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Gay Trump
technical expertise on nuclear engineering issues and political
connections in the energy policy eld, Brinton will continue his
state-level political work to end conversion therapy through
the 50 Bills 50 States eort.
supporters
He recently served as a fellow at the Breakthrough Institute,
Clean Air Task Force and at Third Way. He was also a senior SAM BRINTON
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRINTON
policy analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Brinton earned
rally in D.C.
his dual masters degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in nuclear engineering and the technology and
policy program. He is a graduate of Kansas State University
earning a bachelors in mechanical and nuclear engineering
and a bachelors in vocal music performance, with a minor in
Chinese language. We have to ght at the Washington Monument rally also
His activism included co-founding NuclearPride an LGBT called on a small group of anti-Trump
organization in the nuclear eld and creating the Stand against gay zombies protesters who showed up at the rally to
With Science campaign uniting 10,000 students and allies respect Trump backers right to be heard
from across the country to advocate for federal science and NAKISHA LEWIS By LOU CHIBBARO JR. and express their views.
engineering research funding. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEWIS lchibbaro@washblade.com About a dozen protesters identifying
Congratulations also to both Nakisha M. Lewis and Isaiah R. themselves as members of a group
Wilson who have new positions on the staff of the National Black At least four gay speakers who declared called the Anti-Fascist Resistance, or
Justice Coalition. Lewis as director of programs and Institutional their strong support for President Donald AntiFa, shouted anti-Trump slogans at the
Development and Wilson as director of External Affairs. Trump were cheered loudly while other participants of the Washington Monument
Lewis is known as a thought leader in the eld of philanthropy speakers praised the group Gays for rally. The Trump supporters responded
specializing in developing grant-making strategies addressing Trump during a March4Trump rally on by chanting U.S.A, U.S.A which largely
racial, gender and educational inequities. She worked Sunday, March 4, on the grounds of the drowned out the protesters shouts.
extensively with individual donors and foundations to foster Washington Monument in D.C. U.S. Park Police ocers, several of whom
grant-making seeking to support, empower and strengthen The gathering of several hundred Trump were mounted on horses, separated the
marginalized communities, including in her most recent supporters at the Washington Monument, protesters from the Trump supporters,
ISAIAH WILSON
position as program ocer and senior strategist for Safety PHOTO COURTESY OF WILSON who later marched to the White House, although members of both groups could
at the Ms. Foundation for Women. She is co-creator of the was one of more than a dozen pro-Trump be seen shouting at one another. A Park
Philanthropic Action for Racial Justice, an eort to organize black philanthropic practitioners rallies and marches held on the same day Police spokesperson, Sgt. Anna Rose, said
around a shared vision for racial justice and investment in black communities centering in cities around the country. there were no arrests made or violent
on the needs and experiences of black women, youth and LGBTQ people. Were marching for a lot of things clashes between the protesters and the
She is a writer, speaker and lifelong community organizer most recently working to out here, said Gays for Trump President Trump supporters at the D.C. rally.
establish Black Lives Matter NYC. She is a co-founder of the #SheWoke Committee, the Peter Boykin in a speech in Lafayette Scues and ghts between protesters
catalyst for the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, established in 2016, and Park across from the White House, which and Trump supporters resulting in
is the co-chair of Grantmakers for Girls of Color. followed an earlier speech he gave at the arrests broke out in several cities on
Wilsons new position focuses on the public policy implications of critical issues for black rally by the Washington Monument. Sunday where Trump rallies were held,
LGBTQ and same-gender loving (SGL) people including: health and wellness; HIV/AIDS Were marching for love and peace, including St. Paul, Minn. and Berkeley,
awareness and prevention; safe and inclusive schools; employment non-discrimination; he said. Were marching for people. Calif., according to the Associated Press.
relationship recognition; anti-violence; and economic justice. Personally for me as president of Gays Other gay speakers at the rally at the
He will lead the organizations eorts to advocate for sound policy solutions for Trump, Im marching for the freedom Washington Monument included Andre
empowering black LGBTQ/SGL people in the United States and play an integral role in the of speech. Soriano, a fashion clothing designer who
development of NBJCs rapid response messaging strategy speaking to the diverse needs Boykin said he participated in and made news for the Make America Great
of its constituency at the intersection of racial justice and LGBTQ equality. played a lead role in helping to organize the Again gown he designed for singer and
Prior to joining NBJC in January of 2014, Wilson spent ve years working for former Rep. March4Trump event because he wanted songwriter Joy Villa, who wore the gown
Steve Rothman (D-N.J.). There, Wilson worked on issues important to both working-class to show his support for Trump at a time to the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los
and marginalized communities. He was Rothmans chief aide on the judiciary and LGBTQ when the new president has been under Angeles last month.
issues drafting several pieces of legislation, including the original Juror Non-Discrimination attack by fake news created by a biased, Villa, who was designated the keynote
Act, prohibiting attorneys from striking potential federal jurors on account of their sexual left-wing media and Democratic Party speaker at the Washington Monument
orientation or gender identity. He was as an ocer of the Congressional Black Associates leaders who he said seek to undermine rally, told the gathering she would work
and member of the Congressional LGBT Sta Association. Trumps legitimacy as president. to help the Trump administration bring
Boykin and several other speakers love and peace to a troubled world.
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AYAZ SHALAL, on right, a human rights activist from Kurdistan who advocates for LGBT
and womens rights, is now able to attend a Human Rights Campaign summit in D.C. in April
because Iraq is no longer included in President Trumps travel ban. Trump State Dept. holds rst press brieng
PHOTO COURTESY OF SHALAL
The State Department on Tuesday held its rst press brieng since President
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS happening around the world. Trump took oce.
mlavers@washblade.com The executive order that Trump signed Acting spokesperson Mark Toner spoke to reporters a day after Trump signed
on Jan. 27 suspended the U.S. Refugees a revised executive order that removes Iraq from the list of predominantly
A human rights activist from Kurdistan Admission Program for 120 days and Muslim countries from which citizens cannot enter the U.S. for 90 days.
can now travel to the U.S. to attend a indenitely banned Syrian refugees from The travel ban still applies to Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya.
Human Rights Campaign conference next entering the country. It also reduced the The revised executive order that Trump signed maintains the suspension of
month after President Trump signed a number of refugees who will be allowed the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days, but it does not indenitely
revised executive order that allows Iraqi to resettle in the U.S. during scal ban Syrian refugees from entering the country. It also does not prioritize the
citizens to enter the country. year 2017 from 110,000 to 50,000 and resettlement of those who are eeing persecution because of their religion.
The original executive order that Trump prioritized the resettlement of those who The U.S. will allow 50,000 refugees to resettle in the country during scal
signed on Jan. 27 banned citizens from ed a well-founded fear of persecution year 2017, which is less than half of the 110,000 benchmark that the Obama
Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim based on their religion. administration set.
countries Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Trump on Jan. 25 signed a second Its a renewed commitment to look at the procedures with how we vet both
Sudan and Libya from entering the U.S. executive order that spurs construction refugees incoming as well as immigrants or rather traveling public into this
for 90 days. of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border country to ensure that were doing the necessary to provide for the security of
Ayaz Shalal, who is the deputy director to stop undocumented migrants from Americans, Toner told reporters.
of programs for the Rasan Organization, Central America and drugs from entering Toner also said the State Department has received a variety of opinions from
a human rights organization that is based the country. Both mandates sparked a variety of governments about the original travel ban that Trump signed on
in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the semi- widespread outrage among immigrant Jan. 27 and the revised executive order. He told reporters that not all of them
autonomous Kurdish region of northern rights advocates and their supporters. have been negative.
Iraq, noted in an op-ed the Washington A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit We need to start from the premise here, which is were doing this, were
Blade published on Feb. 1 that he has Court of Appeals in San Francisco last undertaking this eort in order to guarantee as much as possible of the
traveled to the U.S. seven times and there is month upheld a federal judges panel that safety and security of the American people, said Toner. We hope that other
absolutely no reason to prevent me from blocked the travel ban. governments, foreign governments, can appreciate that premise and take it
entering the country. Shalal on Tuesday The revised executive order that Trump under consideration.
said he and his friends in Sulaymaniyah signed on Monday does not include Toner also spoke about the Trump administrations proposal to cut the budgets
celebrated the Trump administrations the indenite ban on Syrian refugees of the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development by
decision to remove Iraq from the list of from entering the U.S. and preferential 37 percent.
countries that fall under the travel ban. treatment for those who ee religious This is still very early on in the process, he said.
This order was historic for both persecution. It also exempts those who Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was sworn in by Vice President Pence on Feb. 1.
countries, he told the Blade. Iraqis can are permanent U.S. residents or have Tillerson, who is the former CEO of Exxon Mobil, in January raised eyebrows
now visit the U.S. and that means I can valid visas to enter the country. during his conrmation hearing when he did not specically say gay rights
attend the (HRC) summit. It is the presidents solemn duty to are human rights in response to a question that U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.)
Shalal is among those who were protect the American people, Secretary asked. Tillerson also did not publicly speak about the State Departments 2016
invited to attend HRCs Global Innovative of State Rex Tillerson told reporters on human rights report after its release last week.
Advocacy Summit that will take place in Monday at the Ronald Reagan Building Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI
D.C. from April 3-8. in downtown D.C. after Trump signed the Persons Randy Berry remains in his position within the State Departments
We are happy that this Iraqi human revised executive order. With this order, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Activists in the U.S. and around
rights advocate can attend HRCs Global President Trump is exercising his rightful the world with whom the Blade has spoken since Trump took oce remain
Innovative Advocacy Summit in April, HRC authority to keep our people safe. concerned the White House will no longer support eorts to promote LGBT and
Senior Global Programs Ocer Jay Gilliam U.S. Attorney General Je Sessions intersex issues abroad.
told the Blade on Monday in a statement. noted during the same press conference A State Department spokesperson told the Blade last month that it supports
This will give him a well-deserved at which Homeland Security Secretary El Salvador ocials investigation into the murders of three transgender women.
opportunity to be a part of 30 leaders John Kelly also spoke that the FBI has LGBT and intersex issues were not discussed during Tuesdays brieng.
sharing their innovative approaches to placed more than 300 people who entered MICHAEL K. LAVERS
the challenging LGBTQ equality work the U.S. as refugees under investigation
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I like staying in shape, listening to
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. A city councilman in Louisville, Ky., says a gay health club
here is not appropriate for its Smoketown location because 20 percent of men
who have sex with men who have contracted STDs here have been to the club,
WHAS-11, a regional news outlet, reports. Im a
Vapor Spa is part of a 450,000-square-foot development project being built by
Vapor owner George Stinson and his business partner, Ed Lewis.
transgender woman
I dont have a problem with the rest of the development, I only have a and Im part of DC.
problem with the portion known as the Vapor Spa, Councilman David James
said, according to WHAS-11.
Stinson said those with memberships at Vapor Spa sign an agreement, stating
they are gay men. They then have access to the outdoor pool, steam room,
tness center and private changing rooms. Please treat me the way any
James said he got his STD gures from the CDC, WHAS-11 reports. woman would want to be treated:
We have issues of sexually transmitted diseases according to the health department with courtesy and respect.
coming through there. But the bigger problem is this is a place that advertises and Discrimination based on gender identity and
suggests lewd behavior at its location, James said, according to WHAS-11. expression is illegal in the District of Columbia.
James claims the spa operates as a sex club. He said he went there under a If you think youve been the target of
dierent name after constituents raised concerns about the establishment. discrimination, visit www.ohr.dc.gov
or call (202) 727-4559.
There were people openly having sex all over the place in the building there,
so I was kind of shocked, James said.
Stinson said theres no record of James ever entering the facility. Stinson said
James has been attacking his business for the last year by wrongly calling it a sex OFFICE OF
GLBT
club and insinuating men are getting STDs while there. AFFAIRS
Stinson said his businesses over a 40-year period have had the sex club charge
lobbed at them. He said its not true.
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NEW YORK Buoyed by a Republican platform that supports the right of
parents to determine the proper medical treatment and therapy for their minor
children, advocates of long-discredited gay conversion therapy are, in some
circles, getting a renewed aura of credibility, ABC News reports.
Advocates of the practice had been increasingly downplayed in mainstream
media during the Obama years, but are now being quoted again.
I certainly hope that this administration will pull back from some of the
aggressive activism that the Obama administration engaged in, said Peter
Sprigg of the Family Research Council, a powerful conservative lobbying group in
Washington that is active in supporting sexual reorientation eorts, ABC reports.
President Obamas Surgeon General Vivek Murthy publicly stated that
conversion therapy is not sound medical practice and that such programs are
harmful and are not appropriate therapeutic practices.
Conversion therapy has been outlawed for licensed mental health providers
in California, Oregon, New Jersey, Vermont, Illinois and the District of Colombia,
according to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group.
The Family Research Council and Sprigg have helped to ght legislative
proposals in 20 other states that would make gay conversion therapy illegal.
Pennsylvania has grappled with the issue since 2013 when out State Rep. Brian
Sims, a Philadelphia Democrat, introduced legislation to ban the practice. He
plans to reintroduce it in the House later this year, Metro Philadelphia reports.
They certainly should not be outlawed. They certainly should not be prohibited
by law, Sprigg said in an interview to be broadcast tonight (Friday, March 10) on the
ABC News program 20/20 in an investigation of gay conversion therapy programs.
As a Christian, I believe that the Bible teaches that to choose to engage in
homosexual conduct is a sin, he said, adding that he believes therapy can cause
people to make dierent choices.
The 20/20 report includes revelations of two programs that conducted
conversion therapy in Alabama, including one in which Christian pastors overseeing
dozens of teens were convicted of child abuse amid stark allegations of beatings
administered to teens who resisted eorts to change their sexual orientation.
The camps practicing conversion therapy uncovered by the 20/20
investigation were not operating as licensed mental health facilities and are
therefore not covered by laws prohibiting the practice.
The Republican party position mirrors the position of the Family Research
Council, which considers sexual reorientation therapy mental health care.
If someone is experiencing something mentally, like same-sex attractions, that is
causing distress, then thats a mental health issue, ABC quoted Sprigg as having said.
He said that there is no place for physical abuse in therapy programs.
The practice however has long been discredited by respected medical and
mental health institutions.
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Trumps dictatorial assault on press freedom knew, Nixons assault on press freedom the old saying proclaims, to aict the com- dents tactics toward the press. Subscrip-
Stand up and defend the was serious. Nearly 45 years later, long fortable and comfort the aicted. Youre tions to big newspapers like the New York
First Amendment after Nixon resigned in disgrace, many of there to hold those in power accountable. Times are up. But the resources of smaller
us forgot what its like when the president If youre a president, or any politician, news outlets could be severely limited by
of our country considers the press to be youre out to protect your policies, your Trumps assault on press freedom.
an enemy. Until Donald J. Trump became interests your power. My neighbor Grace came to America
president. Trump is as serious (maybe Trump goes well beyond this. He not from Guatemala in the late 1950s when
even more serious) as Nixon in his zeal to only brands stories from legitimate media she was in her 20s. She hasnt been wor-
quash press freedom. outlets that report on problems or conicts ried about the First Amendment being
During the presidential election, the within his administration or its policies as suppressed until now. A dictator ruled
Trump campaign blacklisted news orga- fake news. Trump tweets news gleaned my country until I was 8, she told me, my
nizations whose coverage it didnt like from Breitbart and other sites that trac in father was a writer. He wrote for the op-
KATHI WOLFE, a writer and poet, is a regular
contributor to the Blade. from its campaign events and encour- conspiracy theories. Such is the case with position, the underground paper. You had
aged its supporters to verbally (and some- Trumps false claim that the Obama admin- to hide it. You didnt want to be seen read-
times physically) go after reporters. Less istration tapped his phone during the pres- ing it. Or youd go to jail.
In 1973, my Dad and I watched as the than two months into his presidency, the idential election. Trumps administration We hid all of our books, Grace added,
late journalist Daniel Schorr read the Trump administration has said that the has been a champion of alternative facts. the dictators people thought reading
names on Richard Nixons enemies list news media are the enemy of the Ameri- As a queer journalist and citizen, the them made us too smart that wed think
on the CBS Evening News. We gasped in can people and barred outlets that they Trump administrations stance toward free too much. Trump isnt a dictator yet. But
horror as we (along with Schorr who later deemed too critical from press briengs. expression sends shivers up my spine. My hes a lot like that dictator.
was an NPR news analyst) learned that his More ominously, Trump appointed Steve fears werent relieved by reports that anti- You might think: this wont impact me.
name was on the list. Nixons gone over Bannon, former head of the alt-right, LGBT Vice President Mike Pence at the re- But youd be wrong. The Trump administra-
the edge, my Dad said, only dictators go white nationalist website Breitbart News cent annual Gridiron dinner armed that tions policies and ideology are anti-LGBT. If
after the press like that! as his chief strategist. he and Trump support the freedom of the we want news of Trumps stance toward
Schorr joked that being on the enemies Trump hasnt stopped there. All politi- press enshrined in the First Amendment. our community to be accurately reported,
list was more of a tribute than being on cians have an adversarial relationship with Dont get me wrong. Im not saying that we should stand up for press freedom.
the Emmys list. Yet, as Schorr, journal- the press. Its built into the fabric of our Trump is Hitler or that I expect that jour- Hetero or queer, Democrat or Republi-
ists and many in the general public then democracy. As a journalist youre out, as nalism will be stopped by the 45th presi- can, lets support the First Amendment.
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LAS VEGAS In-depth fan discussions the weekend including Greys Anatomy Another panel, Transgender problematic.
about pop culture often happen online star Sara Ramirez who made a low-key Representation in the Media, included This con is called ClexaCon and focuses
but last weekend in Las Vegas, the appearance and quietly sat in on panels. three panelists, all transgender women. on the death of a white, queer character,
discussions were held face to face. On day one of the convention, the line The panelists discussed how Transparent Broadnax told the Washington Blade.
ClexaCon, modeled after Comic Con, wrapped around the hallway with people both failed the transgender community Meanwhile Poussey from Orange is the New
Dragon Con, etc., was held March 3-5 at Ballys itching to get inside to kickstart their and, in their opinion, got it right, too. Black was the queer death of a black character
and was billed as the rst entertainment weekend of panels, workshops and a lm Later, they discussed their desire for that didnt get as much of a response. So
and media convention organized for queer festival screening lesbian-centric lms. stories about transgender individuals that there still needs to be that intersectionality
women by queer women. The conventions Lexas Legacy, one of the rst werent just about their trans identities but within marginalized communities.
name comes from the popular lesbian panels of the weekend, lled up quickly. explored them joining a basketball team Broadnax says she and the Black Geeks,
couple Clexa, comprised of Clarke and Lexa, Lexa was just one of the more recent or wanting to start a family. a community for African Americans to
from the CW show The 100. Show runners casualties of the Bury Your Gays trope, These conversations are likely rare discuss nerdy pop culture, are planning
killed o Lexa, in an episode fans only refer the entertainment industrys pattern of outside a transgender forum online. their own fan convention for women,
to ominously as 307 because its the exact killing o gay characters in TV and lm. Jamie Broadnax, founder and managing people of color and the LGBT community.
episode number when Lexas death occurs, While her story is a common one for gay editor of blackgirlsnerds.com, says she The convention will take place in
that initiated a movement from enraged fans. characters, the panels popularity proved applauds ClexaCon for its diversity.
More than 2,000 attendees came for her death aected many. But that doesnt mean ClexaCon isnt CONTINUES ON PAGE 38
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How long have you been out and who If science discovered a way to change By JOEY DiGULIELMO
was the hardest person to tell? sexual orientation, what would you joeyd@washblade.com
Since I graduated from college, and my do?
parents were the hardest to tell. No, we are who were are. Melanie Kreidich has been involved in activism of all kinds starting in
middle school when she helped her aunt, an environmental activist, with
Whos your LGBT hero? What do you believe in beyond the beach clean-ups, protests and letter-writing campaigns.
Ellen DeGeneres because she brought physical world? Im involved in all kinds, the Florida native says. Im passionate about voting
the LGBTQ culture into every living I dont know, but I hope someone is rights and ensuring progressive candidates are elected in future elections.
room. looking out for us. Through mutual activists, Kreidich met Vicki Braun two weeks ago and
found out about the Concerned Citizens for LGBT Safety and Rights March,
Whats Washingtons best nightspot, Whats your advice for LGBT which will be held Sunday, March 12 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Lafayette Square
past or present? movement leaders? in Washington (H and 17th streets, N.W.). The march to Logan Circle will begin
Cobalt Keep going more work to do. at 10:45 a.m. where a short rally will take place.
Braun was inspired by recent trans murders in the South and Kreidich
Describe your dream wedding? What would you walk across hot coals agreed to help organize the event.
I already had it. for? Not long ago, I was walking around Rehoboth Beach holding hands with my
To stop bullying. wife, Susannah, and we were harassed, Kreidich says. So this is a real concern
What non-LGBT issue are you most for all. We need to go forward and not let the hate groups and bullies who feel
passionate about? What LGBT stereotype annoys you empowered with the new administration bring back that environment. With the
All issues are LGBTQ issues. most? bathroom law being overturned, I believe this will help embolden hate groups
All of them. even more. We all need to stand up for one another and others.
What historical outcome would you Look for the event on Facebook for full details.
change? Whats your favorite LGBT movie? Kreidich came to the area in 2002 to live in a more liberal environment. She
I would change that the electoral college The rst one that I ever watched that and her wife live in Montgomery County. Kreidich enjoys reading in her free time.
vote determines the winner of the U.S. wasnt sad and had a happy ending
presidency. If popular vote was the But Im a Cheerleader.
determination for presidency, VP Al Gore
and Secretary Hillary Clinton would have Whats the most overrated social
both been president. custom?
Hillary Clinton said, We need more love
Whats been the most memorable pop and kindness. These words have never
culture moment of your lifetime? been more true.
Supreme Court ruling allowing LGBTQ
marriage. What trophy or prize do you most
covet?
On what do you insist? Who wouldnt want their name engraved
Love and kindness. on the Stanley Cup?
What was your last Facebook post or What do you wish youd known at 18?
Tweet? It would be dicult to travel after
My last tweet was a reminder about the college.
March 12th event.
Why Washington?
If your life were a book, what would Its the most accepting city of everybody
the title be?
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LAITH AL-SAADI
THURS, MARCH 23
LIVE NATION & THE HAMILTON PRESENT Vanessa Carlton
YACHT ROCK REVUE to play the Birchmere
(AT THE FILLMORE SILVER SPRING)
FRI, MARCH 24 NIGHT I Grammy-nominated singer Vanessa
RED BARAAT PHOTO COURTESY OF DIGNITY WASHINGTON
Carlton performs at the Birchmere (3701
FESTIVAL OF COLORS Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va.) on
W/ GANAVYA AND SHILPA RAY Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Patricks Day events happening all week in D.C. The show is in support of her latest
SAT, MARCH 25 NIGHT II
album Earlier Things Live, a collection
RED BARAAT Dignity Washington marches in the D.C. St. Patricks Day Parade for the third of live versions of songs from the start of
FESTIVAL OF COLORS year in a row on Sunday, March 12 starting at noon. The parade route proceeds her career. Her hit singles A Thousand
W/ DJ AYES COLD AND THE KOMINAS down Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th streets, N.W. The parades theme is Miles and White Houses are included.
TUES, MARCH 28 Irish in Public Service. Cody Keenan, former director of speech writing for the Tristen and Skye Steele open the show.
White House, serves as the parades grand marshal. For details, visit facebook. Tickets are $29.50. For more
CHUCK PROPHET com/dignitywashington. information, visit birchmere.com.
& THE MISSION EXPRESS ShamrockFest will be at RFK Stadium (2400 E Capitol St., N.E.) on Saturday,
AND THE BOTTLE ROCKETS March 11 from 2-10 p.m. Headliners include Dropkick Murphys, Coolio, House
CAGLCC Mega
THURS, MARCH 30 of Pain and Carbon Leaf. There will be more than 30 bands performing, carnival
AN EVENING WITH rides, Irish dancers and more. General admission is $45. VIP admission is $110 Networking returns
and includes bottomless beer from 2-7 p.m., access to the VIP area, a DJ stage,
BRASS-A-HOLICS VIP party games and VIP seating. For more information, visit shamrockfest.com. The Capital Area Gay & Lesbian
FRI, MARCH 31 Tropicalia (2001 14th St., N.W.) hosts St. Patricks Fiesta on Friday, March 18 Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC) hosts
THE HAMILTON LIVE AND WPA PRESENT from 8-11 p.m. Latin-fusion band Zakke and alternative latin band Fermina-X its ninth annual LGBT Mega Networking
THE KNIGHTS perform. Doors open at 8 p.m. and show starts at 9 p.m. Admission is free. For and Social event at Town (2009 8th St.,
& CHRISTINA COURTIN more details, visit facebook.com/ama.musicosunidos. N.W.) on Wednesday, March 22 from
W/ HOLLY BOWLING: Star & Shamrock (1341 H St., N.E.) hosts Shamrocks Shave O for Kids with 6:30-8:30 p.m.
A PART OF THE 2017 SHIFT Cancer on Saturday, March 11 from 2-5 p.m. Participants can shave their head, LGBT professionals are invited to
FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS volunteer or donate to the St. Baldricks Foundation to fund childhood cancer mingle, nd connections and recruit new
research grants. For details, visit facebook.com/starandshamrock. employees. The event has brought more
The Mansion on O Street (2020 O St., N.W.) hosts its Get Lucky hunt through than 1,000 attendees over the past four
Sunday, March 18. Explore the themed rooms and search for secret doors and years. Admission is free but registration
luck-themed items. Tickets are $35. For more information, visit omusueum.org. is required.
For more details, visit caglcc.
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From left are TONYA BECKMAN, CHRISTOPHER DINOLFO and ALYSSA WILMOTH KEEGAN in
Fickle: a Fancy French Farce.
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3 6 M A RCH 1 0 , 2 017 CA LE N D A R
TODAY
Landmarks E Street Cinema (555 11th
St., N.W.) screens The Rocky Horror
Picture Show as part of its CinEinsomnia
series tonight and Saturday from 11:59
p.m.-3 a.m. The live shadow cast the
Sonic Transducers will be featured.
Tickets are $10. For more information,
visit landmarktheatres.com/Washington-
d-c/e-street-cinema.
GAMMA, a peer-supported, self-help
group for gay or bisexual men who have
been involved with women, meets at
Luther Place Memorial Church (1226
Vermont Ave., N.W.) tonight from 7:30-
9:30 p.m. For more details, visit meetup.
com/gammaindc.
The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington
performs How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying as an LGBT
production at the Lincoln Theatre (1215
U St., N.W.) tonight, at 8 p.m, Saturday,
March 11 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 12 PHOTO BY JEFF MALET; COURTESY OF DTSB
Cheer D.C., a gay cheerleading group, was resurrected when new members moved to the D.C. area.
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Les Ballets
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Proposal backres in yourself and what is important to you,
and then basing your behavior on this
attempt to solve a problem understanding, rather than on what you
that wasnt there hope your girlfriend might want.
de Monte Carlo
Theres nothing wrong with being
considerate of your partner. If Beth wants
an open relationship while the two of you
are living apart, you might consider this;
but not if agreeing to do so would mean
that you sell yourself out. tory dobrin, Artistic director
That said, when you proposed opening
your relationship, were you proposing
something that Beth particularly wanted?
MICHAEL RADKOWSKY, Psy.D. is a licensed From your letter, it sounds like you came
Parody and
psychologist who works with gay individuals
and couples in D.C. He can be found online
up with this proposal out of fear, without virtuosic technique...
having spoken to Beth or having given
at personalgrowthzone.com. All identifying
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in glittering tandem.
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I am curious as to why you didnt have
a conversation about this, instead of
MICHAEL, rushing to oer a solution you thought
After a year together, my girlfriend Beth would like. Did you ask yourself
Beth moved a few hours away to go to what you might like, other than keeping
grad school this past September. Beth in the relationship?
Knowing sex is important to Beth, I Some questions for you to contemplate:
worried that with the distance she might Why are you so desperate to be with
not want to stay in our relationship, as Beth that you would suggest a dramatic
we could only get together every two or change to your relationship in order to
three weekends. So I proposed that we solve a problem she hadnt even raised?
agree that we can have sex with other Is this behavior of yours one-time only,
people when we arent in the same city. or are there other times you have striven
My only interest in opening our to please another person or make
relationship was so that Beth would them happy without thinking of your
not want to leave. I didnt tell her my own wants?
reasoning, because I worried shed think I Is it a pattern for you to fantasize about
am pathetic or needy. I just said I thought what another person wants and then do
it was a good idea for a long-distance your best to create that situation without
relationship. rst checking with them as to their actual
I was a little worried that if Beth slept preferences?
with other women, she might become One of my teachers often says: If its
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