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Although
the
Democratic
presidential
front-runner was included
in these email discussions
among her aides, only a
single response from her
on LGBT issues was found
in the batch most recently
made public. She may
have given input oine in
another capacity.
In an email made public
as part of the July 1 dump,
Clinton writes, we should
emphasize LGBT rights
when discussing reported
human
rights
abuses
against gay men in Iraq.
In the latest email
batch,
one
exchange
between between Clinton
adviser Cheryl Mills and
then-Assistant
Secretary
of State Johnnie Carson
reveals a discussion in
December 2009 over the
Anti-Homosexuality
Bill
in Uganda and eorts to
convince President Yoweri
Museveni to prevent it
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GHANA
I arrived safely in the city of Accra,
Ghana, on the 14th of March 2015. The
last time I was in Ghana was in 2008 and
I still have many friends there. The day
after my arrival was Sunday and Mothers
Day, and I went with some friends to Mass
in Accra. After Mass I was introduced
to some of the LGBTI people present at
church, some of whom sing in the choir.
Some were very happy to share their
stories with me, while others were more
reticent out of fear that the information
might nd its way to the authorities and
bring trouble for them. Under Ghanaian
criminal law, same-sex sexual activity
among males is illegal and can result in
long prison sentences. The situation with
lesbians is less clearly dened, but still
highly problematic.
Rosebud, a Christian, lesbian and
midwife who works for the government
hospital, leads an informal group of
Catholic lesbians. It started among fellow
lesbians at her church, but women
from other churches are discovering
her group. She currently has members
from the Anglican, Presbyterian as well
Pentecostal churches. Although the
group is based in Accra, it is growing to
be Ghana wide. They have not given
the group a name, but come together
once a month to pray and listen to each
others stories. With little support from
their churches on the issues that their
sexuality raises in society, the group has
become their only means of support as
they discuss and help each other on LGBT
issues. They organize parties and social
events, but have to be very discrete, so as
not to incur the wrath of the authorities.
Rosebud thinks that in a homophobic
society, the churches should be the rst
places to welcome LGBT people, not
persecute them. She commented that
lesbians cannot immediately identify each
other, people usually become friends rst,
and then when it is appropriate, a friend will
come out. She was not aware of the ongoing Family Synod in the Catholic Church,
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to visit northern, southern and eastern
Nigeria but could only visit Lagos, which
is in the southwest. However I did meet
and speak to people from all regions of
the country as Lagos is the most diverse
cultural city of Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the church and the
government both persecute LGBT people.
On the 7th of January 2014 the Nigerian
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A transgender lawyer could become
the rst openly LGBT member of the
Venezuelan National Assembly if voters
elect her later this year.
Popular Will, a left-leaning pro-LGBT
party that is a member of Socialist
International, an association of Socialist
political parties from around the world,
tapped Tamara Adrin to run as a
candidate to represent Caracas, the
South American countrys capital, in
the National Assembly. The Coalition
for Democratic Unity, a group of 26
opposition parties that includes Popular
Will, accepted Adrins candidacy.
The National Electoral Council, which
oversees Venezuelan elections, on Aug.
7 formally registered Adrins candidacy.
The trans commercial lawyer who
specializes in foreign investments and
capital and commodity markets is the
second of four candidates on the ballot
in the Federal District, which includes
roughly half of Caracas and several
suburbs, for the elections that will take
place on Dec. 6.
Adrin told the Washington Blade last
month during a Skype interview from
Caracas that the campaign will not be easy,
especially because the Venezuelan capital
remains a stronghold of the governing
United Socialist Party of Venezuela that
President Nicols Maduro heads. Adrin
nevertheless said she expects to do well.
What we expect is that at least I will be
certainly elected at least as the alternate
of the rst [person] on the list, she told
the Blade, referring to the incumbent
assemblymember whose name appears
at the top of the ballot. If I run hard and
if the people actually vote in favor of the
opposition as all the surveys are showing
that it will be the case, I might have the
opportunity to be the principal.
Adrin told the Blade the only
opposition she has received thus far
has come from members of the United
Socialist Party of Venezuela known as
Chavistas, supporters of late-President
Hugo Chvez who preceded Maduro.
She said the Chavistas have accused
her of coopting their eorts in support of
LGBT rights, even though she noted the
United Socialist Party has done little to
advance them in the 17 years it has been
in power.
Every time we try to get a chance before
the National Assembly or whatever, we
only receive silence, Adrin told the
Blade. Then suddenly the opposition
Ugandan lawmakers this week debated a bill that LGBT rights activists contend
would further hinder their advocacy eorts in the country.
The Non-Governmental Organizations Bill of 2015 that Parliamentarian
Aronda Nyakairima introduced earlier this year would establish what it describes
as an administrative and regulatory framework within which organizations can
conduct their aairs.
The measure seeks to create a board through which organizations would have
to register.
A copy of the bill that the Washington Blade obtained indicates this body
would also have the authority to summon and discipline organizations and
take actions against them that includes the suspension of their permits to
operate in the country and black listing.
The bill would also prevent an organization from carrying out activities in any
part of the country, unless it has received approval from local authorities. The
measure would also ban groups from engaging in any act which is prejudicial to
the security and laws of Uganda and to the interests of Uganda and the dignity
of the people of Uganda.
Consensual same-sex sexual activity remains criminalized in Uganda.
Clare Byarugaba of Chapter Four Uganda, a Ugandan advocacy group, noted to
the Blade on Tuesday in an email that it is already impossible for LGBT groups
to register with the government. She further pointed out those organizations
that openly support the rights of LGBT people always face problems when they
try to re-register with the authorities.
I am worried that the NGO bill shall further limit our freedom of association
and expression, Byarugaba told the Blade in an email. This law, if passed, will
ultimately mean institutionalization of discrimination towards LGBT organizing
in Uganda.
Jerey Smith of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights told the Blade on Tuesday
during a telephone interview from D.C. that he feels the measure is another
way to reintroduce means with which to stop the activities of LGBT groups in the
country, given the fact the previous eorts have failed.
President Yoweri Museveni in February 2014 signed the Anti-Homosexuality
Act under which those convicted of repeated same-sex sexual acts faced life in
prison. The Constitutional Court of Uganda last summer struck down the statute
on a technicality, but not before the U.S. cut aid to the country and imposed a
travel ban against Ugandan ocials responsible for anti-LGBT and other human
rights abuses.
Certainly wed be concerned about any proposed legislation that would
further limit gay rights in Uganda or put LGBT populations under any duress,
State Department spokesperson Mark Toner told the Blade on Tuesday during
his daily press brieng.
Parliamentarians are expected to once again debate the measure on Thursday.
Smith told the Blade there was pretty erce disagreement among the
lawmakers over the board that would oversee non-governmental organizations.
It was good to see some opposition to that, he said. Its not getting rammed
down their throats.
Tuesdays debate took place less than two months after Randy Berry, the
special U.S. envoy to promote global LGBT rights, visited Uganda.
Museveni has begun to formally seek his partys nomination to run for a
fourth term in next years presidential election. The Ugandan president, who
has been in oce since 1986, is facing mounting opposition to his rule from
within the country.
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NEW YORK Young women attracted to both sexes or who are unsure about
whom they are attracted to are more likely to develop an eating disorder than
those attracted to only one sex, according to a new study from Drexel University
and a MedicalXPress report.
However, the results of the study suggest that females attracted to the samesex are no more likely to experience eating disorder symptoms than their peers
with opposite-sex attractions. This nding is contrary to previous assumptions that
same-sex attraction plays a protective role against eating pathology in females.
The study also found that men who were attracted to other males or both
sexes had higher rates of eating disorders than males only attracted to the
opposite sex, which is supported by previous research.
The study, The Relationship between Disordered Eating and Sexuality
amongst Adolescents and Young Adults, is now available online and will appear
in a forthcoming print issue of Eating Behaviors, an international peer-reviewed
scientic journal publishing human research on the etiology, prevention and
treatment of obesity, binge eating and eating disorders in adults and children.
In order to examine disordered eating symptoms and sexuality in adolescents
and young adults, the researchers recruited participants from ten primary care
sites in Pennsylvania and administered a Behavioral Health Screen a webbased screening tool that assesses psychiatric symptoms and risk behaviors
during a routine visit. More than 2,000 youths, ages 14-24, were surveyed,
MedicalXPress reports.
Women who were unsure of whom they were attracted to reported the
highest disordered eating symptoms scores of all, researchers said.
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comprehension and communication. Simultaneously, the white matter pathways
known as the extreme capsule connecting these two regions got stronger.
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married. They showed Ice Cubes relationship with his wife over the years, and they
showed Dre getting closer to a woman toward the end of the movie, who he ended
up marrying, although the marriage is not
shown. Thus, they had to go out of their way
to omit Dres relationship with Michelle, who
he was with for several years and they had
a child together. Authentically showing this
abusive relationship could have been done
in a way to show that Dre has changed (assuming he has), without erasing the past.
The movie showed the grind that N.W.A.
went through to make it. It showed how far
the government, both local and federal, would
go to silence voices that are critiquing its racist
and abusive practices. It showed how common it is for artists, particularly black artists, to
be tricked or taken advantage of and not given
their full earnings. It showed the importance
of being business savvy, understanding contracts, and having control over your music and
your brand. It is not an accident that the two
members that are the most successful postN.W.A. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube are the
two that realized that they were being taken
advantage of and left the group to start their
own companies. This movie told a lot of stories
that need to be heard. Its too bad that a group
best known for reality rap shielded and sugarcoated an inconvenient part of their reality to
maintain their now-mainstream image.
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hed experienced homophobia in the workplace. According to the Washington Post, Don
Shafer, a news director of a TV station where
Flanagan worked for a time in Tallahassee,
Fla., recalled that a co-worker once said,
Zoom in on the gay guy. Shafer asked the
stations sta members to stop the teasing.
In an ideal world, people wouldnt connect Flanagans murderous act with his race
or sexual orientation. Yet, homophobia and
racism have emerged in the aftermath of the
Roanoke tragedy. Black, gay reporter murders straight, white journalists media blame
the gun, was the headline on a story by Ben
Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart, a conservative website.
The vast majority of people with mental
illness are not violent, according to Jillian
Peterson, lead researcher of an American
Psychological Association study. Yet, many
fear that anyone with a mental illness might
be violent.
Lets honor the victims of the Roanoke
shooting by working against homophobia,
racism and the stigma surrounding mental
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of the worlds LGBTQ Meccas, some contest our stormy relationship history with
PTown, which illustrates nancial interest
trumping the towns human interest in our
civil rights.
We were told in no uncertain terms that
locals did not like the idea of a gay parade,
they did not want it to happen, and we should
be prepared for some rock throwing. They
even told us the corner where that would
happen. Undeterred, the fearless few made
their way to the center of town. As they approached the corner they held their breath
expecting the worst. We could not believe it,
Herbie Hintzer, one of the parades founders,
is quoted as saying in Provincetown Business
Guild Magazine. We got a huge round of applause from everyone.
Today I view our huge and varied presence
in Ptown as well earned. I walk the streets
feeling safer in Ptown than in Cambridge. I do
wonder, however, if our presence and culture
will soon be gentried and priced-out like the
South End section of Boston with an inux of
heterosexuals.
Perhaps next years Carnival will give me a
clue.
Rev. IRENE MONROE is a Boston-based writer.
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ing denied the right to fully exercise self-governance as a jurisdiction under partial federal
control.
Thats what happened last week when D.C.
Mayor Muriel Bowser stood inside a closeddown public school in the doubled-in-homicides Congress Heights neighborhood east of
the Anacostia River to announce her response
to a startling summer of gunre throughout
whole swaths of the city, including both worsto and doing-well areas. A shocking series
of drive-by shootings, random violence and
street attacks prompted return of the fear
when the city was the murder capital of the
country.
A rising tide of resident anxiety and anger
was fueled by reaction to the initially inept
diagnosis by Bowser and a atfooted Police
Chief Cathy Lanier. They oered only the use
of synthetic drugs and lingering beefs over
street-corner dice games as feeble explanations, as if afraid to delve further for fear of
violating pervasive pressure to remain politically-correct in every utterance. D.C. Council
member silence became increasingly astonishing.
The numbers at the morgue grew 42 percent higher than 2014, surpassing last year
with four months remaining. Where you lived
and whether you were suddenly shocked at
the danger or merely wearied by its accelerated pace didnt much matter. A city began
clamoring for something to be done to stem
the lawlessness that now puts D.C. fourth in
the country for rising violence right behind
St. Louis and Baltimore.
The mayor and police chief soon acknowledged that the escalating violence is partly attributable to a violent cadre of repeat oenders committing an inordinate number of
crimes. Prior homicide or gun-related charges
are increasingly common among criminals responsible for rising body counts. Bowser addresses this reality with commonsense specifics to stop violent criminals from repeatedly
victimizing our community. The D.C. Council
should adopt those proposals without delay.
When Bowser and Lanier started getting
real about contributors to the spike in the
death toll, the mayor was prevented from
publicly detailing her plan due to shouting
from Black Lives Matter protesters intent on
disrupting her presentation and distorting
her proposals. Tediously repetitive rush-hour
trac blockades to protest police misconduct
elsewhere transformed to chants of supposedly impending police terror here. One disruptor told media there are people in the
community who do not think police are the
answer, adding that the group doesnt think
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Q U E E RY : 2 0 Q U E ST I O N S F O R LI Z D E A N
LIZ DEAN
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I realized I was into girls when I was in
middle school and the hardest person to
tell was my brother. I knew he wouldnt
have a problem with it, but we grew up
in a close-knit family and I would have
been most hurt if there was an issue.
When I told him his exact words were,
Whatever makes you happy.
Whos your LGBT hero?
My parents. For many, I think it can be
hard and awkward to come out to your
parents and my parents have supported
me from day one.
By JOEY DiGULIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
For Liz Dean, the annual D.C. Center Fall Reception is a family event.
Her parents attend each year along with Dean, whos co-chairing the event
slated for Friday, Sept. 18 from 6-9 p.m. on the roof deck of the Warner
Building (1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.).
I wouldnt be the person I am today without their unconditional love and
support and I am eternally grateful for them as parents and allies, says the
27-year-old Potomac, Md., native, who works by day as a web specialist.
Dean is co-chairing this year with Joe Gayk. The reception is considered the
Centers annual signature fundraising event in which its contributions to the
D.C. LGBT community over the last year will be highlighted and several awards
will be given to those whove made outstanding contributions. Tickets are
$75 in advance or $100 at the door. Details at thedccenter.org.
Getting involved with the D.C. Center has been the best decision of my adult
life, Dean says. I have been incredibly fortunate to meet so many inspiring
people through the Center and I am proud to be part of an organization that
oers so much support and so many services to anyone and everyone.
Dean grew up in the area and returned after college in Pennsylvania. She
is in a relationship with Erin Randall and lives in Bethesda, Md. Dean enjoys
volunteering, cooking, traveling and dogs in her free time.
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From left are JIVON LEE JACKSON, CHARLES HARRIS, JR. and REGINALD RICHARD in a Page-toStage reading.
Kennedy Centers
Page-to-Stage fest
returns for new plays
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
The Kennedy Centers Page-to-Stage
festival is back. Now in its 14th year, the
annual festival features about 40 D.C.area theater companies in a series of
free readings and open rehearsals of
plays and musicals, giving audiences a
look at new works being prepared for
Washington premiers.
Over Labor Day Weekend (Saturday,
Sept. 5-Monday, Sept. 7), much of the
Kennedy Center will be teeming with local
theater folks launching new works. And
without question, says festival curator
Gregg Henry, Page-to-Stage consistently
gives a voice to LGBT playwrights.
Following are a few such selections.
This time around, Adventure
Theatre MTC presents out playwright
Norman
Allens
adaptation
of
Lemony Snickets The Lump of Coal
(Saturday morning at the Terrace Theatre),
a holiday story about a discontented
Lump of Coal who nds fulllment in a
naughty kids Christmas stocking. The
staged reading is directed by out actor/
director Holly Twyford.
Without being clich, Allen says, Lump
of Coal is an outsider. In trying to nd his
place in the world, hes repeatedly rejected
because of who is. He has to deal with
lumpophobics, but it gets better for Lump.
It will be a familiar story to many people.
All the festivals staged readings are
followed by talkbacks with the audience.
Allen, who has successfully participated
in Page-to-Stage in the past, says the
experience with all its encouragement
and feedback is invaluable to playwrights.
On Saturday night (also in the Terrace
Theatre), African-American Collective
Theater (ACT) presents Missing Pieces,
written and directed by the companys
out artistic director Alan Sharpe. This new
work centers on the violent murder of
a prominent gay activist in D.C. and the
Yom KiPPuR:
subsequent investigation by a veteran
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cop and his rookie (closeted) partner. The
duo is led into a world of sex, lies and
corruption in urgent pursuit of the killer
maChaRs sundaY sChool
among the victims friends, co-workers,
Tots (ages 2-5) and K-Bar/Bat Mitzvah
ex-lovers, drug dealers, strippers, street
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trade and random pickups.
For many companies its a blessing to
get exposure, Sharpe says. For a smaller
Since 1977
company like ACT, theres a lot of validity
in playing at the Kennedy Center. Theres
a lot of prestige attached. This opens
us up to new audiences. In a way this
validation and visibility is just another
facet of the burgeoning movement that
Black Lives Matter because black LGBTQ
Rabbi Gordon Fuller Cantor Ramn Tasat
lives are included in that equation, as well.
One way to work toward that goal is by
ensuring that people see representations
of us in arts and the media. These are
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control. That type of self-expression and
self-determination is a form a validation
essential to arming our place in the
community. Just as increased visibility
is an important and empowering
component of that struggle.
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PhazeFest, a queer music festival, is
on Friday, Sept. 4 at 9:30 Club (815 V St.,
N.W.) at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 5 at
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, PhazeFest hosts its
#YasQueen dance party featuring Kiyomi
Valentine, Frankie and Betty, DcKing
BroLo and Marcus Webb. On Saturday,
there is the Fannypack dance party
with music from DJ Deedub Tezrah and
performances by Sick of Sarah, Michelle
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The Fix
Thru Sep 20. Signature Theatre.
703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org.
When a presidential candidate dies in his mistresss arms, his ambitious wife
immediately declares that if she cant be thewifeof the president, then shell
be themotherof the president and thrusts their son Cal into the spotlight in
Dempsey and Rowes outrageous musical comedy.
THEATRE
Chimerica. Sep 9-Oct 18. Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Women Laughing Alone With Salad.
Sep 7-Oct 4. Woolly Mammoth. 202-3933939. woollymammoth.net.
Ironbound. Sep 9-Oct 4. Round
House Theatre. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
Hay Fever. Thru Sep 27. Olney Theatre.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
YERMA (Barren). Sep 10-Oct 4. GALA
Hispanic Theatre. 202-234-7174.
galatheatre.org.
Shear Madness. Ongoing. Kennedy
Center. 800-444-1324.
shearmadness.com.
Dogght. Thru Sep 19. Keegan Theatre.
202-265-3767. keegantheatre.com.
Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer
World. Sep 4-Oct 4. Rorschach Theatre.
Atlas. 202-399-7993.
rorschachtheatre.com.
The Importance of Being Earnest. Thru
Sep 13. SCENA Theatre. Atlas.
202-399-7993. scenatheater.org.
Friendship Betrayed. Sep 10-Oct 11.
WSC Avant Bard. Gunston. 703-418-4808.
wscavantbard.org.
DANCE
Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke leads the NSO in its annual free Labor
Day weekend concert--this year featuring vocalist Kate Davis and the Soldiers
Chorus of The United States Army Field Band. There will be an open rehearsal
at 3:30 pm; the concert begins at 8 pm.
Its a tasting menu for the eyes when 21 visual artists blend their talents with 22
women chefs. The artists create portraits, the chefs oer cooking demos, and
the true creative artistry of the kitchen gets served on a silver platter.
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MUSIC
The Milk Carton Kids. Sep 10. GW Lisner
Auditorium. 202-994-6800.
lisner.gwu.edu.
Harlem Gospel Choir. Sep 6. Labor Day
Fest with The Kings of Go-Go. Sep 6.
Dru Hill. Sep 9. Aaron Camper, Black
Alley & Devon Beck w/ DJ J Tyler. Sep
10. Howard Theatre. 202-803-2899.
thehowardtheatre.com.
Be in Brookland: Sahel. Sep 10. Dance
Place. 202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
REO Speedwagon. Sep 10. Warner
Theatre. 202-783-4000.
warnertheatredc.com.
Catch A Fire Tour 2015: Damian
Marley, Stephen Marley, Morgan
Heritage, Tarrus Riley. Sep 5. Rodrigo
y Gabriela. Sep 6. The Gipsy Kings
featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino
Balidaro. Sep 10. Wolf Trap.
877-965-3872. wolftrap.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. The Memory of
Time. Thru Sep 13. Recent Acquisitions
of Italian Renaissance Prints. Thru Oct 4.
Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim
Wtewael (15661638). Thru Oct 4.
GALLERIES
DCCAH. AFP16 Visual Arts Exhibition.
Thru Sep 30. 202-724-5613.
dcarts.dc.gov.
Arlington Cultural Aairs. Gallery 3700.
Nauck Community Portrait Exhibition.
Thru Sep 6. arlingtonarts.org.
BlackRock. Jenny Wu. Thru Sep
12. Encaustics by Susan Feller and
Assemblages by Janet Wheeler. Thru Sep
12. 301-528-2260. blackrockcenter.org.
The Art League Gallery. Taking Shape.
Thru Sep 7. Scapes. Thru Sep 7. Wijati
Soemantoro: The Ring of Fire. Sep 9-Oct
5. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
Reston Community Center. Sharon
Wright Pound. Sep 8-Sep 30. RCC at
Lake Anne. Reston Multicultural Festival
Intergenerational 3-dimensional
Exhibit. Sep 8-Nov 21. 703-476-4500.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
Arts Club of Washington. September
Art Exhibition. Sep 4-Sep 26.
202-331-7282. artsclubofwashington.org.
Gallery Neptune & Brown. Summer
Splash on 14th Street. Thru Sep 5. 202986-1200. neptuneneart.com.
Glen Echo Park. Labor Day Art
Show. Sep 5-Sep 7. 301-634-2222.
glenechopark.org.
Goethe-Institut. Justine Otto: hyder
ares. Thru Sep 4. 202-289-1200.
goethe.de.
Target Gallery. Angel Soldier Dance
Sublime. Sep 5-Oct 18. 703-838-4565.
torpedofactory.org.
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA).
Lobby Project: David Bellard. Thru Nov
27. 202-234-7103. wpadc.org.
Zenith Gallery. Stars & Stripes: Zenith
Salutes the Flag! at Zenith Gallery. Thru
Oct 3. 202-783-2963. zenithgallery.com.
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By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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The Imperial Court of Washington is
gearing up for its biggest event of the
year next weekend.
On Saturday, Sept. 12, the court, part of
the International Imperial Court System
that was founded in San Francisco in
1965 by the late Jose Sarria, will hold its
Coronation IV: Gala of the Americas, which
celebrates the current reign of the Emperor
and Empress III, Manuel Diego Dennis
Alicia and Natasha Jewel Dennis Carrington
respectively, and crowns their successors
Emperor DP Diego-Dennis Carrington
and Empress Muy Jaymes Jewel Blake
Stephyns. Nicole Murray Ramirez, Queen
Mother I of the Americas, is the honored
guest and will welcome Imperial Court
members and supporters from all over the
U.S., Canada and perhaps Mexico.
Several other events are planned while
the dignitaries are in town. On Thursday,
Sept. 10, an In Town Show will be held;
on Friday, Sept. 11, the Crowns on
the Town bar tour will occur; a victory
brunch and show will be held on Sunday,
Sept. 13. Full details at imperialcourtdc.
org. Also on Sept. 11, members will
hold a Pentagon memorial tribute from
6-8 p.m. in which owers will be laid on
memorials of those who died in the 2001
terrorist attacks.
The Court exists to raise funds for
LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations, social
service groups and youth enrichment
programs. The Court provides a safe,
social environment for people with the
same interests. The D.C. chapter is one of
71 courts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
About 250 attend the D.C. gala each year
and its open to both court members
and non-members. There are about 80
members in the D.C. court, which started
in 2011. Members say more than half
participate in court events in drag, but not
all. Drag queens, drag kings, and non-drag
men and women perform in various types
of royal attire. The gala is a black-tie event.
The emperor and empress win by
running elections. They were announced
in late June. Stephyns, this years empress,
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TODAY
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts a trans discussion group today
from 7-9 p.m. The group is open to all
members of the trans community as well
as their partners, friends and allies. For
more details, visit thedccenter.org.
Gay District meets at the D.C. Center
(2000 14th St., N.W.) tonight from 8:309:30 p.m. The facilitated group discussion
covers building understanding of gay
culture and personal identity and
awareness of community events for LGBT
men between the ages of 18-35 in the D.C.
area. For more details, visit thedccenter.
org or gaydistrict.org.
A LGB support group meets today
from 10-11:30 a.m. at 16220 S. Frederick
Rd., Gaithersburg, Md. for individuals
in Montgomery County. The group
will discuss coming out of marriage,
homophobia, parenting issues, nding
intimate relationships, LGB resources
in the suburbs and more. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
Australian DJ Ruby Rose, known for
her role on Orange is the New Black,
plays a DJ set at Echostage (2135 Queens
Chapel Rd., N.E.) tonight at 9 p.m. Shes a
lesbian. Tickets are $25. For more details,
visit echostage.com.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 5
Brother Help Thyself hosts Pride
Day at Kings Dominion today from 10:30
a.m.-midnight. The water park will be
open exclusively for Brother Help Thyself
guests from 10:30 a.m.-noon. From 8
p.m.-midnight there will be a dance party
in the Event Pavilion. DJ Rometti will spin
tracks for the night. Tickets are $37. For
more details, visit brotherhelpthyself.net.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for the
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation at
the Falls Church PetSmart (6100 Arlington
Blvd., Falls Church, Va.) at 11:45 a.m.
today. You will be paired with a dog on a
leash to walk around and play with. Wear
casual clothes. For more information,
visit burgundycrescent.org.
D.C. Rawhides host Town and Country
at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) tonight at 6:30
p.m. Dance lessons will be the two-step,
line dancing, waltz and west coast swing.
Dance lessons begin at 6:45 p.m. There will
be open dance from 8-10:30 p.m. Cover is
$5 and includes the dance lesson as well as
admission at Town for the rest of the night.
For more information, visit towndc.com.
CODE hosts its CODE Redux sixth
year anniversary party at Glorious
Health Club (2120 West Virginia Ave.,
N.E.) tonight from 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Fetish
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch today
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is $24.95
for an all-you-can-eat buet. For more
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts a drag brunch today with shows at
10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Brunch buet
is $26 and the rst mimosa or Bloody
Mary is free. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit nelliesdragbrunch.
eventbrite.com.
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W..)
hosts coee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave., N.W.)
holds a support group for gay black men
to discuss topics that aect them today,
TUESDAY, SEPT. 8
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts a
rap group, a support group for LGBT
youth, today from 5-6:30 p.m. For more
information, visit smyal.org.
Bachelors Mill has half price drinks all
night long from 5 p.m.-2 a.m.tonight. They
also have pool, video gaming systems and
cards. Admission is free. For more details,
visit bachelorsmill.com.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
Big Gay Book Group meets at 1155
F St., N.W. Suite 200 tonight at 7 p.m. to
discuss The Bell by Iris Murdoch. The
novel tells the story of a lay community of
people whose lives are changed when a
bell in their town is rediscovered. For more
information email biggaybookgroup@
hotmail.com.
The Lambda Bridge Club hosts duplicate
bridge at the Dignity Center (721 8th St.,
S.E.) at 7:30 p.m. tonight. No reservations
needed and new comers welcome. If you
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts Womens
Leadership Institute, a group for LBT
women and their straight allies ages 13-21
to discuss female sexuality, relationships
and womens rights today from 5-7 p.m.
For more information, visit smyal.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Beat the Clock Happy
Hour tonight from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Drink
specials start at $2 and increase by a
dollar each hour. For more information,
visit nelliessportsbar.com.
Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
holds a happy hour today from 5-7:30
p.m. All drinks are half price. There will
be pool, video gaming systems and cards.
Admission is $5 after 9 p.m. DJ Bling, DJ
Freaky and DJ Tim-Nice will play music
for the night. For more information, visit
bachelorsmill.com.
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