.
The Supreme Court wont be able to decide whether it will hear the Pedersen
case or other DOMA cases until it returns from summer recess. Most observers
expect the justices to take up consideration of the statute banning federal
recognition of same-sex marriage.
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of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer
(D-Md.), was elected as an at-large
member of the board of directors of
Equality Maryland. Hoyer-Hemmer is a
registered nurse who works for the Mental
Hygiene Administration of the Maryland
Department of Health.
She has worked in various governmental
positions for the past 25 years, including
time as a legislative assistant for former
Gov. Parris Glendening and has been
involved in politics for much of her life.
She has one daughter, Judith Gray, and
two grandchildren, Ava and Braedon.
Marriage Day of
Action tomorrow
Marylanders for Marriage Equality
will hold a coordinated Day of Action
beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. Volunteers
will knock on doors and make phone calls
to educate voters on the issue of marriage
equality that will appear on the ballot in
November. This effort will focus on four key
jurisdictions and volunteers should report
by 10 a.m. to the following locations:
Baltimore City: 2400 Boston St., Suite
101D; Baltimore County: 301 Allegheny
Ave., Towson; Montgomery County: 8720
Georgia Ave. Suite 900, Silver Spring; and
Prince Georges County: 7541 Greenbelt
Rd., Greenbelt.
In conjunction with this effort, there
will be 10 house parties taking place
Saturday statewide that will seek to
raise money and recruit volunteers.
More information is available at
marylandersformarriageequality.org.
In related news, on Aug. 26, The
LEAD ministry of St. Matthew Parish,
5401 Loch Raven Blvd., Towson, will
host a gathering during which both
sides of the marriage equality issue will
be presented. The meeting takes place
at 6 p.m. All are welcome and light
refreshments will be served.
GLCCB making
progress on reorganizing
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Community Center of
Baltimore and Central MD (GLCCB)
is continuing with its planned
reorganization in an effort to restore
condence in the 35-year-old institution.
New bylaws will be released in the near
future that provide a more specic
template for management of the center
and its operations. Strategic planning
meetings have also been taking place.
A new Advisory Council was formed
on Aug. 1 that, according to a document
obtained by the Blade, will advise
on topics including but not limited to
governance, management, nance,
development, programming and
outreach. Unlike the Board of Directors,
the Advisory Council does not have
authority to vote on matters, nor a
legal duciary responsibility. Through
this approach, the Board of Directors
seeks to benet from the diverse and rich
knowledge, expertise and experiences of
its members.
The Centers board also agreed to a
partnership with AmeriCorps to bring in an
intern to develop a community art project
geared toward LGBT youth, according
to board president Bud Beehler. Another
individual, administered through the
governors ofce, will serve as a volunteer
coordinator.
Del. Washington
awarded fellowship
Mary Washington, the rst ever
openly gay African-American legislator
in Maryland, was awarded the David
Bohnett LGBT Leadership Fellowship at
the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston.
The fellowship was created by the Gay
& Lesbian Victory Institute and the David
Bohnett Foundation to send LGBT
leaders to the Harvard Kennedy School
of Government for a three-week training
program.
Washington, who represents the 43rd
district in Baltimore in the House of
Delegates, has been working to defend
the Civil Marriage Protection Act in
Novembers referendum. She offered
three suggestions to help secure the
victory: contribute and raise money
for the cause, register to vote and
vote early and volunteer to get our
supporters to the polls.
STEVE CHARING
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Miss Charm City at the Hippo
Club Hippo (1 West Eager St.) hosts Miss Charm City 2013, an ofcial preliminary
to Miss Gay Maryland America, tonight at 10:30.
The event will include a pageant hosted by Miss Gay Maryland 2009 Sue Nami,
Miss Gay Maryland 2011 Chi Chi Ray Colby, Miss Gay Maryland 2012 Stephanie
Micheals, Miss Gay Virginia 2012 Jazmine Diamond, Miss Gay Atlantic States 2012
Araya Sparxx, Sabrina Sommers and Josie Foster.
Miss Gay America is a pageantry system for female impersonators. In order to
qualify for the pageant, contestants must be male and at least 21. No hormones
or breast implants are allowed.
General admission is $8 and reserved seating is $10. For more information, visit
clubhippo.com or missgayamerica.com.
Grand Central goes Disney
Grand Central (1001/1003 N. Charles St.) presents Welcome to Disneyland, a
cover performance, with appearances from Former Miss Gay Maryland Su Nami
and Sabrina Sommers on Sunday at 9 p.m.
The performance covers the beloved songs and stories from the favorite Disney
princesses.
Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10. For more information, visit
centralstationpub.com.
Final Center youth events for summer slated
The Den lounge is opened to LGBT youths for its last weekend of the summer
in the Gay and Lesbian Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (241 W. Chase
St.).
The Den includes art making, discussion group and a social club on Saturdays
for attendees at the Center. On Sunday, its staff hosts a bike ride and a session
on how to make bikes at Velocipede. This is the last weekend the Center will be
holding these sessions this summer.
This is a free service for LGBT adolescents and young adults ages 13-24. For
more information, visit glccb.org.
Dralion nishes run this weekend
Dralion, Cirque du Soleils acrobatic show that fuses inuences from the East
and the West, are running its last performances this weekend at 1st Mariner Arena
(201 West Baltimore St.).
The show draws on the 3,000-year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatics combined
with the more modern Cirque du Soleil twist.
In the show, the four elements of nature come to life: air is blue, water is green,
re is red and earth is ochre. When they are combined, balance is achieved.
Tickets range from $40-$165. For more information, visit cirquedusoleil.com.
Yao, the god of re, in Dralion.
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Critics cried intimidation,
but sunshine is the best
antiseptic
The Blade earlier this month posted online
a database of more than 100,000 names and
addresses of Maryland residents who signed
a petition to force the states marriage equality
law onto the November ballot.
Our decision to post the database was im-
mediately criticized by voices on the far right
and far left.
Monica Johnson, an evangelical writer for
the Examiner newspaper, accused us of using
intimidation tactics, writing, will they take
responsibility in the event that someone uses
this information for evil purposes, or will they
defer to their right to publish the information
as a good enough reason?
Right-wing homophobe Matt Barber
accused us of homo terrorism. Family
Research Councils Tony Perkins tweeted,
@WashingtonBlades decision to publish
the names of those who signed MDs mar-
riage amendment petition is nothing short
of intimidation.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the po-
litical spectrum, transgender rights activ-
ist Dana Beyer told gay magazine Metro
Weekly that the decision to post the names
was unwise. Given what the coalition has
stated, that they dont want to muddy the
message, this does not help, she said.
You now have an interested third party, the
Blade, releasing those names and poten-
tially muddying the message.
Critics of the decision made for strange
bedfellows indeed. The only intimidation
Ive seen has come in the form of threats
the Blade has received in phone calls to our
ofce and emails to staff warning I know
where your at! [sic]
Of course, its not our job to keep the mes-
sage from being muddied. The occasional
coziness between LGBT activists and journal-
ists sometimes results in confusion about our
role, but to be clear, the Blade employs jour-
nalists and not activists or even journo ac-
tivists. Our job is to shine a light on the truth;
sunshine is the best antiseptic.
As Andrew Sullivan put it in defending our
decision: Some argue that this is a tool for in-
timidation or a violation of privacy. Im afraid I
cannot see that. Signing a political petition is a
public act. If you are ashamed of trying to deny
your fellow citizens their civil rights, you prob-
ably shouldnt have signed the petition in the
rst place.
The database of names in question was
veried and compiled using public money.
Taxpayers have a right to know how their
money is being spent and, as Sullivan rightly
notes, signing a petition to take away rights
from a class of people is a public act. We dont
allow our lawmakers to take their votes in se-
cret and similarly we shouldnt tolerate secrecy
in the petition process, which is being used
more and more in Maryland and elsewhere to
circumvent the legislature. In essence, those
petition signers are acting as legislators and
as such their names must be open to public
scrutiny. Its mindboggling that LGBT rights
supporters would advocate for a shadowy,
opaque political process.
Kevin Nix, a spokesperson for Maryland-
ers for Marriage Equality, the coalition ght-
ing to preserve the marriage law, said he
doesnt condone our decision to publish the
names. If he were more strategic in his think-
ing, hed embrace this as an opportunity to
engage with some of those 100,000 people
to change hearts and minds before the No-
vember vote. The database is sorted by
neighborhood among other criteria en-
abling the Marylanders for Marriage Equal-
ity coalition to see exactly where the highest
concentrations of our opponents live. They
should be thanking us for this tool rather than
publicly criticizing the Blade.
Luckily, there are many average LGBT
Marylanders who understand that this data-
base presents us with an opportunity to en-
gage with our loved ones who signed the pe-
tition. I have heard from multiple friends and
even one openly gay elected ofcial that upon
searching the database they discovered family
members and neighbors had signed. They are
now actively reaching out to them to explain
the law and how it helps our families in hopes
that those petition signers dont turn into votes
against our equality.
Some have asked if the shooting last week
at the Family Research Council headquarters
allegedly by a man who volunteered at the
DC Center for the LGBT Community would
have changed our decision to publish. The
answer is no. That isolated incident was a
tragic aberration and not indicative of the
mindset of the LGBT community. We have
been the victims of violence long enough to
know that violence is not the way to resolve
political disagreements.
The best way to counter the hate and,
yes, the Family Research Council is a hate
group of the far right is with truth and an
open dialogue. We should all ght to ensure
transparency in government, especially when
our opponents are counting on secrecy and
lack of accountability to hide their dirty deeds
from public scrutiny.
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allowed then one-year-old sidewalk caf.
Late summer in D.C. offers an enjoy-
able respite from the usual frenzy. Its al-
most a special secret shared by lingering
locals, a time when life slows down and
everything seems less urgent.
Restaurant tables are suddenly easy to
snag. There are open bar stools at many
local watering holes. Places are not quite
as busy, the pace is less hurried. The city
is most maneuverable and more easily
enjoyed by residents.
This relaxed attitude provides ample
reason to head out to the ever-expanding
number of sidewalk cafs, outdoor patios
and roof decks at restaurants and bars
throughout the city. The multiplying exte-
rior spaces at venues enliven city life, in-
vigorate neighborhood streetscapes, en-
courage community conviviality, expand
revenue opportunities for businesses and
generate increased tax revenues. Plus,
people love glimpsing others almost as
much as being seen.
The District enjoys unusually wide
sidewalks suitable for outdoor commer-
cial spaces, unlike many American urban
environments. An extended period of
temperate weather encourages outdoor
congregation and allows for the adoption
of European street-side engagement.
Although a more circumspect and ur-
bane attitude has become ascendant in
recent years encouraged by successive
city government administrations many
a ferocious battle continues to be fought
over outdoor dining and drinking, whether
rooftop or street level. Regulatory reform
advocates argue that more consistent ap-
plication of existing city rules governing li-
censing and hours of operation is needed.
It wasnt until Aug. 8, 1961, that Wash-
ingtons rst sidewalk caf was allowed
to open. Located midblock on E Street,
N.W., east of the corner intersecting with
14th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, the
former Bassins Restaurant overcame
erce opposition by residents and gov-
ernment ofcials to become the rst hos-
pitality venue with outdoor seating. It was
only after a raging two-year controversy
during which opponents overstated their
case that public opinion shifted.
Citizen fears of food exposed to
windblown foreign matter causing
health hazards, civic disorder resulting
from patrons brushing against pedes-
trians prompting sticuffs, pickpockets
snatching purses or other valuables off
tables, death by getting run over in the
street due to crowded sidewalks and in-
terference with re engine water hose
operations during a blaze were all even-
tually discounted. Even the concern of
the deputy police chief of the time that
this type of operation would provide a
favorable setting for ladies of easy virtue
as they ply their trade up and down the
street was overcome.
Those initial 15 tables slowly changed
the citys provincial attitudes. A year later,
Bassins was granted the rst outdoor alco-
hol service license. That same year a sec-
ond sidewalk caf opened at Chez Fran-
ois on Connecticut Avenue, immediately
north of Lafayette Park, the predecessor
to culinary icon LAuberge Chez Franois
in Great Falls, Virginia. By 1963, a total of
20 outdoor dining spaces were in opera-
tion and there would be no turning back.
Earlier this month the Downtown DC
Business Improvement District (BID) an-
nounced that the area bounded by 16th
St., Massachusetts Ave., North Capitol St.
and Pennsylvania Ave. in Northwest Wash-
ington experienced continued strong
growth in the opening of sidewalk cafs.
The 147 establishments utilizing outdoor
space represented an increase of 8 per-
cent over the previous year, providing a
70 percent increase in the number of avail-
able seats now totaling nearly 4,400 within
this portion of downtown. As in other
popular dining and entertainment desti-
nations, smaller cafs of up to only 20 or
40 seats account for the largest growth.
Today there are approximately 500
sidewalk cafs in operation, along with
a signicant number of rooftop decks.
Ongoing streetscape improvement proj-
ects in high-density commercial zones
provide additionally widened sidewalks
ideal for continued expansion of this lo-
cal amenity.
When next enjoying the outdoors
along with a meal or beverage, take a mo-
ment to celebrate the entrepreneurs who
pioneered this unique local distinction
popular with residents and visitors alike.
History will not be
kind to your view of
marriage equality
By REV. GILBERT H. CALDWELL
Dear Colleagues:
I write you as a retired African-Ameri-
can United Methodist Pastor who was a
foot soldier in the Civil Rights Move-
ment (Mississippi Freedom Summer, the
Selma to Montgomery march, the March
on Washington, and a march led by
Martin Luther King in Boston to protest
school segregation).
As I have read about the coalition and
your opposition to President Obamas
support for same-sex marriage as well
as to the support by the board of the
NAACP for marriage equality, I was re-
minded of some words from Archbishop
Desmond Tutu.
I am a co-partner in a project called
Truth in Progress. My partner, Marilyn
Bennett is white, lesbian and no longer
related to the church because of church
opposition to the ordination of gays and
lesbians who are open about their same-
sex committed relationships. I am African
American, straight and still active in the
United Methodist Church. I will celebrate
my 55th wedding anniversary in No-
vember. Marilyn, who has a relationship
with Archbishop Tutu and his family and
I, wrote Archbishop Tutu asking him to
share with Truth in Progress some words
in response to the shooting death of
Trayvon Martin. This is what Archbishop
Tutu wrote that we have posted on the
Truth in Progress website:
May this tragic act help the U.S. to
be true to the ideals of the founding per-
sons of your great nation. May you all re-
alize that you really are members of one
family, Gods family, the human family:
black, white, Hispanic, Native American,
Asian, lesbian, transsexual, gay, bisexual,
and so-called straight. All belong in the
bundle of life ... members of one family,
Gods family, the human family.
Your opposition to President Obamas
support for same-sex marriage, has some
relationship to those who in 2008 would
not vote for him because he is the son
of an interracial marriage, and the Bible
is against interracial marriage. These
persons used isolated bits of scripture to
justify their resistance to interracial mar-
riage just as you are doing the same to
oppose same-sex marriage. There is an
ugliness to using the Bible to deny
some members of Gods family the
right to legally marry their same-sex part-
ner. We sometimes say in the African-
American community, God dont like
ugly. Archbishop Tutu would agree. He
lives in South Africa where same-sex mar-
riage is legal.
I wonder what Congresswoman Barba-
ra Jordan, as she observes the Coalition
of African-American Pastors from heaven
would say about you? Jordan, who pos-
sessed a magnicently sharp mind, a
uniquely gifted way of speaking and a
deep commitment to the founding prin-
ciples of our nation was for many years
in a partnered relationship with another
woman. How wonderful it would have
been if she had been able to be open
about that relationship in a marriage a
marriage that the Coalition would have
denied her having.
Colleagues in the Coalition, while you
are opposing President Obamas support
for same-sex marriage, there are groups
and persons whom you know, who may
be your supporters, who have supported
legislation in their respective states to
suppress voter participation in the presi-
dential election. They claim that they are
concerned about voter fraud, and thus
they for the rst time are demanding new
identication requirements. But some of
them have let the cat out of the bag as
they have said their efforts are directed
toward the defeat of President Obama.
I end this Open Letter by asking
you, Have you thought of what your
grandchildren, nieces and nephews and
other young people will say when in the
future they read of what you and your col-
leagues did to attempt to defeat the rst
African-American president in history?
History will not be kind to you and neither
will the generations that follow you.
washingtonblade.com
OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS AUGUST 24, 2012 27
VI EWPOI NT
The august pleasure of late summer in D.C.
Open letter to Coalition of African-American Pastors
Gil Calwell is a partner in Truth in Progress, a
member of the national board of PFLAG and one
of the founders of the Black Caucus in the United
Methodist Church.
Mark Lee is a local small business manager and long-
time community business advocate. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
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Its a very hot day in Missouri.
Oh God, some of the hottest weather Ive ever experienced,
says Kathleen Turner by phone from her mothers house where shes
enjoying a mid-summer visit.
Moms doing swell and Turner is too, she says. The rheumatoid
arthritis thats plagued her off and on for years is under control and
she feels great.
Im in remission and off the medication, she says in her
trademark throaty growl of a voice. Which is lovely. The medication
is life saving, but its nice not to have to take it every day, I do
confess.
Theyve been to the movies. Turner saw The Intouchables and
loved it.
I laughed out loud I dont often do that.
This morning she lled the bird feeders and notices a
hummingbird enjoying the avored water she put out as we chat.
Its the calm before a busy fall when we talked two weeks ago.
This week she opened in Washington for a two-month-plus run
of Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, a 75-minute,
one-woman show Turner rst read at Arena in 2009 before playing
it in Philadelphia in 2010 and again in January and February at the
Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Its Turners rst appearance at
Arena in more than 30 years. She last played at the storied company
in a 1981 production of A Midsummer Nights Dream, the same
year she catapulted to national stardom in the lm Body Heat.
Turner says she enjoys returning to the material, a tribute of sorts
to the late Texan liberal newspaper columnist of the title.
Every time Ive gone back to a piece, whether its Virginia Woolf
or High or this, its gotten cleaner. Clearer. Theres less fuss over the
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KATHLEEN TURNER as
Molly Ivins in the 2010
Philadelphia Theatre
Company production
of Red Hot Patriot: the
Kick-Ass Wit of Molly
Ivins. The show opened
this week in Washington
at Arena Stage where it
plays through Oct. 28.
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By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Now that hes done with his masters program in theater design from
University of Maryland, Collin Ranney is giving D.C. a year.
As a freelance designer he designs sets and costumes its a little scary
but also, he says, denitely doable.
One of his rst post-school gigs, Signature Theatres Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas, opened in previews this week (signature-theatre.org), a show he
began designing back in March. Hes in meetings now at Studio Theatre for
upcoming show The Invisible Man.
I think its the element of escape, he says of his career choice. Being able
to go other places whether its literally, guratively or emotionally. Not that my
life is horrible and Im trying to get away from it, but that element of being able
to let myself go somewhere for a few hours in a dark room is great.
The 25-year-old Buffalo, N.Y., native was a performer in high school and
college but eventually moved more into design work. He still sometimes
performs as his drag alter ego Birdie LaCage or sometimes sings karaoke out
with friends, but professionally hes content working behind the scenes for now.
He and his boyfriend of a year and a half, Michael Armstrong, live together in
Logan Circle. Ranneys hobbies are inextricably tied to his work scale models,
drawing, shopping, making headdresses, drafting and sewing. Though he does
enjoy going out with friends, dancing and show tunes nights at JR.s for fun.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
Coming out was a process for me over a
course of a few years. The hardest person
to tell was certainly my younger brother. For
a while, I felt as though I would somehow
disappoint him and suddenly become less of
what he had always looked up to his whole life.
Eventually, I realized that my being gay was a
part of what he had always looked up to.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
I nd hero to be such a strong word.
I dont know that I would categorize any
one person as my hero, but I am grateful
to all the gay men who have come before
me and my generation. They have allowed
being gay to be a norm today.
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Town. I love having the option of hanging
out or chilling with friends in the quiet room,
to dancing on the oor (and sometimes the
boxes), to catching up with my favorite queens.
DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
Liza Minnelli and swans on a rooftop
at night!
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
No rhinestone left behind! And of
course, Elaine Barrish for president (If
you dont get that reference, watch
Political Animals its brilliant!
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Changing history seems like it would
cause quite the domino effect on
everything that came after, but I still would
have taken those damn pills away from
Judy Garland before she overdosed!
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
When Cher ended her farewell tour.
And of course when Tom Cruise came
out oh wait, did that happen yet?
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
Laughter. Oh, and feathers and
rhinestones!
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
Whoring it up over at Signature.
Make sure to come see the show next
week. Scenic design by yours truly.
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
I joke about this often actually, and
being a Type I Diabetic, I would say:
Wheres My Glucometer? The Life and
Times of Collin Ranney.
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Me personally? Nothing. But I think it
should be required for everyone to get a
day pass to experience the other side.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
Theres something beyond the
physical world?
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Dress better.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
That depends on how bad this side of
the coals is I like my feet.
WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
That theres such a thing as tops and
bottoms. Versatility makes the world go
round.
WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. How
can one not adore that movie?
WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
Currently? Grindr. Show your faces (even if
it means putting on some make-up) and get
to the bar, boys! You can still show your torsos
there, just wear a nice deep V.
WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
Hmm. The Tony Award feels obvious,
but itd be nice. Though I dont feel I
need one to quantify my art, it would be
nice.
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD KNOWN
AT 18?
To write everything down. Its going to
be hard to remember it all when it comes
time to make my Lifetime Original Movie.

WHY WASHINGTON?
Because for me, its where Ive grown
beyond childhood. Its where Ive found
people, other than my family, whom I love.
Its where my career has inevitably begun
and where I feel part of a community.
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By MICHAEL KEY
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Many people think about leaving behind
the chaos of the city to nd a quieter life
near the beach, but few follow through
with that dream for more than a weekend.
Gay couple Christopher Clawson and
David Rule left their busy lives in New York
City to start over in the sleepy Delaware
town of Milford, working as innkeepers at
the Towers Bed & Breakfast.
Clawson and Rule met in their native
Michigan but moved to New York together.
Clawson worked at a church while Rule
had a career in commercial marketing.
They both acclimated to city life.
I loved living in the city, Rule says,
but I needed a change.
Clawson agrees.
We really wanted to slow down after
having lived in the city. My commute to
work was technically only a few miles,
but it would take forever to get there.
I couldnt stand the constant typing on
phones and texting. We would get home
at 7 p.m. after work and would be too tired
to do anything and it would be too late
to do anything anyway.
A few clicks later on Craigslist, Clawson
and Rule found Dan and Rhonda Bond,
the overworked owners of the Towers Bed
& Breakfast. The Bonds were looking for
more hands to manage their inn as they
concentrated on their other businesses
and the renovation of their own home.
Following an interview, the Bonds knew
they had found what they were looking
for in Clawson and Rule. The city couple
packed their bags and moved to Milford
to start their new lives as innkeepers.
It takes a certain type of temperament
to manage a B&B, Dan Bond says. Chris
and David are a perfect t for this kind of
work.
Indeed, Clawson and Rule seem to have
been fully accepted into the community
since they relocated in April. Rule, nally
able to commit more time to his painting,
is showing some of his work at a local art
gallery two blocks away from the Towers.
As his neighbors browse his work, Rule says,
Everyone here is so nice. The people of
Milford have really embraced us.
Were kind of the token gay couple
here, Clawson says.
The couple plans to buy the LadyBug
Store across the street from the Towers
in January, further cementing their place
in the local community. Theyre even
thinking about buying a bed and breakfast
of their own one day.
Im loving working here now, but when
we were rst thinking of getting into the
business, we wanted to make sure that it
was something that we could do, so it is
a good thing to start out as innkeepers,
Clawson says.
I gured, we could always move back
to the city if it didnt work out, but I love
being so close to the beach, Rule says.
Milford is a small town lled with historic
buildings and quaint shops and is only
a 40-minute drive from Rehoboth Beach.
While Milfords downtown can be explored
in one lazy afternoon, the Towers Bed &
Breakfast is a great place for travelers to
avoid the crowds at the hotels along the
boardwalk and nd a more intimate and
elegant place to stay. Originally built in
the late 18th century, the home was once
owned by a governor of Delaware and is
now open to guests nearly year round.
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The National LGBT Bar Association holds its annual Lavender Law Conference and
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The conference and career fair allows candidates to meet with LGBT-friendly
recruiters from law rms, government agencies, LGBT rights groups and corporate legal
departments. There will also be panel discussions from people in the career eld and
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Sampson to give Alston House benet performance
Comedian Sampson performs his show No Shade No Tea in benet of the Wanda
Alston House tonight at 7 at the D.C. Arts Center (2438 18th St., NW).
Sampson is an openly gay black comedian and activist. Though he is D.C. based, he
has been touring the country since 2003 and has performed in venues such as Broadway
in New York, Arena Stage and DAR Constitution Hall.
The Wanda Alston House is a youth homeless shelter for LGBT youths in the Washington area.
Tickets are $10. For more information, visit sampsoncomedy.com.
Lady Bunny at Town tonight
Legendary drag performer Lady Bunny performs tonight at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.)
at 10 p.m.
Lady Bunny is known for founding the New York outdoor drag festival Wigstock. She
has also been featured in TV shows such as Sex and the City and the Comedy Central
Roast of Pamela Anderson. She contributes to Star magazines Worst of the Week Column
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with Marc Jacobs and Lady Gaga.
Cover before 11 is $8 and $12 after. There are also $3 drinks before 11 p.m. For more
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Out actor Dixon returns to Signature
Signature Theatre presents a performance and book signing by Broadway
veteran Ed Dixon for one night on Monday at 8 p.m.
Dixon, who has had a 42-year Broadway career and is openly gay, is performing
original compositions and narrating pieces from his memoir Secrets of a Life
Onstage and Off. His journey takes the audience through his experiences with
the likes of Leonard Bernstein and through his darkest period when he suffered
from drug addiction.
Tickets are $20. For more information, visit signature-theatre.org.
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Almost 20 years before the pivotal
Stone Wall riots of 1969 in New York City,
the gay rights movement was already
taking shape on the West Coast.
In The Temperamentals, gay
playwright Jon Marans follows real life
lovers Harry Hay and Rudi Gernreich in
1950s Los Angeles as they boldly build
the Mattachine Society, the rst gay rights
organization in the United States.
Marans compelling 2009 comedy/drama
is currently in production at the award-
winning Rep Stage in Columbia, Md.
According to the amiable playwright,
speaking via telephone from his apartment
in New York Citys Hells Kitchen, Typically
we dont think of Los Angeles as the hub
of political activity, but what Harry Hay was
doing there at the time was revolutionary. He
was a visionary who saw the world differently
than anyone in the U.S. back then. Hay [who
died in 2002] was joyfully unapologetic
about who he was. His attitude was, Its not
my problem. Its yours.
Marans rst learned of Hay when
he wrote the book to a musical based
on Studs Terkels Coming of Age, a
collection of interviews with activists all
over 70, one of whom was Hay. The show,
Marans says, is political and very funny,
particularly the part of Harry.
The experience left Marans inspired to
write more about Hay. He zeroed in on
an earlier, sexier time in Hays life when
he was ending his marriage to a woman
and having a red hot affair with clothing
designer Rudi Gernreich (noted for the
rst womens topless bathing suit).
Harry wasnt an easy man. He was
sort of the Larry Kramer of his day,
Marans says. People didnt want to
work with Harry. If it werent for Rudi, with
his abundant Viennese charm, and the
several other founders, the Mattachine
might never have happened.
In forming the initially very small and
secret society, Hay and fellow members
came together and formally wrote down
what it meant to be gay men and what
was important to them. It was a journey
of self discovery. Some reviews describe
The Tempermentals as a kind of gay
docudrama, but, Marans says, the play is also
an exploration of our core selves and what it
means to be gay and part of gay culture.
During the Eisenhower era,
temperamental was one of various code
word used by gays for gays. It was wise to
stay away from calling anyone homosexual
an accusation at the root of witch hunts,
police entrapments, undeserved pink
slips and sometimes jail time. In his play,
threats and fears are addressed and the
productions are always better, Marans
says, when that fear is made palpable.
Rep Stages artistic director Michael
Stebbins, whos gay, rst saw The
Temperamentals in New York with a
much older gay friend. After we left the
theater, he said the play rang entirely
true. It accurately reects those scary but
exciting times.
As Rep Stages season opener, Stebbins
says it ts with Reps mission to include
a contemporary work that is both is
entertaining and informative, and speaks
to the American experience of cultural
minority. For LGBT audiences, he says, it
will inform and strengthen self-awareness.
Directed by Kasi Campbell, the
production features Nigel Reed as Harry
along with Vaughn Irving, Brandon McCoy
and Rick Hammerly. Alexander Strain
plays Rudi. Hammerly is the lone gay
actor in the productions ve-man cast.
Throughout rehearsals, he was called on
to act as a sort of gay translator, explaining
lingo and cultural cues .
You assume actors would know better,
but these straight guys were clueless
about a lot of things, he says. Its been
interesting and a responsibility. I want this
to feel as authentic as possible.
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Harry believed that not only should [gay
people] have rights but we also should also
have the right to act the way our culture is,
to be ourselves even if thats not pleasing
to mainstream society, says gay actor RICK
HAMMERLY. This was very progressive
thinking for the conformist 1950s. Harry had
radical ideas and wasnt always very diplomatic,
but he contributed immeasurably to the gay
movement before it even had a name.
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Reections on the Figure,
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WED, AUG 29
Blurring the Lines,
Washington Printmakers Gallery.
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Little Shop of Horrors,
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Marathon 33 by June Havoc,
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Al Green,
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Drums Not Guns,
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Jazz in the Garden: Tony Nalker,
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202-737-4215. nga.gov.
SAT, AUG 25
Winston Yu and Amy Domingues,
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Straight No Chaser,
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Dead Can Dance,
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Caddywhompus,
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Stanley Clarke, George Duke,
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Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park
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Deacon Peckhams Hobby Horse,
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New Izakaya Seki offers
a bounty of exquisite
Japanese food
By JONATHAN HOWARD
Sometimes studying up a
little beforehand or taking along
knowledgeable pals can enhance a dinner
out tremendously if its a realm of cuisine
on which one is relatively unschooled.
Father and daughter Hiroshi and Cizuka
Seki opened Izakaya Seki (1117 V Street
NW) on July 29. They place the sole focus
of the restaurant on the exquisite food
they serve with a minimalist yet gorgeous
design of the space.
I was concerned about eating at a place
that was light years beyond my comfort
zone, so I brought my husband along with
Amanda and Tony, my two Japanese food
experts, to help me review this experience.
Both Amanda and Tony have eaten at
Izakayas in Japan so I asked them to assist
me with some of the basics, like eating with
chopsticks, the ner points of Sake and
how to decide if a rare food like cuttlesh
is any good. The Japanese word Izakaya
means sitting in a Sake shop, but the word
has evolved to describe a casual eating
and drinking establishment. Red paper
lanterns are traditionally found in front of
Izakayas and Izakaya Seki is no different.
The lantern out front is one of the sole
identifying items of this restaurant.
We had to wait to be seated and since
the restaurant is small they took our
number and called us when the table was
ready. Once seated, our warm, attentive
and humorous waitress, Mita, greeted us.
We began with the sashimi special and
the Hokkaido Scallop Carpaccio. The
Scallop Carpaccio was the rst to arrive
and with its myogi ginger and the citrus
notes of the yuzo, made it a fantastic start
to the meal. I was even able to manipulate
the thinly sliced raw scallops with my
chopsticks. The sashimi special was jam
packed with small bites of fresh seafood
like shrimp, tuna, clam, octopus and
cuttlesh among others. Everything had a
fresh, crisp avor to it and although some
of the textures (especially the cuttlesh)
did not agree with me, the avors did.
Our rst Sake, recommended by Mita to
accompany our rst two courses, was the
Nigori otter fest which complemented
this raw course perfectly.
We proceeded in order down the menu
and selected the Mero grilled with Miso
and the beef tongue with yuzu miso.
The Mero or Patagonian toothsh
generally marketed as Chilean Sea Bass
was impeccably prepared with a slight
sweetness and akiness that melted in
your mouth. The beef tongue was moist
and the delicious sauce complemented
the rich deep avor of the tongue.
We moved along slowly. The four of
us had already been dining more than
an hour and had polished off two bottles
of Sake. This is when I was introduced to
Scochu. Unlike Sake, Scochu is distilled and
the alcoholic content is generally higher. I
found the Scochu to have a more rened
and delicate avor. Scochu ranges in price,
but if you purchase a bottle and dont nish
it, they will keep it on a shelf in the upstairs
dining room with your name on it.
We sipped our Scochu and dined on
standout dishes like the cream croquettes
with bchamel, crab and corn; the
delicious fried tempura vegetables; and
the earthy assorted mushrooms. I even
tried a bite of the fried tofu with cream
cheese, and while it was well prepared
and enjoyed by others, I was delighted to
discover that I still nd tofu repulsive, even
fried and with cream cheese.
Finally, our meal ended, in traditional
Japanese fashion, with Soba and Chahan.
The Chahan (fried rice) was rich, delicate
and avorful, yet difcult to eat with
chopsticks.
After nearly three hours, I had completed
what felt like a master class in Japanese
cuisine, having left few stones unturned.
There were however, some recommended
dishes we didnt have room for like the
wasabi chicken, the kushikatsu, the kinpiri
and the rice balls. As well as some dishes I
was not quite ready to try like the sea urchin
with quail egg and the monksh liver.
Overall, this was a perfect evening with
friends, a delightful waitress who skillfully
guided us through our entire meal and
beautifully prepared and presented food.
This was, quite possibly, one of the best
and most eye opening meals I have eaten
in Washington. Plan on spending some
time and money on this experience, but
you will be rewarded.
The lean, spare interiors at Izakaya Seki reect its owners no-fuss approach to food.
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TODAY
Whitman-Walker Health holds HIV
Testing at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.)
tonight at 8 p.m. For more information,
visit whitman-walker.org.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m. This
event is for people 21 and older. There is no
cover charge. For details, visit towndc.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.) is
having its happy hour tonight starting at 5
p.m. All drinks are half off until 7:30 p.m. After
9 p.m., admission is $15 and after 11 p.m.
admission is $3. The party includes a pool,
video gaming system and card tournaments.
For details, visit thebachelorsmill.com.
Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave.,
Arlington,VA) presents The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas tonight at 8 p.m.
The show tests morals and demonstrates
media sensationalism as a television
watchdog seeks to shut this brothel down.
Tickets range from $87-$93. For more
information, visit signiture-theatre.org.
Cirque du Soleil continues its tour
of their new show Totem tonight at 8
p.m. at the Plateau at National Harbor
(201 Harbor View Ave.). The D.C. Center
is giving out free tickets to members of
the Friendly Visitors Program. In order
to be eligible for a free ticket, contact
Karim at karim@thedccenter.org. For
more information about the show, visit
curquedusoleil.org. For details about
receiving tickets, visit thedccenter.org.
Touchstone Gallery (901 New York
Ave., NW) hosts 38 artists for the rest of the
month of August. The gallery is holding
this exhibition in order to shed light on
unknown artists in a top-notch gallery and
exposing these new works to collectors.
The show is up until Aug. 30. For more
information, visit touchstonegallery.com.
We Were Kings performs tonight at
the 9:30 club (815 St., NW) at 7 p.m. D.C.-
based artist Nate Ihara made this solo
project into a group effort. Tickets are $15.
For more information, visit 930.com.
SATURDAY, AUG. 25
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, is helping in food preparation
and packing groceries for Food and
Friends (219 Riggs Road, NE) today. For
more information, visit foodandfriends.org.
DJ Matt Bailer performs at Town (2009
8th St., N.W.) tonight at 10. Bailer is known
for being a indie-pop-electro DJ and
is well known throughout Washington.
Cover is $8 before 11 p.m. and $12 after.
There are $3 drinks before 11 p.m. For
more information, visit towndc.com.
Positive Women Making Positive
Choices pairs up with the D.C. Center
(1318 U St., NW) tonight to host the LGBT
Youth Movie Night starting at 6. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
Potomac Nationals host Gay Pride Night
tonight at 6:30 at Ptzner Stadium (7 County
Complex Court, Woodbridge, Va.). The
Nationals take on the Frederick Keys and
post-game activities include reworks, tennis
ball toss and kids run the bases. Tickets are
$9. For details, visit thedccenter.org.
SUNDAY, AUG. 26
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) holds its
weekly Martini Sundays and Homowood
Karaoke. Karaoke starts at 10 p.m. and
there is no charge for admission. For
details, visit cobaltdc.com.
MONDAY, AUG. 27
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed Support
Group tonight at 7. It is a condential support
group for anyone recently diagnosed with
HIV and the group welcomes all genders and
sexual orientations. For details, visit whitman-
walker.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) is hosting its
Martini Monday tonight at 10 p.m. There
is now cover charge and martinis are $5.
For more information, visit cobaltdc.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.) is
offering half price drinks all night long. A
free pool and NFL, NBA and NCAA games
will be on the at screen TVs. Admission is
free. For details, visit thebachelorsmill.com.
Dead Can Dance performs tonight
at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna) at 8
p.m. The Australian duo, Brendan Perry
and Lisa Gerrard, draw their inuences
from Greek, Italian, Turkish, Irish and Arab
musical traditions. Tickets are $30-$45. For
more information, visit wolftrap.org.
TUESDAY, AUG. 28
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St.,
NW) holds its Coming Out-Women support
group tonight at 7 p.m. This is a 10-week
condential discussion group for women
who are exploring their interest in other
women. It is open to all women regardless
of age or experience in the coming out
process. Registration is required to attend.
For details, visit whitman-walker.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
hosts its Safer Sex Kit packing program
tonight from 7-10:30. The packing program
is looking for more volunteers to help
produce the kits because they say they are
barely keeping up with demand. Admission
is free and volunteers can just show up. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W) hosts its
Flashback dance night with DJ Jason Royce
starting at 10 p.m. There is no cover charge.
For more details, visit cobaltdc.com.
Whitman-Walker Health provides HIV
testing this evening at Miriams Kitchen
(2120 West Virginia Ave., NE) beginning at
4 p.m. For details, visit whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed Support
Group tonight at 7. It is a condential support
group for anyone recently diagnosed with
HIV and the group welcomes all genders and
sexual orientations. For details, visit whitman-
walker.org.
The Kennedy Center (2700 F St.) presents
Caddywhompus, a New Orleans-based
band, tonight at 6. Members describe
their sound as experimental noise pop.
This event is free. For more information,
visit kennedy-center.org.
The Lambda Bridge Club, a gay group,
meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity
Center (721 8th Street, S.E., across from the
Marine Barracks) for duplicate bridge. No
reservations are needed and newcomers
are always welcome. Visit lambdabridge.
com if you need a partner.
THURSDAY, AUG. 30
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W) is hosting its
weekly Best Package Contest tonight
at 9 p.m. There is a $3 cover and there
are $2 vodka drinks. Participants in the
contest can win $200 in cash prizes. The
event is hosted by Lena Lett and music by
DJ Chord, DJ Madscience and DJ Sean
Morris. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
The Kennedy Center (2700 F St.) presents
Zongo Junction, a burgeoning Afro-
beat group, tonight at 6 p.m. The group
blends West African rhythms, funk, jazz
and soul. The 12-member band has toured
throughout the East and West coast. Their
inspiration is Nigerian superstar and activist.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This event is free. For
more information, visit kennedy-center.org.
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emotionalism of building the character
and the production. It gets toned down,
just clearer, sharper. I love going back to
a piece.
Ivins, a syndicated political columnist
who died at age 62 in 2007 of breast
cancer, has added relevance this election
year, Turner says. Twin sisters Margaret
Engel and Allison Engel wrote the piece
using Ivins writings, interviews and
speeches and interviews with her friends
and colleagues.
I really want to have Molly in
Washington just before the election,
Turner says. We need Molly here and
Arena said theyd take us.
Director David Esbjornson hes
straight but says hes an honorary gay
for having directed so much gay-themed
theater like Angels in America and two
pieces by Larry Kramer agrees.
I think [Patriot] has more to say
now than it did before, he says. I think
people right now are really desperate
to hear Mollys voice and they will really
love spending an evening listening to her
words and thinking about what she had to
say.
Esbjornson, who also did the show in
Austin, Texas, without Turner (Barbara
Chisholm played Ivins there), says Ivins
fought for the common man, the person
who doesnt have all the advantages
nancially and otherwise.
Turner, who met Ivins, says the role was
an easy choice. Our positions are very
much the same, she says.
Its kind of a personality piece, very
intimate. Its really me talking to the
audience directly, theres nobody else
up there. So it creates a real storytelling
exercise kind of like combining acting and
public speaking. Its a wonderful mix and it
surely suits me. And the response has
just been incredible. Id come off in L.A.
and be like, What just happened? I was
abbergasted.
Turner says the character couldnt be
more different from another legendary
gure she played about 10 years ago in
another one-woman show Tallulah
Bankhead.
Tallulah was a real broken woman,
terribly awed, Turner says. Molly was
no saint, but she didnt have any false
ideals. Her commitment to country and
her knowledge and political savvy were
just extraordinary. Tallulah was so self
involved.
Turner indulges a few quick questions
about her craft before we part.
Having met Ivins was helpful, but not
necessary Im an actor, I dont imitate.
This is my interpretation.
Of her increasingly theater-heavy
oeuvre, Turner is ne with it, except that it
pays so poorly, which is a damn shame.
She loves the extraordinary magic of it,
though.
Learning lines is always a physical thing
for her she never does it sitting down.
It starts with roping together thoughts
and links in the script.
Esbjornson says the show shifts and
surprises in a way that keeps it tight,
despite the lean mechanics.
You never let people settle in fully and
feel they know where this is going, he
says.
Turner arrives for an 8 p.m. curtain about
6 and does vocal warm-ups. Vocal stamina
over a run is not a problem, unless you
get sick, then thats a whole other thing.
After a performance, Turner is low-
key. Shes usually back to her apartment
cooking or watching TV.
You get tired of eating out all the
time, she says. And Im a very good
cook.
The legendary actress is especially
insightful on her gay sensibility, which she
doesnt hesitate to acknowledge.
I dont take myself so seriously, she
says. I have a fuck you attitude and I
think gay people like that.
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Turner says D.C. needs
Ivins in election year
CONTI NUED FROM PAGE 29
KATHLEEN TURNER says she shares many of the late Molly Ivins political views.
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Belgian researcher
recounts AIDS discoveries
Author and epidemiologist Peter Piot
knows what its like to be on the ground
oor of something important. He was
there when two previously unknown
viruses were identied and in No Time to
Lose, he explains what that was like.
The package arrived in a blue plastic
thermos. It wasnt wrapped well; in fact,
one of the vials inside had broken, mixing
glass with blood that had been taken from
a Belgian nun who bled to death in Zaire
for reasons no one could explain.
Peter Piot was an infectious disease
researcher in Antwerp, Belgium, and this kind
of mystery made his heart beat faster. When
his boss sent him to Kinshasa, along the river
Congo, to learn more about the crisis, Piot was
even more excited. He became part of a team
that teased out the root of the sickness and
how it traveled from patient to victim.
The virus, highly contagious and almost
always deadly, was later named after a river
in Africa. Piot is still aghast at the careless,
cavalier attitude given to that initial, highly
dangerous ask of Ebola he encountered.
After his work in Africa ended, Piot went
to Swaziland to work with a colleague
assigned to eliminate sexually transmitted
disease there. The endeavor was, of
course, ill-fated, but this led him to work
with STD patients in Antwerp. There,
an alarming situation was just starting
to appear in the citys gay population. It
seemed to be a new syndrome and it
seemed to be on the rise.
It was a virus that didnt care whether
the sex is good, or about the color or
gender of the person. Researchers called
it GRID at rst, then renamed it AIDS.
Almost from the opening pages,
No Time to Lose immerses readers
in excitement. Author Peter Piot does
such a ne job in describing his African
surroundings and the people there that you
can almost hear the surrounding jungle.
But Piots story is not meant for
entertainment. Theres a heightened sense of
urgency and force here; in fact, Piot repeatedly
admits regret that he didnt do enough, soon
enough. Looking through a backward lens,
though, readers will wonder why he questions
himself. He writes of ghting bureaucracy
and politics, establishing organizations to
study and prevent of infection and the now-
outrageous beliefs he battled.
That makes this a triumphant book with
a coda of sadness for a job that seemed,
to the author, unnished.
This book is serious stuff and its lled
with scientic terms, acronyms and world
politics but dont let that scare you
away. If youve got the time to give it the
attention it deserves, youll enjoy No
Time to Lose from the start.
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are great ways to keep
tension and worry at bay
I had not exercised in more than two
weeks, was eating tons of sugar, not
sleeping well, clenching my jaw, had
muscle aches, talking less and thinking
way too much. I felt as if the walls were
closing in and that I was suffocating.
Life had not necessarily thrown me any
curve balls that I had not dealt with in
the past, but how I was reacting to these
stressors had changed. I was simply not
taking care of myself and was too busy
trying to take care of everyone else and it
was taking a toll on me. I was stressed to
the max!
Stress is a fact of life and cannot
be avoided. However, I believe that
managing stress and self care works
better than a reactive, Oh-no what-
can-I-do-now approach. A proactive
approach to managing stress can make a
huge difference. I think all too often we let
stress build and it can rear its ugly head
in physical manifestations, just as it has for
me these last couple weeks.
Exercise, while not the end all, can
help your manage life stressors and stave
off some of the physical and emotional
manifestations of stress. Understanding
how the body reacts to stress and what
one can do to allay these responses, can
make all the difference. No one should let
stress levels build to the point where you
feel out of control or overwhelmed. Take
action before you get to that point.
I cant control the external stimuli that
are causing me burden, but I can affect
how I deal with these stressors. I think this
is where people can fall short or neglect
caring for themselves until its too late.
Stress ultimately can kill you. Unmanaged
stress leads to distress. And while stress
cant be eliminated, it can be alleviated.
Despite my penchant for Skinny Cow
ice cream sandwiches and Swedish Fish
candy, Ive always maintained an exercise
program and had relatively nutritional
eating habits. Yes, weve all had times
where weve taken quick, unhealthy routes
to circumvent the stress at hand who
hasnt tried to curtail a night of tossing and
turning by heading to the fridge? but
this isnt wise to make a regular practice.
Creating a healthy tool box and
constructing a solid wellness foundation is
essential akin to weathering the perfect
storm or batting down the hatches in
preparation for the storm. The storm will
come, no matter how much sunshine we
have in our lives, and the more we equip
ourselves, the better off we will be before
the storm, during the storm and dealing
with its aftermath.
Naturally, exercise and eating healthy
are on top of my tool box and its what I
preach daily. Combined, they are simply
two of the most effective methods for
maintaining overall mental and physical
well being. And while I would never
condone eliminating or neglecting either
one of them, there are additional methods
that can further enhance ones overall
quality of life.
Stress has to have an outlet. I call it a
release, passion or vocation, others call
it a coping mechanism. In fact, one of
my dear clients attributes her well being
to pottery, her release for most of her
adult life and something shes passionate
about. Your outlet or stress releaser can be
anything you want it be as long as eating
well and exercise are part of your formula.
Writing has been my vocation and
has provided me with a healthy and
expressive outlet to stress. Yours could be
basket weaving or scrubbing the kitchen
oor with a toothbrush. The key is that
you have created something that makes
you feel good and reassures you that no
matter what, you will be OK.
There are no quick xes, but there are
some quick tools that I often suggest to a
stressed out client or friend. Take a break
from work, get some sun, go for a walk,
eat chocolate OK a little chocolate
have sex, write a gratitude list and most
importantly talk about your emotions and
what is causing you stress.
Kevin M. Norris is a health and tness columnist for the
Blade and owner of Mind our Own Body, LLC. Personal
Training. Reach him at kevinmnorris@aol.com.
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As the Washington metro area hous-
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in the nation, potential buyers are facing
erce competition with multiple offers
for a single property increasingly becom-
ing the new norm with very low available
inventory. When a buyer nds a prop-
erty they want to purchase, they need to
have everything in order and at the ready
to move quickly to present a competi-
tive and attractive offer to increase their
chance of success.
Having professional representation is
critical for buyers, who are making what
is probably the biggest purchase they
will ever undertake. It doesnt cost ex-
tra and buyers will know that the person
showing them properties has their best
interests in mind.
The concept of buyers agency was
instituted in the 1980s, in response to a
recurring misconception of buyers that
the real estate agent who was showing
the properties was representing them,
when in fact, the agents were being paid
by the seller and representing the seller.
Washington, D.C. was one of the rst ju-
risdictions around the country to institute
buyers agency, where buyers could opt
for buyer representation, and Maryland
and Virginia soon followed suit.
Here are ways to nd a good buyers
agent and how buyers can benet from
this association:
1. Get it in writing. You and your agent
should sign a buyers agency agreement
for a specic time period, with the terms
and agents obligations spelled out for
you. While some buyers may feel they
want to keep their options open and
play the eld, this means that no agent
is going to place you at the top of their
list and throw themselves into action
on your behalf. When properties come
on the market, agents call their clients
rst, as they are obligated to do. And, in
markets like the one we are in right now
where there is a shortage of product, you
need to nd out about properties as soon
as they become available.
2. Choose a good agent. Do the same
things you would do if you were inter-
viewing people for any job. Find good
prospective agents by asking friends and
neighbors who have just bought proper-
ties. Make a list of what you want to nd
and take note of how agents respond to
your questions and concerns. Check out
their level of experience and their biog-
raphies, which you can usually nd on
their companys websites. Interview the
people who have been recommended to
you and when you nd an agent you like
who stands out from the rest, thats the
person to hire.
3. Negotiating is not for novices. Mak-
ing an offer and dealing with counterof-
fers and sometimes multiple offers, and
getting all the way to settlement can be
tough on the central nervous system. You
need a skillful agent at your side that has
the experience to know what is impor-
tant to both you and the seller; to know
how and when you can get the best deal,
both on the purchase and on negotiat-
ing items that might arise on the home
inspection. You need someone who can
keep track of schedules and deadlines
and who can get you all the way to settle-
ment with everything in order, including
your sanity.
4. It takes two to communicate. Pre-
sumably, you have chosen an agent you
can trust and who is on your wavelength.
If you change your mind regarding what
you want, how much you want to pay or
where you want to live after spending
time looking, dont worry, lots of people
do. Tell your agent your thoughts each
step of the way. The better your commu-
nication is the better service you will get
from your agent. Remember if you fail to
communicate well, you are wasting your
time and theirs.
5. Objectivity is key. Remember, your
agent has one great attribute you will
never have, no matter how hard you try.
They arent you. Its so easy to get carried
away by a remark the seller may make
or a small problem that may arise out of
the home inspection that can overwhelm
the buyers condence in the property.
Your agent is there to remind you of your
goals and get the answers to questions
that arise. In the end, the choice whether
to make an offer on a property or to go
forward with a purchase is always yours,
but the agent is there to keep things in
perspective. Whether you are buying a
property for $200,000 or $2,000,000, its a
lot of money. Make sure you get expert,
objective advice on how to spend your
money and make the choice thats right
for you.
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Estate, the largest woman-owned and run residential real
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FERTILITY OPTIONS FOR LGBT
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CATERING
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LGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY at
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LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS
NEEDED! The Crew Club, a gay mens
naturist gym & sauna, is now hiring
Locker Room Attendants. We all scrub
toilets & do heavy cleaning. You must
be physically able to handle the work
& have a great attitude doing it. No
drunks/druggies need apply. Please call
Richard at (202) 319-1333. from 9-5pm,
to schedule an interview.
DC CATERER SEEKING enthusiastic,
upbeat independent contractor
servers. Be uent in English & fully
documented to work in US. Resume &
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WASHINGTON BLADE IS looking for a
fall intern. Most of the work will be in the
Arts & Entertainment section, but some
news stories may be required as well.
The ideal candidate will be a journalism
major at a D.C.-area college with an interest
in LGBT news and will available for 20 hours
a week starting on or about Aug. 22.
The possibility exists for the internship
to count toward academic credit if
needed.
Send resume, clips and letter of
interest to Washington Blade Features
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washblade.com.
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HARDWOOD FLOORING
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. rbamingo@comcast.net.
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ARLINGTON AVAIL. 9/1/2012 $1895/
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marina & dining. Under two hours
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over 2000 sf. Air, HW. Many upgrades
$299,000. 410-886-2297.
2 STORY WATERFRONT 3 BR, 2 1/2 B.
$635,900. 2300 sq. ft. Large living area.
2 car garage. Stone Harbour Villas
Kathy Cramer (302) 829-9022 1 (800)-
234-1777 ext. 69022.
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kitchen! NEW Stainless Steel
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MONTGOMERY VILLAGE. $169,000
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INSURANCE
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE GAY Owned
Insurance Agency, we are on your side
for Auto, Home, & Life insurance. David
Cropper Agency. Call today 877-822-
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LEGAL SERVICES
FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM Representing
the GLBT community for over 30 years.
Family adoptions, estate planning,
immigration, employment. (301) 891-
2200. Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev,
P.A. www.SP-Law. com.
ADOPTION & ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE Law Attorney Jennifer
Fairfax represents clients in Maryland & D.C.
interested in adoption or ART matters. 301-
221-9651, JFairfax@jenniferfairfax.com.
LIMOUSINES
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Service since 1987 Gay & Veteran
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PAINTERS
ECO-FRIENDLY. ADAMS Morgan
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Wood Staining. Plaster Repairs.
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PETS & SUPPLIES
ADOPT AN ADORABLE PUPPY OR
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LOOKING FOR THAT special
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you. Feline Foundation 703-920-
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PHOTOGRAPHY
STEVE OTOOLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Fine Art Photographer for portraits,
weddings & dating photos for the
internet. Call (703) 532-3031. www.
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ROOFING
PJ MCTAVISH & CO. Roong Repairs,
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TREE SERVICE
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