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VOLUME NINE, ISSUE 25
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■ MILITARY

With Tax Deal,

DADT Repeal
Could Move
BY PAUL SCHINDLER

T
he December 6 announcement
that President Barack Obama
and congressional Republicans
have reached a deal on extending the
Bush-era tax cuts –– even for the wealth-
iest Americans –– could remove a major
obstacle in the way of the Senate taking
up Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal in its cur-
rent lame duck session.
If sufficient Democratic votes can be
found for the tax agreement –– and that
remains an open question as of press
time, given progressive unhappiness
with the president’s compromise –– sev-

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eral weeks would remain for the Sen-
ate to take up what could be a lengthy

DADT P. 38 FIERCE’S RIKKE MANANZALA & JOHN BLASCO HOIST MAYORAL LGBTQ YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROCLAMATION IN OCTOBER

Advocates Decry
Homeless Youth Cuts
BY PAUL SCHINDLER that will reduce funding for drop-in cen- away and Homeless Youth established
ters by one-third to one-half and, within in October 2009, charged the cuts “will

A
coalition of advocacy groups that
work with homeless youth in
New York City is expressing its
“concern and alarm” over mid-year bud-
get cuts, announced over the past two
HOLLY HUGHES weeks by the city’s Department of Youth
and Community Development (DYCD),
24
25 West 23rd Street
two years, eliminate dollars for street
outreach to that population completely.
In a December 6 letter to Mayor
Michael Bloomberg and DYCD Commis-
sioner Jeanne Mullgrav, the organiza-
tions, all of whom are members of the
Mayor’s Commission on LGBTQ Run-
d 6th
disproportionately harm LGBTQ youth.”
In a city budget of more than $60 bil-
lion, the funds at issue are miniscule.
The cuts announced total $969,407 in
fiscal year 2011 and $700,000 in the
YOUTH CUTS P. 18
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14 DAYS Warsaw’s Black Gay Winner

14 NIGHTS Son of a Mauritanian father, Krystian Lezierski is Poland’s first out official
THEATER
THU.DEC.9 BY DOUG IRELAND March of 2006, the hundreds
of customers inside refused to

Cheering Up Winter
Joshua Conkel and Megan Hill’s
“Lonesome Winter,” directed by Meg
Sturiano, is a melancholy Christmas com-
edy about Winter, a lonely hoarder who
lives alone with her mean-spirited cat,
Sparkles. Just when Winter is about to
throw in the towel, a mysterious stranger
in an adorable skirt suit shows up just in
time to teach Winter how to shine. The
show is a hilarious send-up of Cathy
comics, Lifetime movies, and Christmas
clichés. Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks
Pl., btwn. First Ave. & Ave. A. Thu.-
Sat. 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. through Dec.
19. Tickets are $18, $15 for students &
seniors at smarttix.com.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ early ’70s to attend a maritime
I
n an historic first for the leave, and there began a siege of
country considered the most the club in order to close it that
Catholic in Europe, Krystian became a milestone in the his-
Lezierski became Poland’s first tory of the gay rights struggle
openly gay elected official when in Poland (see this reporter’s
he was elected to Warsaw’s City April 6, 2006 article, “A Polish
Council in country-wide munic- Stonewall,” which is linked in
ipal elections on November 21. the online version of this story
Not only is Lezierski, a at gaycitynews.com).
32-year old lawyer, entrepre- Warsaw began an annual tra-
neur, gay activist, and Green dition of Gay Pride marches in
Party leader, a well-known fig- 2001, but in 2005, Lech Kac-
ure in the Warsaw gay commu- zynski, then the city’s mayor,
nity, he is also black. banned the event. Two years
“My father was from Mauri- later, in a landmark ruling,
tania,” Lezierski told Gay City the European Court of Human
News by telephone from War- Rights in Strasbourg held
saw, “and came to Poland in the that the ban was illegal under
international treaties to which
academy for training to join Poland is a signatory.

Ebenezer en the merchant marine, which is
Español when he met my mother.”
Charles Rice-González’s “Los Nutcrack- But the biracial marriage
ers: A Christmas Carajo,” directed by Jorge didn’t last long, and his father
Merced, interweaves two holiday classics, split and returned to Mauritania
“The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol,” (officially, the Islamic Repub-
and creates a queer Latino play about a lic of Mauritania, a country in
gay couple who go on a psychedelic trip western North Africa bordered
through their lives one Christmas Eve. The by Algeria, Senegal, and Mali.)
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance “I haven’t had any contact
(BAAD!), 841 Barretto St., btwn. Gar- with my father since he left
rison & Lafayette Aves., Hunts Point. Poland,” said Lezierski, who
Dec. 9-11, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20-$25 at uses his mother’s maiden
BronxAcademyOfArtsAndDance.org or name.
718-842-5223. Lezierski’s victory was all the
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ more remarkable because, just
three years ago, the European
The Worst of Times, Parliament in Strasbourg over-
The Best of Times whelmingly passed a resolu-
Pamela Murphy’s “The C Word” is the tion condemning “the emerging
playwright’s journey through breast cancer, climate of racist, xenophobic,
during which she capitalizes on the worst and homophobic intolerance in
thing that’s ever happened to her. Murphy Poland” under the gay-baiting
Kaczynski twins — Lech, that
䉴 DEC 9, continued on p.8 nation’s president from 2005
Longtime gay activist and cultural impresario Krystian Lezierski is now Catholic Poland’s first out
elected official.
until April of this year, when he
died in a plane crash, and Jaro-
slav, who was prime minister in
2006 and 2007.
Lezierski was elected under
proportional representation as
a Green candidate on a coali-
tion ticket led by Poland’s Social
Democratic Party from a War-
saw district he describes as
“rather upscale and conserva-
tive.” In the new 60-member
City Council, the conservative
Civic Platform party of Prime
Minister Donald Tusk will
have 33 seats, the intensely
homophobic and ultra-nation-
TOMASZ RYKACZEWSKI
This April, when the annual
Europride march was held in
Warsaw, it attracted less than
15,000 participants — a sharp
contrast to the half-million who
joined the 2007 event in Madrid,
the 45,000 who participated in
the 2008 Europride in Stock-
alist Law and Justice Party holm, or the 50,000 at 2009
— founded by the Kaczynski Europride in Zurich (which has
brothers — will have 17 seats, a lesbian mayor).
and the left opposition, of which “This year’s Europride here in
Lezierski is a part, will have ten Warsaw had only about 13,000
seats. marchers,” Lezierski told Gay
It was only four years ago City News, “and they were all
that the City Council, then led mostly activists. The other Euro-
by the Kaczynskis, ordered the prides had lots of people who
closing of Lezierski’s celebrated came just for fun, but Poland’s
nightclub, Le Madame, which reputation for homophobia
began as a gay venue but grew didn’t make it that attractive for
into a vibrant rainbow gath- just fun-seekers.”
ering place for every sort of Warsaw Europride was pro-
sexual, political, and cultural tected by 2,000 police, who kept
ferment emerging in Warsaw.
When police raided the club in 䉴 WARSAW, continued on p.36

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INDICATION: REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used in combination with other medicines

to treat people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). REYATAZ has
been studied in a 48-week trial in patients who have taken anti-HIV medicines and a 96-week
trial in patients who have never taken anti-HIV medicines.
On REYATAZ,
REYATAZ does not cure HIV or lower your chance of passing HIV to others.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION:
Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines due to potential for Wedn
serious, life-threatening side effects or death: Versed® (midazolam) when taken by mouth, esda y
Halcion® (triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as Cafergot®, Migranal®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate maleate, Methergine®, Ma ry
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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),
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Zocor® (simvastatin), Uroxatral® (alfuzosin), or Revatio® (sildenafil).
Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may lower the amount of
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REYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®,
Rifater®, or Rifamate®), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing products, or
Viramune® (nevirapine).
Serevent Diskus® (salmeterol) and Advair® (salmeterol with fluticasone) are not recommended

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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 5:30
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prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health
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Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, planning to become
pregnant or breast-feed, or 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:
• Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking
REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes away
within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. Bu y new
• Severe rash has occurred in a small number of patients taking REYATAZ. This type of rash is
associated 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
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your healthcare provider right away:
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– Shortness of breath
– General ill-feeling or “flu-like”
– Conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes,
like “pink-eye”) a
symptoms – Blisters
– Fever – Mouth sores
– Muscle or joint aches – Swelling of your face
• Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in bilirubin levels
in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver).
• A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel
dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem.
• Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking
protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients
may need changes in their diabetes medicine.
• If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may
get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
• Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side,
blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate.
• Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems
with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ.
• Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV medicines.
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The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time.
• Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) 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
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. about REYATAZ on the adjacent pages.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Once-daily REYATAZ can help fight your HIV.

REYATAZ, a protease inhibitor (PI), in HIV combination therapy:
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REYATAZ does not cure HIV and has not been shown to reduce the risk of passing HIV to others.

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Patient Information
REYATAZ® (RAY-ah-taz)
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ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with REYATAZ.
Read the section “What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ
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a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know
about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the
virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). REYATAZ is a
type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection destroys CD4+
(T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system helps
fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS develops.
REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the HIV
virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your
body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness
associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. At present there is no cure for
HIV infection. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other
conditions that happen with HIV infection. Opportunistic infections are infections
that develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are
pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
infections. It is very important that you see your healthcare provider regularly
while taking REYATAZ.
REYATAZ does not lower your chance of passing HIV to other people through
sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. For your
health and the health of others, it is important to always practice safer sex by
using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to lower the chance of sexual
contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Never use or share dirty needles.
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if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ while you are pregnant, talk
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8/ Legal
Appeals Panel Hears Prop 8
Issues of standing and merit weighed in strong pro-equality showing
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD
A
three-judge panel of the
US Court of Appeals for
the 9th Circuit, in San
Francisco, heard oral argu-
ments on December 6 on an
attempt by the Proponents of
California Proposition 8 and the
Deputy Clerk of Imperial Coun-
ty to appeal US District Judge
Vaughn R. Walker’s August 4
ruling striking down the 2008
voter initiative.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger orig-
inated in early 2009, during the
same week that the California
Supreme Court— which in May
2008 found a constitutional
right to marriage by same-sex
couples — ruled that Prop 8 had
been validly enacted under state
law. The American Foundation
for Equal Rights filed its lawsuit
in the US District Court for the
Northern District of California,
arguing that the voter initia-
tive violated the 14th Amend-
ment of the US Constitution, a
proposition accepted by Walker
after a lengthy period of pre-trial
discovery and a trial that heard
from numerous witnesses for
the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs, two same-sex
couples who attempted to wed
after the marriage ban took
effect, are represented by two of
the leading appellate attorneys
in the US, Ted Olson and David
Boies, who had clashed in the
Supreme Court in 2000 as rep-
resentatives of George W. Bush
and Al Gore, respectively, in
their court battle over the presi-
dency.
Though Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Attorney
General Jerry Brown, now Cali-
fornia’s governor -elect, were
named as defendants in the
case, neither chose to argue
for Prop 8. Both had opposed
the measure, and Brown had
questioned its constitutionality
when the State Supreme Court
reviewed the initiative in early
2009.
Judge Walker had allowed
Prop 8’s official Proponents to
intervene in the case in order
that the statute be defended at
trial, but he denied a motion by
Imperial County to intervene as
a governmental defendant.
David Boies (center) and Ted Olson (right), with New York Times reporter Adam Liptak at a March 10 forum on Prop 8 at the newspaper’s Mid-
town headquarters
The Proposition 8 proponents
were represented by Charles
Cooper, a skilled appellate
attorney and long-time friend
of Olson’s. However, the defen-
dants presented only two expert
witnesses, whose testimony in
the end proved more helpful to
the plaintiffs than their side.
Walker also allowed the City
of San Francisco to intervene on
behalf of the plaintiffs. Therese
Stewart, a city appellate attor-
ney, represented San Francisco,
as she had in the original mar-
riage litigation.
As soon as Walker issued his
order nullifying Prop 8, its Pro-
ponents sought a stay pend-
ing appeal. In response, Boies
and Olson argued that under
Supreme Court precedents
based on Article III of the Con-
stitution, federal lawsuits must
involve an actual “case or con-
troversy” and those bringing
actions in court must have a
“personal, concrete, and partic-
ularized injury” at stake.
Their clients had standing to
bring their suit, the two attor-
neys argued, because their right
to marry, previously recognized
by the Califor nia Supreme
Court, had been unconstitu-
tionally terminated by Prop 8.
At the appellate level, the ques-
tion is whether the party who
is appealing the trial court’s
ruling has the same Article
III standing. The governor or
attorney general, sued in their
official capacities as represen-
tatives of the state government,
would obviously have standing
to defend a state constitutional
provision.
Neither the Proponents nor
the Imperial County Deputy
Clerk’s office, Boies and Olson
argued, enjoy such standing.
Walker denied the motion for
a stay, commenting that the
Boies-Olson argument about
the standing of the Proponents
and Imperial County was plau-
sible, based on a US Supreme
Court ruling that cast doubt on
the Article III standing of pro-
ponents of an Arizona English
language constitutional amend-
ment to appeal a trial court rul-
ing on its constitutionality after
the state government defen-
dants declined to appeal.
A 9th Circuit panel overruled
Walker on the stay, but directed
the parties seeking to appeal to
address the question of stand-
ing.
The 9th Circuit panel that
heard argument on December
6 was presided over by Judge
Stephen Reinhardt, who was
appointed to the court by Presi-
dent Jimmy Carter. The other
two on the panel were Judge
Michael Hawkins, an appointee
of President Bill Clinton, and
Judge N. Randy Smith, named
to the bench by President
George W. Bush. Reinhardt is
generally regarded as a liberal,
and Hawkins usually falls in
that camp as well, while Smith
is a conservative.
There was some chatter on
the blogosphere about Smith’s
8 - 21 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 9, from p.3
creates a series of characters, includ-
ing several versions of herself. Rebecca
Drysdale directs. Upright Citizens Bri-
gade Theatre, 307 W. 26th St. Dec. 9
& 27, 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at 212-366-
9176 or newyork.ucbtheatre.com.
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Simply Boobra
Emcee Sweetie hosts Dirty Mar-
tini, Taylor Mac, Darlinda Just Darlinda,
Clams Casino, and Viva DeConcini and her
incredible seven-piece band in a burlesque
tribute to Barbra Streisand. Joe’s Pub,
inside the Public Theater, 425 Lafay-
ette St., btwn. E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl.
Dec. 9, 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at joes-
pub.com or 212-967-7555, or $15 at the
education at Brigham Young door. For table reservations, guaranteeing
University, and the anti-gay a seat, call 212-539-8778. Table service
National Organization for Mar- includes a two-drink or $12 food minimum.
riage launched a concerted ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
effort to discredit Reinhardt,
whose wife has served as exec- DANCE
utive director of the ACLU of New Steps
Southern California. Dance Theater Workshop presents its
In addressing the standing “Fresh Tracks Performance Showcase,”
issue, attorney Cooper faced featuring emerging artists Lindsay Clark,
the difficult task of persuad- Yve Laris Cohen, Marjani Forte, Rebecca
ing the panel that this case was Patek, Tatyana Tenenbaum, and Mei
distinguishable from the Ari- Yamanaka. DTW’s Bessie Schönberg
zona case and others in which Theater, 219 W. 19th St. Dec. 9-11,
the Supreme Court questioned 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, $15 for stu-
or denied the standing of non- dents & seniors at dancetheaterwork-
governmental parties to defend shop.org or 212-924-0077.
a state law against a constitu- ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
tional challenge.
He argued that while Justice CABARET
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing Feinstein at Home
for the Supreme Court, noted for the Holidays
that the Arizona amendment Michael Feinstein, who has long car-
proponents failed to present ried the torch for the Great American
any evidence they were autho- Songbook, presents “Swing in the Holi-
rized under state law to defend days,” a collection of seasonal favorites,
that measure in court, the Prop classic standards, and songs that pay
8 Proponents had in effect been tribute to Broadway legend Jerry Herman,
recognized by the California who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2011.
Supreme Court as proper par- Feinstein’s longtime musical director John
ties to defend it. Cooper also Oddo leads a 12-piece band. Feinstein’s
pointed to a New Jersey case at Loews Regency, 540 Park Ave. at
in which the leaders of the Leg- 61st St. Tue.-Thu., 8:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat.,
islature were allowed to defend 8 & 10:30 p.m. (and two shows on Dec.
a state law on appeal after the 30 & 30; only one show on Dec. 25 &
named governmental defen- 25, and a Mon. show, 8:30 p.m. on Dec.
dants declined to do so. 27). The cover charge is $95-$250, with
Boies was effective in coun- a $40 food and drink minimum (a small
tering these arguments, point- number of seats are available with a $40
ing out that standing under Cal- cover, and no minimum). For reservations,
ifornia law and the federal Con- visit Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com or call
stitution are distinct questions, 212-339-4095.
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WWW.GAYCITYNEWS.COM
䉴 PROP 8, from p.8
and that the Proponents of Proposition 8
could show no personal, concrete injury
as required by the high court.
Smith asked whether under Boies’
argument the governor and attorney
general, opposed to an initiative enact-
ed by voters, in effect were able to veto
it by declining to defend it in the fed-
eral courts. He insisted the only honest
answer to this question was “yes,” and
that such a situation was inconsistent
with the California Constitution’s provi-
sion authorizing ballot initiatives. Boies
conceded that might be so, but empha-
sized that the relevant question was Arti-
cle III standing, not the California Con-
stitution.
For his part, Cooper could not come up
with anything more persuasive than the
New Jersey case, in which those granted
the right to appeal were high government
officials, not private parties.
Attorney Robert Tyler, appearing on
behalf of the Imperial County Deputy
Clerk, faced a barrage of questions about
Olson argued that Proposition 8 effectively
built a constitutional fence around marriage,
excluding gay people and nobody else.
why the County Clerk was not appear-
ing on the appeal, and whether the
Deputy Clerk was an appropriate party
to represent the county, much less the
state, in defending a state constitutional
amendment. All three judges appeared
very skeptical about the Deputy Clerk’s
standing, noting that her function was
merely to issue licenses created by the
state government.
Once the standing arguments were
completed, the panel turned to the mer-
its of the case, which was what most
viewers of the proceedings’ webcast were
no doubt waiting for.
Cooper led off again. The appellants’
case rests heavily on the Supreme
Court’s 1972 action in dismissing an
appeal from a Minnesota court ruling in
Baker v. Nelson. There, a gay male cou-
ple had sued the state over denial of a
marriage license, and the State Supreme
Court ruled there was no constitutional
violation. When the couple turned to the
US Supreme Court, the appeal was dis-
missed “for want of substantial federal
question.”
Technically, this was a ruling on the
merits. The plaintiffs had argued the
right to marry was fundamental and that
its denial on grounds of sex and sexual
orientation violated both the Due Pro-
cess and Equal Protection Clauses of the
14th Amendment. The couple relied on
the high court’s 1967 ruling in Loving v.
Virginia that a state ban on interracial
marriage was unconstitutional.
8 – 21 DEC 2010 9
The Supreme Court has never spe-
cifically overruled Baker, and Cooper
argued the 9th Circuit panel was bound
to follow it and that Judge Walker erred
by refusing to do so. He also argued that
earlier rulings by the 9th Circuit made
clear that discrimination based on sex-
ual orientation was subject to the least
demanding level of judicial scrutiny —
which required that the government
provide only a rational explanation for
differential treatment of gay and lesbian
people. The state’s interest in preserving
traditional different-sex marriage for its
procreative purpose was sufficient, Coo-
per maintained.
Cooper was pressed on why, since
California’s domestic partnership law
already provides the state law rights of
marriage to same-sex couples, the next
rational step was not using the same
word to identify their relationships? He
insisted that the word marriage itself
is “identical to the institution” and that
the state’s purpose justified making the
verbal distinction. He also trotted out
the odd “accidental procreation” argu-
ment — that heterosexuals need mar-
riage to steer unexpected children into
stable homes — which, despite its illogic,
has appealed to several state high courts
around the nation, including New York’s,
that have rejected same-sex marriage
claims.
In their questions and facial expres-
sions, Reinhardt and Hawkins appeared
unpersuaded by Cooper. Judges occa-
sionally play devil’s advocate during oral
arguments, but the two judges’ skep-
ticism was at times striking, as was on
occasion even Smith’s.
Ted Olson argued on behalf of the
plaintiffs, and did a very effective job
of demolishing Cooper’s arguments.
He maintained that California voters
engraved discrimination on the basis
of sex and sexual orientation into their
fundamental governmental charter by
passing Proposition 8, in violation of two
key US Supreme Court rulings, Reitman
v. Mulkey and Romer v. Evans — both
cases involving state initiatives that took
away rights previously conferred through
state law and replaced them with dis-
criminatory constitutional amendments.
The high court struck down the amend-
ments as violations of the 14th Amend-
ment in both cases.
In Reitman, California voters dis-
satisfied with state laws banning racial
discrimination in housing placed an
amendment in the State Constitution
䉴 PROP 8, continued on p.23
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■ POLITICS

GOP Wins State

Senate Bragging
Rights
With three disputed races settled,
Democrats lose two-year majority
BY PAUL SCHINDLER

F
ive weeks after the conclusion
of an unusually spirited election
contest for control of the New York
State Senate, it is now a virtual certain-
ty that Republicans will enjoy a 32-30
majority in that chamber, regaining con-
trol of a body they led for more than 40
years until the 2008 elections.
Three contests that had remained
undecided have now largely been settled.
In Westchester County, veteran Demo-
cratic lawmaker Suzi Oppenheimer held
on to her seat, while in Buffalo, Demo-

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cratic incumbent Antoine Thompson
conceded defeat to Mark J. Grisanti, a
Republican. On Long Island on Decem-
ber 4, Democratic incumbent Craig
Johnson was dealt what was likely a fatal
blow when a judge rejected his request
that ballots be recounted by hand in a
race where he trailed Republican Jack
Martins by more than 450 votes. Though
Democrats vowed an appeal, most
observers see the Republican majority as
a fait accompli.
Leading up to the 2008 contest, Dem-
ocrats argued that their winning con-
trol of the Senate offered the only real-
istic chance for the LGBT community
to achieve its major goals — enactment
of marriage equality, transgender civil
rights, and public school anti-bullying
legislation. Senate Republican leader-
ship at that time opposed action on any
of those measures.
During the two years of Democratic
leadership, however, the community was
Dean Skelos, the incoming State Senate majority leader, at
a Log Cabin Republican event in Manhattan on October 12.
victory in the current Senate, was none-
theless bottled up in the Judiciary Com-
mittee at a June hearing.
Despite the Republicans’ unani-
mous opposition to marriage equality
and their hand in scuttling GENDA in
committee as well, advocates working
in Albany, across the board, insisted
that progress was possible in 2011 —at
least on the marriage issue. Several of
those advocates pointed specifically to
comments made by Senate Republican
leader Dean Skelos, of Long Island, at
an October 12 Log Cabin Republican
event in Manhattan, indicating his view
that his conference should discuss
bringing gay marriage to another vote
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push by the Washington-based Human Rights Cam-
paign (HRC), also voiced confidence in Skelos’ sincer-
ity in the commitment he made, saying he “absolutely”
accepts the incoming majority leader at his word.
“No matter what the political makeup of the Senate,
we will work with everybody to do what’s right so that all
New Yorkers can be equal,” Ellner said. “Both Republi-
cans and Democrats can and should be for equality.”
Ross Levi, the executive director of the Empire State
Pride Agenda (ESPA), the state’s leading LGBT rights
lobbying group, also took note of Skelos’ comments in
October, and said, “The first thing to remember is that
our community and the Empire State Pride Agenda
have achieved victories under both political parties.
The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act and
the hate crimes law were achieved under a Republican
Senate and a Republican governor, so we proved that
we can achieve victories.”
Levi also pointed to Attorney General Andrew Cuo-
mo’s election as a “new governor who supports our
goals.” He noted that Cuomo’s Republican opponent,
Carl Paladino, found himself in political hot water over
a wide array of intemperate remarks, but none more
so than his attacks on the gay community before two
small gatherings of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn
in October. The public’s repudiation of Paladino was, in
Levi’s view, a clear sign that it is now impossible to win
statewide office in New York if saddled with an anti-gay
reputation.
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LGBT issues. He also took comfort from the results of
the Senate battle itself, despite the setbacks suffered by
the party that has by and large embraced gay issues.
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Five senators first elected this year — José Peralta, must be allowed to vote their conscience, as opposed
Michael Gianaris, and Tony Avella in Queens, David to taking orders from the leadership or a majority of the
Carlucci in Rockland County, and Tim Kennedy in conference. A conscience vote is something Skelos said
Buffalo — will hold seats that delivered “no” votes he supported in his October remarks.
when marriage equality was taken up last December. Angelo’s handicapping assumes there are five or six
In two cases — Avella’s victory over Republican Frank Republicans that can be brought around on marriage
Padavan and Kennedy’s primary defeat of Democratic equality in time for a vote he expects to happen in the
incumbent William Stachowski — the winners took out 2011-2012 Senate session. As the issue raced toward
long-standing senators who repeatedly voted against its first vote last year, advocates knew Republican votes
the LGBT community. would be needed, and the shutout on that side of the
“They have to be thinking. ‘Do they want to be the aisle was widely understood to be a function of the
next one?’,” Levi said of Republicans not currently sup- Democrats’ inability to provide more than 24 from their
porting LGBT issues but faced with the question of caucus — an analysis consistent with Angelo’s insis-
whether the new majority should change its feathers. tence that the lion’s share of the votes must come from
Of the four Democrats who lost their bids for reelec- that side of the aisle.
tion, three were marriage equality supporters, but in
none of those three races was their support for the bill a 䉴 GOP, continued on p.12
discernible political factor.
In the wake of the election, then, the number of pub-
licly committed marriage equality supporters in the
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PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER
JOHN W. SUTTER
NEWS BRIEFS By PAUL SCHINDLER
JWSutter@communitymediallc.com Liu Press Five reputations and the invest- protections based on sexual ori- curator David C. Ward and Jona- if they had ants crawling all over
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER Companies ments of the New York City Pen- entation and gender identity. than D. Katz, a SUNY Buffalo art the body of Mohammed, except
TROY MASTERS
troy@gaycitynews.com
on Anti- sion Funds at risk,” Liu said in a Five of those eight companies historian, gay activist, and long- that they wouldn’t do it, of course,
Discrimination written release announcing his — Manitowoc Company, NACCO time associate of Larry Kramer, for obvious reasons,” the news-
EDITOR IN-CHIEF & CO-FOUNDER
PAUL SCHINDLER
New York City Comptroller efforts. “All employees should Industries, Inc., Old Republic that created the first exhibition paper quoted Donohue saying.
editor@gaycitynews.com John Liu is calling on five com- feel safe, respected, and accept- International, Steel Dynamics, by a major art museum focused “I’m not going to buy the argu-
ASSOCIATE EDITOR panies in which city pension ed in the workplace. This is part Inc., and Torchmark Corporation on LGBT themes. ment that this is some statement
Duncan Osborne funds have investments total- of a continuing effort that is — for the first time began offer- That good will started leak- about some poor guy dying of
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ing nearly $150 million to adopt good for business, the long-term ing protections of any kind to the ing out of the balloon big time AIDS. Was this supposed to be a
Christopher Byrne (Theater), Susie Day, employment practices protecting interests of shareholders and the LGBT community, adding both last week with the decision by Christmas present to Catholics?”
Doug Ireland (International), Brian McCormick their workers from discrimina- struggle for equality.” sexual orientation and gender the gallery to remove a video cre- Donohue told the Times that
(Dance), Dean P. Wrzeszcz
tion based on sexual orientation The release noted that three identity to their nondiscrimina- ated by the late David Wojnaro- the Smithsonian’s public funding
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Betsy Andrews, Seth J. Bookey,
and gender identity. The targets of the companies — KBR, Leggett tion policies. The other three wicz entitled “A Fire in My Belly.” should be cut if such art is part of
Anthony M.Brown, Kelly Jean Cogswell, of Liu’s efforts, all of them For- & Platt, and Anadarko — have — Bon-Ton Stores, Flowserve Wojnarowicz used an image of its programming.
Dean Daderko, Tate Dougherty, Andres Duque, tune 1000 companies, are KBR, failed to act despite shareholder Corporation, and Nalco Company ants crawling all over a crucifix to “If the government cannot
Michael Ehrhardt, Steve Erickson, Nick Feitel,
Jim Fouratt, Joe Fyfe, Deborah Garwood, Inc., one of the largest Pentagon resolutions that have, in each — already offered protections to convey the suffering of somebody take the public’s money and pick
Erasmo Guerra, Emily Harney, Andrey Henkin, contractors; Leggett & Platt, a case, won the support of more gay and lesbian employees and dying of AIDS, which claimed his its pocket to promote religion,
Frank Holiday, Andy Humm, James Jorden, Brendan diversified manufacturer of engi- than 39 percent of those voting. prospects, and will now do the life in 1992. The gallery acted why is it okay to pick its pocket
Keane, David Kennerley, Gary M. Kramer, Arthur S.
Leonard, Rachael Liberman, neered product components; According to the comptroller’s same for transgender workers. after complaints surfaced from and assault religion?,” he said.
Michael T. Luongo, Lawrence D. Mass, Anadarko Petroleum, which office, more than 88 percent of members of Congress as well Speaking to Fox News, Eric
Winnie McCroy, Eileen McDermott,
Gregory Montreuil, Ioannis Mookas, Carrie Moyer,
works in the oil and gas sectors; Fortune 500 companies have the First Glee, as the Catholic League, a right- Cantor, the number two Repub-
Stephen Mueller, Christopher Murray, TECO Energy, which operates sexual orientation and gender Then Outrage wing group based in New York lican in the US House of Repre-
David Noh, Wayne Northcross, Lori Ortiz,
Pauline Park, Sheila Pepe, John Reed,
energy utilities and extraction identity policies Liu is calling for. at National that often agitates against gay sentatives, called the display of
Nathan Riley, Andrew Robinson, Gerard Robinson, facilities in Florida, Kentucky, Vir- In April, Liu announced that Portrait Gallery rights and expressions of LGBT Wojnarowicz’s video “an outra-
Chris Schmidt, Sarah D. Schulman, ginia, and Guatemala; and Cross- shareholder resolution efforts Earlier this fall, the Smithso- visibility. geous use of taxpayer money
Jason Victor Serinus, Linda Shapiro, tex Energy, a natural gas services undertaken by the comptroller’s nian Institution’s National Portrait In an interview with the and an obvious attempt to offend
David Shengold, Gus Solomons Jr., David Spiher,
Drew B. Straub, Stefen Styrsky, Jerry Tallmer, company. office during the most recent Gallery in Washington earned New York Times, Bill Donohue, Christians during the Christmas
Stefanos Tsigrimanis, Kathleen Warnock, “Their refusal to guarantee proxy season resulted in eight big queer cred with the opening the Catholic League’s president, season.”
Benjamin Weinthal, Lee Ann Westover,
James Withers, Kai Wright, Susan Yung
equal opportunities for all hurts Fortune 1000 companies agreeing of “Hide/ Seek: Difference and equated the video with hate The Portrait Gallery’s director,
business by excluding talented to amend their employment non- Desire in American Portraiture,” speech.
ART DIRECTOR
Mark Hasselberger
women and men, and puts their discrimination policies to include a collaboration between senior “It would jump out at people 䉴 BRIEFS, continued on p.36

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SENIOR VP OF ADVERTISING/MARKETING 䉴 GOP, from p.11 in support of marriage equality Democrats from similar districts going forward as marriage,
FRANCESCO REGINI in New York and New England, won’t do the same,” Angelo said, Melissa Sklarz, a leading trans-
francesco@gaycitynews.com Counting on GOP supporters noting that not a single one has underscoring his emphasis on gender rights advocate, was far
of marriage equality who have to lost in a reelection bid. He spe- the importance of the other par- less sanguine. Throughout the
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would be prepared to step for- Duprey, a Republican who rep- that marriage equality would ments of support for GENDA
ALLISON GREAKER
allison@gaycitynews.com ward publicly, since it is hard to resents New York’s far northeast take from the GOP majority significantly outstripped those
JASON SHERWOOD
imagine a caucus uniformly on corner, who voted against mar- conference to the Senate floor for gay marriage.
jsherwood@gaycitynews.com record against the issue moving riage equality in 2007 but came was not yet clear, but added, “It “I think GENDA would be
JULIO TUMBACO to bring it to the Senate floor. around on the issue in 2009. In would not surprise me if there much easier to get done in the
julio@gaycitynews.com Marriage Equality’s Fried- her reelection bid this year, she is a Republican that comes Senate, but there is no return
MICHAEL SLAGLE man, who estimated that as won 62 percent in a three-way out publicly” for the issue in for it,” she said, noting the con-
michael@gaycitynews.com many as seven or eight Republi- race against Democratic and advance of his or her colleagues siderable effort that ESPA, HRC,
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■ IN NOVEMBER’S WAKE
I
n the wake of their Novem-
ber defeat, Democrats
should start kicking up
some major dust and stop ced-
ing the stage to Republicans
and their theatrical politics.
Democratic insurgents, to be
sure, will not be demonstrating
outside presidential appearanc-
es armed with assault weapons,
but it is time for them to dem-
onstrate a zeal for democracy,
decency, and fairness in their
politics.
So-called “moderate” Dem-
ocrats, including President
Barack Obama, can no longer
pursue an economic program
based on cultivating Wall Street
without alienating rank and
file voters still waiting on that
“change we can believe in.” The
reformers are the realists. The
middle-of-the-roaders who tip
ever rightward in their utopian
quest for bipartisan consensus
are the dreamers. Democrats
are living in a make-believe
world if they think they can con-
tinue appeasing existing power-
ful interests without people con-
cluding that theirs is a politics
without commitment or prin-
ciple.
Even after so many vot-
ers deserted the president, he
stubbornly insists on trying to
win over the Republican Party
that despises him. Democrats
■ A DYKE ABROAD
Y
ou’d think the Tea Par-
tiers would be acclaim-
ing WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange as their newest
hero. What is he but the ultimate
Buffy, single-handedly taking
on the global vampiric network
of the US government and the
international banking industry,
not to mention the autocrats of
Africa and Eastern Europe?
By exposing how they operate
and sharing their inner workings
with ordinary people, he may not
be putting a stake in their dark
pulsing hearts, but he’s defi-
nitely inserting a splinter or two
in their butts. All hail, Assange,
defender of liberty and slayer of
censorship!
But instead of congratulating
A Progressive Call to Ardor
must present an alternative.
The pushback within the party
against this moderation must
grow and actually engage the
people in a tea party not of reac-
tionaries, but of progressives.
The health care law wasn’t
in and of itself a program that
members of Congress ran away
from; the debate was trans-
formed by Republican activ-
ism. Aggressive appearances
by right-wing rabble-rousers
disrupted the customary low-
key town hall format where
the Democrats had planned
to explain the bill’s provisions.
Obama and his allies had no
response. The public’s doubts
increased, and by the time
angry, if absurd, accusations
about “death panels” seized
attention, the death knell for the
Democrats’ real achievements
had been sounded.
With the Democrats out of
power in the House, the LGBT
community is clearly, once
again, on the defensive. If the
effort to end Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell doesn’t succeed in the lame
duck session of the Senate,
repeal will not happen over the
next two years — and possibly
the next decade. With Repub-
lican having made big gains in
state legislatures around the
country, just as local and fed-
eral reapportionment based
Queers Need Their Own WikiLeaks
Assange, our own Long Island
Congressman Peter King, the
incoming chair of the House
Homeland Security Commit-
tee, told MyFox New York that
WikiLeaks should be declared a
“foreign terrorist organization,”
and Assange prosecuted under
the Espionage Act. Sarah Palin
likewise called for Julian Assange
to be pursued with “the same
urgency we pursue al Qaeda and
Taliban leaders.” Mike Huckabee
called for Assange’s execution as
a traitor, and Bill O’Reilly wished
a drone down on his head. Oth-
ers are calling for the murder of
his children and his lawyers.
All for what? Lifting the veil
on diplomacy and confirming
what we already largely knew?
BY NATHAN RILEY
on the 2010 census is about to
be undertaken, the GOP — be
warned — has the opportunity
to write rules that could give it
a huge leg up in controlling the
federal and state governments
Obama’s obsessive quest for
bipartisan consensus has left the
public confused and mistrustful.
through the remainder of the
decade.
Passage of the federal
Employment Non-Discrimina-
tion Act under Speaker John
Boehner seems out of the ques-
tion. The fate of the LGBT com-
munity is tied to the fortunes of
Democrats and our allies among
reformers. The restoration of a
Democratic Party committed to
progressive activism helps all of
us.
Obama’s obsessive quest
for bipartisan consensus has
blurred the lines between Dem-
ocrats and Republicans and left
the public confused and mis-
trustful. It is not only queers
who worry. Labor unions, immi-
grants, environmentalists, civil
rights groups, and good govern-
ment activists have all been held
hostage during the past two
BY KELLY JEAN COGSWELL
That Iran’s Arab neighbors don’t
like the Persian country loaded
up with nuclear warheads, dip-
lomats lie a lot, and the US has
little leverage in the Middle East
and Asia because, as Thomas
Friedman put it in the New York
Times, we’re addicted to oil and
Chinese credit?
The only real surprise was
the occasional proof of the com-
petence of our foreign service,
like the carefully crafted profile
of Spanish Prime Minister José
Luis Zapatero.
Throughout Cablegate,
WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
have behaved like responsible
journalists, identifying and with-
holding documents that might
truly compromise US national
Perspective/13
years by Democratic mistakes.
The era of George W. Bush, it
turns out, wasn’t just a dream
or a nightmare —it is a reality
that we will have to oppose one
more time.
It is time for Democrats to
get angry and get dramatic.
The LGBT community, with a
rich tradition of speaking up
and acting up, should greet
this challenge with enthusiasm.
The activists who realized that
a quilt is a meaningful way for
people to show their solidarity
with the sick and dying should
be able to contribute something
to the discussion of how we
shape effective messages.
For our own good, the LGBT
community must find more
ways to go on the offensive. The
Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter recently labeled the Fam-
ily Research Council an active
hate organization for repeat-
edly spreading false information
about the LGBT community
— especially in demonizing us
with the falsehood that we are
security, not just embarrass
the country. He even offered the
US government a chance to see
them prior to publication, which
the administration turned down
— until the same offer came
from the New York Times.
So what’s the hoo-hah about?
The Internet is full of articles
claiming the real story in Cable-
gate is not the cables, but the
response to WikiLeaks itself and
the seismic shift in the role of
traditional media outlets like The
New York Times. Does all their
insider trading leave them com-
promised, or does it give them
special insight? Is that a fine
line they can walk without fall-
ing off like a bunch of drunken
slobs? Are they useless? Is the
a threat to America’s children.
This organization has close ties
to the Republicans and to right-
wing churches, yet we fail to
hold such people accountable
for the bedfellows they choose.
Progressives need to become
proactive across on the board.
On health care, activists
should organize every time
consumers are squeezed on
cost and quality of service. The
health care law remains largely
a blank slate, and we should act
from the conviction that health
costs and the delivery of care
are the responsibility of the gov-
ernment — and not the profit-
hungry insurance industry.
We must challenge the notion
that the deficit is caused by
efforts to improve social sup-
ports for our citizens. We know
where we want government to
cut — from expensive programs
to build new atom bombs, pris-
on complexes that are filled by a
failed drug policy, and military
bases the world over. The finan-
cial crisis demonstrates that the
US must chose between guns
and butter, and it is butter we
need.
A change in priorities is
essential. The tax breaks that
American corporations receive
are proof that the sick, the
䉴 CALL TO ARDOR, continued on p.18
work of citizen bloggers and out-
siders somehow truer and more
authentic?
We could ask the same ques-
tions about most of our major
LGBT organizations, which
have grown further and further
away from their outsider, activist
roots. Though to be fair, if there’s
anything we’ve learned from the
likes of Sarah Palin and the Tea
Partiers, it’s that outsider status
alone guarantees nothing. The
left has as many wing-nuts as
the right. Activists immersed in
a single issue in a single place
may lose sight of the big pic-
ture.
More to the point is the ques-
䉴 WIKILEAKS, continued on p.14
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14/ Perspective
■ SNIDE LINES

Nut-Bag Letter To Jon Stewart 14 DAYS

From The Mad Peace Activist 14 NIGHTS
BY SUSIE DAY 䉴 14 DAYS, from p.8

D
ear Mr. Stewart, know-what. We just can’t say that if we want allowed to be funny, and maybe change
Remember your “Rally to Restore
Sanity” in DC in October? I’m sorry,
but my sanity remains unrestored. In fact,
to be part of the conversation? I can only
assume this “conversation” of which you
speak is sanity itself. Fit only for the sane.
things… just a little.
Inside the conversation, you get to laugh
and feel regret, but not much grief. And it’s POLITICS
FRI.DEC.10
I’ve been feeling increasingly deranged. It’s Bear with me. I’m trying to enter the the grief that makes you crazy, grief at the The Yule Log
like I’m speeding down Life’s superhighway million-moderate chat room here. So sane irrevocable loss of thousands of soldiers, (Cabins)
at 666 miles per hour, headed for Nut City, people agree that Pol Pot and Hitler were Iraqi, Afghani, Pakistani civilians, grief at The Log Cabin Republicans of New
where I am due to give my inaugural speech war criminals? I’m down with that. I feel the way their survivors are forced to live. York hold their annual Holiday Party, hon-
as mayor. cozy screaming, “Hitler was a war criminal!” Hell, even when the conversation turns to oring Marty Meekins, the White & Case
At first, I thought Code Pink was the sanity Suddenly, I fit in. US job loss and foreclosure, sane conversa- attorney who litigated the group’s (so far!)
problem. Those wacky, pinkly attired women So I hate Hitler, too! Booooooo, rot in hell, tionalists aren’t able to put their grief about successful challenge to the Don’t Ask,
are notorious for screaming “war criminal” mean war criminal Hitler! You Norma Des- their own lives into words. Don’t Tell policy in a California federal
at Senate hearings and decrying atrocities mond has-been of the Master-Race Theater! It’s lonely here, outside the conversa- court; Brian Ellner, who heads up the New
inflicted by the US military in the name of Where’s your Teutonic god now, Aryan-boy? tion. Plus, most of my fellow activists totally York State marriage equality efforts for the
fighting terror. In fact, they use the term “war I only wish I’d been there then. I’d march work my nerves. Including Code Pink. So Human Rights Campaign; and Ron Zacchi,
criminal” so much, they even have a War right up to the Reichstag and scream — maybe if I objectify my feelings to begin an a longtime grassroots activist with Mar-
Criminal Watch Calendar. I refer to it often. Wait. If I’d been there then and was able to anti-war argument with actual facts, I’d be riage Equality New York. Metropolitan
I knew “The Daily Show” had targeted march into the Reichstag, that would mean allowed in. Here goes: the Iraqi Body Count Republican Club, 122 E. 83rd St., 8-11
Code Pink as the paradigm of leftist “insan- I had somehow not been sent to a camp. estimates that there have been, to date, up p.m. Admission is $35; $25 with the dona-
ity.” But I assumed that was because of Which would, in turn, indicate that I was to 108,094 Iraqi civilian deaths, while Just tion of a gift for a child in need. You must
Code Pink’s puerile fashion sense. I, in con- probably not one of an “inferior” out-group, Foreign Policy says total Iraqi deaths due RSVP to nyc@logcabin.org.
trast, believe that if one is serious about but a simple person, trying to pass for a good to the US invasion number 1,421,933. The ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
peace activism, one must deploy dignified person — a good German, if you will. I’d, of number of US military personnel…
garmentation, such as the blue denim over- course, be thoroughly steeped in the conver- Wait. In using these numbers to make ACTIVISM
alls festooned with STOP THE WAR buttons sation of the time. But one day, maybe I’d a political point, I’ve suddenly lost my Framing AIDS 2010
that I wear when I scream “war criminal” at just get tired of seeing the cattle cars roll by, unhinged awareness that every one of these For the sixth consecutive year, QMAD,
elected officials. But it turns out you meant and decide to start a new conversation. Tak- dead was a unique and memorable human Queens Media Arts Development, pres-
Code Pink to be the paradigm for anybody, ing my life into my own hands… being. I mean, it’s not like they’re Jon Stew- ents “Framing AIDS,” the borough’s annual
regardless of dress code, who speaks of But we are now and here. Instead of some art, whose passing someday from natural Observance of World AIDS Day Through The
elected officials — particularly US presi- White Rose crackpot in 1942 Germany causes will elicit in Americans a true sad- Arts. The art exhibition, titled “Absence” —
dents — as “war criminals.” screaming “war criminal” and being decapi- ness, because “The Daily Show” he hosted curated by media artist Hector Canonge,
I know this because I heard you on tated, Code Pink in today’s US of A gets to once helped to shape the conversation. The who also helms the monthly Cinemarosa
MSNBC when Rachel Maddow interviewed scream “war criminal” and is met only with statistical dead disappear from the yak-yak. queer film series in Queens — features
you just after the rally. You criticized Ms. minor derision and contempt. Anyone would Try, for instance, to find Wikileaks. the work of local artists exploring how soci-
Maddow for the same thing: agree that derision and contempt are kinder But ye shall know the truth and the ety has distanced itself from the concerns,
STEWART: You’ve said, “Bush is a war and gentler than physical liquidation — and truth shall make ye nuts — dead or alive, fears, and active awareness regarding
criminal.” Now, that may be technically true. way more effective in keeping the conversa- every soul weighs the same. Another truth: AIDS. (Queens Museum of Art, Flush-
In my world, “war criminal” is Pol Pot or the tion sane. Who wants to get laughed at for there’s way more war criminals around here ing Meadows Corona Park, Dec. 1-19;
Nuremberg trials.… I think that’s such an being sincere? As we activists chant, “This than mental health. So maybe the Rally to closing event and artists’ talk, Dec. 19,
incendiary charge that, when you put it into Is What Democracy Looks Like.” Restore Sanity is a misnomer; maybe there 5-7 p.m.). The online media projects are at
conversation — well, technically he is, that The conversation is THE happening thing. wasn’t much sanity to begin with. There- framingaids.us. For complete information
may be right. But it feels like a conversation You understand, Jon Stewart, that because fore, as mayor, I would like to present you on QMAD’s programs, visit qmad.org.
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READING
Heartbreak & Other
䉴 WIKILEAKS, from p.13 Remember all the votes they of secrecy? real power comes through mov- Homo Driftwood
thought they had for same-sex I’m not saying national LGBT ing from saying the emperor has Longtime New York activist Jay Blotch-
tion of transparency and access. marriage in New York? Remem- organizations should be ditched no clothes to actually posting his er, who now lives further up the Hudson,
What sets Julian Assange apart ber the 2008 election campaign, entirely. Assange handed over his photo on Facebook, so we can reads from his essay of homo heartbreak,
is not his neutrality, but his when Obama didn’t throw us treasure trove to the newspapers see the sagging naked flesh in “When Calvin Met Hobbes,” which appears
openness. “This is what I think. any crumbs in his platform, but of record in the US, Britain, and its repulsive decadence, with the in a new anthology of first-person gay
Here are all my sources. Make up our organizations still endorsed Germany because they had the mole on the left shoulder blade writing, “I’m from Driftwood.” The anthol-
your own mind.” He insists on the him after closed-door meetings, vast and knowledgeable person- and the flaccid belly — all of it ogy emerged out of a website launched
responsibility of the reader, of the saying, “Trust us. He’s in our nel to sift through it. The differ- crowned by jaundiced eyes. last year by Nathan Manske of Driftwood,
individual citizen, and by offer- corner.” Are we partners in social ence is that he made sure we all Texas. Manske will also read from his writ-
ing them his evidence, empowers change or not? Or have we just had the same access. For baby dykes, activists, and ing tonight. The reading is part of a 50-state
them to participate. This is the established one more ruling elite, The real challenge of WikiLeaks anybody who’s ever wanted to tour of the anthology’s contributors. LGBT
foundation of democracy, and actively working to disenfranchise isn’t to traditional media at all, save the world, visit the Lesbian Community Center, 208 W. 13th St.,
something we could use more of. ordinary queers? Will our bigwigs but to ideas of power and control Avenger Documentary Project at Dec. 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m. This event is free
Compare him to our unelected continue getting screwed— and that even the Tea Partiers want lesbianavengers.com. Check out and refreshments will be served.
LGBT representatives who make getting us screwed — until they to preserve in case they can one Kelly Sans Culotte at http://kel-
backroom deals with politicians. abandon the pleasant little thrill day seize them. And grabbing lyatlarge.blogspot.com/. 䉴 DEC 10, continued on p.18
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Crime /15
An Emotional Disturbance Claim?
John Katehis, alleged George Weber killer, may argue gay sex led to panic
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE Those 50 wounds are what in exchange for money. He and hands were bound. Nicolazzi
suggested the defense to Cohen. Weber carried on a negotiation called Katehis a “cold-blooded

T
he attorney represent-
ing John Katehis, the
accused killer of gay jour-
nalist George Weber, may offer
an extreme emotional distur-
bance defense at the 18-year-
old’s second trial.
“I’m considering proposing an
extreme emotional disturbance
defense in this case,” Jay Cohen
told Judge Neil J. Firetog at a
December 3 hearing.
Katehis, 18, is charged with
one count of second-degree
murder in the 2009 killing and
could face as much as 25-years-
to-life if convicted.
If a jury decides that he killed
the 47-year -old Weber but
acted under the influence of an
extreme emotional disturbance,
he would be guilty of man-
slaughter and could receive up
to 25 years in prison. He would
then serve six-sevenths of that
John Katehis in one of two photos from his
MySpace page introduced at his first murder
trial, which ended in a hung jury in October.
time before being eligible for
release.
Katehis’ first trial ended in a
mistrial after one juror was not
convinced that Katehis intended
to kill Weber when he stabbed
the journalist 50 times.
“Any time somebody inflicts
that number of wounds... it
indicates to me that he lost it,”
Cohen told reporters following
the hearing.
An extreme emotional dis-
turbance defense –– considered
to be an affirmative defense ––
would require Cohen to prove
by a preponderance of the evi-
dence, as opposed to the high-
er legal standard of beyond a
reasonable doubt required of
prosecutors, that Katehis acted
under its influence. There must
be an explanation for that state
of mind that is reasonable.
Attorneys sometimes argue
that a gay sex act was the cause,
and that would be an obvious
choice in this case.
The evidence at the first trial
showed that Katehis, who was
16 at the time, placed an ad on
Craigslist offering sex with men
via email, with the two agreeing
that Katehis would tie up and
smother Weber.
Katehis said the older man
gave him cocaine and alcohol
when he arrived at Weber’s Car-
roll Gardens, Brooklyn apart-
ment, though he did not test
positive for either substance
nor did police find cocaine in
Weber’s home. The defendant
said he bound Weber’s feet with
tape and panicked when Weber
showed him a small knife. Kate-
his admitted to accidentally
stabbing Weber once during a
struggle over the knife.
While the prosecution never
said so explicitly, it is possi-
ble that a jury could conclude
that Katehis planned on killing
Weber from the start. Anna-
Sigga Nicolazzi, the prosecutor
in the case, introduced evidence
that suggested that Weber’s
killer” during her summation in
October.
Jeffery T. Schwartz, Katehis’
attorney at his first trial, argued
that his client was the victim of
a sexual predator and he was
defending himself from a sexual
assault when he killed Weber.
Clearly, 11 jurors rejected that
defense.
Cohen said he has made only
a “cursory review of the case”
and could not say what may
have caused the extreme emo-
tional disturbance.
Katehis will have to be inter-
viewed by an expert, a psychia-
trist or a psychologist, to deter-
mine if the evidence sustains
that defense.
The pr osecution will be
allowed to have its own expert
interview Katehis should he
proceed with an extreme emo-
tional disturbance defense.

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BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
A
n openly gay detective who was
the liaison between the New
York City police department
and the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender community passed
away on December 5 from a lung ail-
ment related to his work at the World
Trade Center site.
“The New York City Anti-Violence
Project (AVP) mourns the passing of
Detective Kevin Czartoryski,” the group
said in a statement. “AVP worked with
Detective Czartoryski in his role as the
Police Commissioner’s Liaison to the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen-
der communities. Detective Czartorys-
ki worked closely with AVP in reaching
out to LGBT victims and survivors of
hate violence, domestic violence, and
sexual violence, and we mourn the
loss of an ally in the fight to end dis-
crimination and violence against LGBT
people.”
Czartoryski, 46, joined the police
department in 1988 and served in the
department’s narcotics and hate crime
Czartoryski was well over six feet tall with
gray hair and was an unmistakable
presence at gay events.
units, the Daily News reported. His
last years until his 2009 retirement
were spent in the department’s press
office, where his assistance to the gay
press proved invaluable. He was fre-
quently quoted in the gay and main-
stream media on high profile cases,
including the 2005 drug arrest of sing-
er Boy George.
Czartoryski was well over six feet
tall with gray hair and was an unmis-
takable presence at gay events such as
the city annual Pride March.
Czartoryski learned through his pre-
retirement medical exam that he had
pulmonary fibrosis and would likely
require a lung transplant. In addition
to being exposed to toxins at the World
Trade Center site, Czartoryski was a
smoker.
Czartoryski typically worked a four-
to-midnight shift in the press office,
and reporters seeking his help learned
to call late in the evening. When he
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䉴 YOUTH CUTS, from p.1
subsequent year, according to
the advocates. Nearly 20 per-
cent of that first year reduction
— $186,000 — will be borne by
the two city-funded groups that
work specifically with LGBT
homeless youth: the Ali Forney
Center and the Bronx Com-
munity Pride Center. Both Ali
Forney and the Bronx Center
have drop-in centers that are
City Council-funded projects,
which are losing half of their
money.
For the Bronx Center, that
means a reduction in bud-
get for its drop-in center from
$86,000 to $43,000. According
to Dirk McCall, the Center’s
executive director, its drop-in
initiative was already reeling
from the loss of a $425,000
three-year contract awarded
to another Bronx social service
agency at the time it was up for
renewal. “We’re already doing
more with less,” McCall said.
“The $86,000 in funding was a
City Council band-aid for us.”
Most of the funding received
by the Bronx Center comes
from the New York State AIDS
Institute to support its HIV
prevention work among LGBT
youth in the borough. Many of
the Center’s clients experience
homelessness and have imme-
diate need for drop-in services.
For Ali For ney, the cuts
amount to $143,000. In the
view of Carl Siciliano, the orga-
nization’s founder and execu-
tive director, drop-in centers
fill, at least in small measure, a
critical void in a city where, on
average, 3,800 youth are with-
out shelter every night, while
the beds available number only
several hundred. LGBT youth,
who often find conditions in
䉴 CALL TO ARDOR, from p.13
unemployed, and the under-
class are not making the US
poor. The wealthy are every bit
as dependent on welfare (if not
more so) as the 95 percent of
Americans who are not super
rich. Let the Republicans and
the president talk about perils
of the deficit. Let our activists
highlight the waste of govern-
ment aid for the rich.
Consider a progressive idea
that many long thought a politi-
cal non-starter — legalization of
marijuana. Young voters in Cali-
shelters and other large insti-
tutional settings inhospitable
if not downright dangerous,
have even more need for drop-
in services.
According to Siciliano, Ali
Forney was close to the point
at which it could keep its drop-
in center open 24 hours a day.
For youth with nowhere else to
go in the overnight hours, such
a venue could be the only safe
and warm alternative. “With
these cuts, I am back to where
I was,” Siciliano said.
The letter to Bloomberg and
Mullgrav was signed by well-
known players in the social
services world, including Cov-
enant House, Green Chim-
neys, Safe Space NYC, and
the Urban Justice Center, as
well as LGBT-oriented groups
such as the Asian Pacific
Islander Coalition on HIV/
AIDS (APICHA), Congregation
Beth Simchat Torah, FIERCE,
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and
the Callen-Lorde Community
Health Center.
The DYCD cuts come just
five months after the Mayor’s
Commission on LGBTQ Run-
away and Homeless Youth
issued a report that called for
200 new beds for LGBT youth,
expanded drop-in center
hours, especially for the over-
night, and expanded street
outreach. An estimated 40 per-
cent of homeless young people
in New York are LGBTQ-iden-
tified. The Commission, with
25 members appointed by the
mayor, was formed just weeks
before last year’s city elections.
In a written statement,
Brooklyn’s Lew Fidler, who
chairs the City Council Com-
m i t t e e o n Yo u t h a n d h a s
focused considerable attention
in recent years on the particu-
fornia this year were motivated
by Proposition 19. Only when it
looked like it had a shot at pass-
ing did more establishment fig-
ures jump on the bandwagon.
In October, George Soros, recog-
nizing that the radical had gone
mainstream, donated a million
dollars. The measure fell short
— but garnered 46 percent of
the vote, far, far more than any-
one imagined at the start of the
campaign, and probably pulled
out a lot of Democratic vot-
ers who otherwise would have
stayed at home.
What Prop 19 gave voters
lar problems facing homeless
queer young people, said, “Cut-
ting the budget on the backs of
our very most vulnerable kids
— kids who are homeless, with-
out their families, and sleeping
on the street — is so wrong that
words cannot express my dis-
gust and outrage.”
In testimony December 6
before the Council Finance
Committee looking at a wide
array of mid-year cuts, Com-
missioner Mullgrav emphasized
that homeless youth services
had been immune to cuts over
the past eight budgets and that
no reduction in spending for
the provision of beds had been
made. In fact, she said, bed
capacity has been doubled in
recent years and LGBTQ-spe-
cific efforts were initiated by the
city. Andrew Doba, the depart-
ment’s chief public information
officer, emphasized that cuts to
runaway and homeless youth
were less than seven percent,
below the average reduction for
DYCD as a whole.
Faced with cuts across
many city services, Council
Speaker Christine Quinn is
aggressively exploring alterna-
tive areas to cut. She told Gay
City News that the Council
finance staff has found $130
million in potential savings
elsewhere in the budget “to
prevent cuts that simply go too
far.” Quinn outlined a series
of spending areas she defined
as discretionary — including
outside contracts for teach-
ers’ professional development
that could be done in-house at
the Department of Education;
program evaluations at the
Health Department; air qual-
ity assessments that could be
put off a year; and Sanitation
Department enforcement staff-
was what Republicans have
had in spades these past two
years — ardor that is uncom-
promising.
As we look forward to the
next two years, let’s be creative.
Anger over Obama’s equivoca-
tions is growing, and some are
asking if his renomination by
the Democrats should be chal-
lenged. It’s premature to think
about a specific candidate
to take on that task; anyone
raising his or her hand would
quickly face withering attacks.
I t m i g h t , h o w e v e r, b e
worth exploring ways to send
ing that is not generating addi-
tional revenues from fines.
“As we have done before,
the Council is prepared to act
in a fiscally responsible man-
ner,” the speaker said in a writ-
ten statement. “However, we
must ensure these cuts do not
fall disproportionately on the
most vulnerable New Yorkers,
including LGBTQ runaway and
homeless youth.” She told Gay
City News on December 7, “We
are actively negotiating with the
administration on the alterna-
tive cuts we are proposing.”
Told of her comments, Fidler
said he welcomed their opti-
mistic tone, noting, “Christine
Quinn is a realist.” Still, he
added, “It’s hard to be opti-
mistic in a world where people
think these kinds of cuts are
acceptable in the first place.”
If the Council were only able to
find agreement with Bloomberg
on $10 million of the $130 mil-
lion in alternatives its finance
staf f has identified, Fidler
expressed confidence that for
most of his colleagues, restor-
ing the runaway and homeless
youth money would be in the
top ten fixes.
Having sat through the
December 6 Finance Com-
mittee hearings, however, he
said he was deflated to hear
about the mayor’s reaction to
Quinn’s assertions that the
cuts laid out by the adminis-
tration need to be reviewed
and revised. According to the
Daily News, Bloomberg that
day told reporters that Quinn
“is right that we’re going to
have to have changes… These
cuts don’t go to address more
than maybe a third of what
we think the problem is. We’re
going to be going in the other
direction.”
unpledged delegates to the
2012 party convention. After
the shellacking the president
took in November, perhaps he
shouldn’t run a second time.
But, it’s too soon to know yet.
The delegates to the convention
are our friends and neighbors,
and it makes sense to ask them
to go there with an open mind
toward the possibility of choos-
ing Obama or perhaps some-
body else.
Right now, we need to remind
the president that he is a Dem-
ocrat and should represent the
party that put him in office.
8 - 21 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 10, from p.14
MUSIC
Spiritual Roots of
Hope
To open its 18th concert season, the
Empire City Men’s Chorus, a gay men’s
ensemble dedicated to the performance
of classical music, presents “Better
Day A Comin’: Songs Of Hope From The
Gospel & Spiritual Traditions,” celebrat-
ing works with African-American and
Appalachian roots. The program features
guest artists including the Will Buthod
Trio, soprano Diana Solomon-Glover, and
the Young Men’s Division of the Brooklyn
Youth Chorus Academy. Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st St.
Dec. 10, 8 p.m. Also, on Dec. 14, 8
p.m., at Church of St. Ann & the Holy
Trinity, 157 Montague St. at Clinton
St., Brooklyn Heights. Tickets are
$20-$30 at empirecitymenschorus.org or
the door. A portion of the proceeds will
benefit the Trevor Project, which main-
tains a nationwide hotline and other
resources to counsel LGBTQ youth who
feel at risk for suicide.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
The Impossible
Dreamboat
Steven Reineke leads the New York
Pops in a celebration of the season with
a program of timeless carols and holiday
favorites, featuring Tony Award-winner
Brian Stokes Mitchell. Renowned for his
rich and commanding baritone, Mitchell
(“Kiss Me, Kate!,” “Man of La Mancha,”
“Ragtime ,” and, yes, “Frasier”) was
dubbed Broadway’s “last leading man”
by the New York Times. The evening
will also feature Essential Voices USA,
led by Judith Clurman, and children from
the Camp Broadway Chorus. Carnegie
Hall, 881 Seventh Ave. at 57th St.
Dec. 10-11, 8 p.m. Tickets are $33-$106
at the box office or calling 212-247-7800.
More information at carnegiehall.org.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
DANCE
The Nutcracker
BAMmed
The Mark Morris Dance Group, for
the first time since 2002, presents his
curiously queered yet family-friendly take
on a holiday classic, with performances
of “The Hard Nut.” It is a mix of playful-
ness and exquisite dance combined with
the greatest respect for E.T.A. Hoffman’s
original story and Tchaikovsky’s iconic
score. Robert Cole conducts the MMDG
䉴 DEC 10, continued on p.29
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䉴 PROP 8, from p.9
invalidating the statutes. In Romer,
Colorado voters overruled several local
governments that had banned sexual
orientation discrimination by placing
an amendment in the State Constitu-
tion barring the state or any political
subdivision from protecting gay people
from discrimination. Olson argued
that Proposition 8 effectively built a
constitutional fence around marriage,
excluding gay people and nobody else.
Olson also argued that the 1972
Baker v. Nelson’s precedent had been
undermined by subsequent Supreme
Court decisions on sex discrimination,
sexual orientation discrimination,
and the right of gay people to be free
of state interference with their choice
of intimate sexual partners. One could
hardly argue, after decisions such as
Romer v. Evans in 1996 and the 2003
Lawrence v. Texas ruling striking
down that state’s Homosexual Sodomy
Law, that the denial of marriage rights
to same-sex couples no longer present-
ed a “substantial federal question.”
Reinhardt confronted Olson with a
critical question about the potential
scope of a 9th Circuit ruling in this
case. There are two ways the court
might go if it were to find for plain-
tiffs on the merits. The narrower way
would be to rule that Proposition 8 vio-
lated the 14th Amendment because it
took away, on a discriminatory basis,
a fundamental right under state law
previously identified by the California
Supreme Court and enjoyed by same-
sex couples for some time leading up to
the vote. The broader approach would
be to rule that, under the 14th Amend-
ment, same-sex couples have the same
right to marry as different-sex couples,
and that every state refusing to let them
do so is in violation.
Given the Supreme Court’s direction
that federal courts use the narrowest
possible grounds for ruling in order to
avoid unnecessarily taking on broader
constitutional questions, Reinhardt
asked whether the 9th Circuit need-
ed to take on the broader question in
order to rule. Olson responded that
the court could rule for the plaintiffs
and strike down Prop 8 without reach-
ing the broader question, relying on
the Romer precedent. But, he con-
tinued, if the court decided it had to
reach the broader issue, it was clear
that the state constitutional amend-
ment enacted by Proposition 8 was
unconstitutional.
Therese Stewart then provided a
brief follow-up to Olson’s argument,
concentrating on the sheer irrational-
ity of Prop 8 in light of California law.
The state, she argued, has, as a mat-
ter of policy, effectively disavowed the
grounds on which the Proponents argue
the exclusion of same-sex couples from
marriage is rationally based.
Lifting language from the Romer deci-
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matter of constitutional law, same-sex
couples have the same right to marry
as different-sex couples.
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24/ Performance
I Do, I Don’t
Holly Hughes explores just how fractious marriage equality can be even among us
BY COURT STROUD
P
erformance artist Holly Hughes
and her longtime partner want
to marry each other but may
need to hold competing ceremonies.
Hughes, who has spent more than 20
years on the frontlines in America’s
culture wars, wants to dress up, have
“Mr. Showbiz” Murray Hill officiate,
and make the event a bitingly funny
political statement.
Her girlfriend, anthropologist Esther
Newton, would prefer to wear slip-on
shoes, and keep the nuptials serious
and the whole affair private.
It’s just this kind of conflict that’s
led Hughes to collaborate with Chica-
go-based director Megan Carney and
WOW Café founder Maureen Angelos
on a new performance piece called “Let
Them Eat Cake,” an interactive “mar-
riage gone wrong” in which the audi-
ence takes the role of wedding guests
who are encouraged to salvage the sit-
uation through spirited debate.
Hughes, the author of “The Well of
HardNut
The
BAM AND MARK MORRIS
DANCE GROUP PRESENT
THE HARD NUT
FEATURING THE MMDG
MUSIC ENSEMBLE WITH THE
BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS
CONDUCTED BY ROBERT COLE
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
MARK MORRIS
PRODUCTION BASED
ON THE WORK OF
CHARLES BURNS
APPROPRIATE FOR AGES 4 & UP
TICKETS START AT $25
VIDEO PREVIEW AT BAM.ORG
BAM 2010 Next Wave Festival / Brooklyn, NY
TICKETS: BAM.ORG / 718.636.4100
HOLLY HUGHES
“Let Them Eat Cake”
With Megan Carney & Maureen Angelos
Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St.,
btwn. Rivington & Delancey Sts.
Through Dec. 18
Thu.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 & 11 at 2 p.m.
$10-$15; dixonplace.org
Or 212-219-0736
$20, $18 for students, seniors at the door
Matinees are $15 at the doo
Horniness” and “Clit Notes: A Sapphic
Sampler,” gained national attention
in the early ’90s as one of the NEA 4,
when she and fellow performance art-
ists Tim Miller, Karen Finley, and John
Fleck were stripped of their National
Endowment for the Arts grants due to
the “indecent” content of their work.
The indecency continues with “Let
Them Eat Cake,” which runs at Dixon
Place through December 18.
COURT STROUD: Why tackle the
subject of same-sex marriage?
“Dazzling, uproariously funny.”
—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
8 - 21 DEC 2010
HOLLY HUGHES: This issue is
framed as black or white — you’re
either pro-gay marriage or anti-gay
marriage. A lot of gay people have more
complicated feelings, but it seems like
there’s no place to have that conversa-
tion. We give voice. There are charac-
ters in the show and probably people
in the audience who say we shouldn’t
be doing this, that it’s a distraction
and inherently conservative.
CS: What’s your personal opinion?
HH: My point of view is that the
right to marry is a basic right of citi-
zenship. Everyone should have that
right, regardless of sexual orientation
or gender presentation, with full ben-
efits. At the same time, I share many
of the same concerns that queer femi-
nists have raised about marriage.
JOHN W. SISSON, JR.
CS: The marriage equality issue
evokes strong reactions, no matter which
side of the political spectrum you’re on.
For Holly Hughes, a wedding could be one more perfor-
䉴 HUGHES, continued on p.37 mance.
DEC 10—19
Mark Morris
Dance Group
Phot
h os: Susana Millman
Leadership support for the BAM 2010 Next Wave Festival is part of
Next Wave Festival provided Diverse Voices at BAM sponsored by:
by The Ford Foundation.
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26/ Performance
Offbeat and Jolly
Holiday shows for that queer Yuletide yen
BY WINNIE MCCROY Covelli), the Brian Newman As is his tradition, Hill will
Trio, the Lesbian Overtones, sing his rendition of “Have Your-

I
n the upcoming month, for and many more. self a Murray Little Christmas,”
every precious staging of “I’m very excited to bring as well as debuting an original
“The Nutcracker” and each the show to the main room at song –– this year, “Love You,
perfect kick of a Rockette’s heel, Le Poisson Rouge,” said Hill. Kids,” accompanied by pianist
there is an offbeat, wacky holi- “Booze will be flowing all night! Paul Leschen.
day show made with the cheeky, I’m debuting a brand new open- And of course, Santa Claus
campy feel the gay community ing number, ‘Back Door Santa,’ will make an appearance.
has come to love –– probably with the Brian Newman Trio. “A Murray Little Christmas”
because it largely created it. Me and my showbiz pals are is presented on December 18
From the tradition of down- going to do everything we can to at 7 and 9:15 p.m. at Le Pois-
town emcee Murray Hill’s “A get folks into the holiday spirit. son Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street
Murray Little Christmas” to a Rudolph is also making a sur- at Thompson Street. Tickets are
naked “Nutcracker” benefit for prise appearance to teach the $25 at mistershowbiz.com

COREY TATARCZUK
homeless LGBT youth servic- kids an important lesson about

es, New York performers come
together this holiday season to
stuff our stockings and jingle our
bells in a way only they can do.
being different!”
The famed reindeer’s perfor-
Laura Careless in Company XIV’s world premiere of “Nutcracker Rouge” in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, mance is made in tandem with
beginning December 10. Hill’s creation of an “It Gets Bet-
ter” video, to communicate to
H
ill also lends his con-
siderable talent as nar-
rator in “Moisty the
Snowman Saves Christmas,” a
holiday extravaganza at Dixon

F
ans of the bizarre and
burlesque shouldn’t
miss the annual holiday
extravaganza that is “A Murray
Little Christmas.” Downtown
nightlife impresario Hill brings
the charm of the Borsch Belt to
Le Poisson Rouge on December
18 for his annual Yuletide cel-
ebration.
This year’s event features all
of the nuts, fruitcakes, show-
girls, and hi-balls for which LGBT youth thinking of taking Place, whose renovation last
Gotham is renowned, includ- their own lives that it’s worth year will dazzle anyone who
ing performances by Dirty Mar- hanging in there for the oppor- hasn’t been back since.
tini, Bridget Everett, Moisty the tunities to see their prospects In this original musical, which
Snowman (Bradford Scobie), and the support they enjoy
Sebastian the Elf (Carmine improve. 䉴 HOLIDAY, continued on p.31

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Film /27
Sex’s Degrading Release
Darren Aronofsky belches out a sorry story about a ballet dancer’s growth
BY STEVE ERICKSON a performance of “Swan Lake,”
BLACK SWAN
even though her director, Thom- Directed by Darren Aronofsky

D
arren Aronofsky is not
gifted with a light touch.
With “Black Swan,”
which tells the story of a balle-
rina going insane, he’s found an
outlet for all his worst impulses
–– over-the-top combinations of
bombastic music, shakycam,
and quick editing.
At its best, Aronofsky’s direc-
tion captures the energy and
excitement of dance. He might
make a compelling musical
someday.
He shoots most of the film
with a handheld camera, even
during largely static scenes in
which most directors would
place it on a tripod. As in his
previous film, “The Wrestler,” he
as (Vincent Cassel), has doubts
about her maturity and ability
to pull off the dual nature of the
character. He encourages her to
experiment sexually as prepara-
tion for the role, but Nina, who
lives with her overbearing moth-
er (Barbara Hershey), remains
girlish well into her 20s, her
bedroom filled with stuffed ani-
mals and decorated in shades of
white and pink.
Her understudy and rival,
Lily (Mila Kunis), is far world-
lier, offering Nina cigarettes and
Ecstasy. As the debut of “Swan
Lake” comes closer, Nina begins
having hallucinations, most of
them gory.
It remains a mystery how a
Fox Searchlight
Opens Dec. 3 citywide
able to bring their own experi-
ence of aging to their parts; the
narrative paralleled Rourke’s
own decline and search for a
comeback. There’s a real pathos
etched into the lines of Rourke’s
face.
By contrast, Portman is far
more removed from her role,
and “Black Swan” is mostly
grounded in fantasy and other
films. While it’s not as irritating
as “Requiem for a Dream,” a film
so ludicrously excessive that I’ve
never been able to watch it all
the way through, “Black Swan”

draws on the Dardenne broth-
ers’ style, often following char-
acters from behind in close-up.
Nina (Natalie Portman) gets
the role of the Swan Queen in
director as talented as Aronof-
sky has so much trouble mak-
ing a satisfying film. “The Wres-
tler” succeeded because Mickey
Rourke and Marisa Tomei were
NIKO TAVERNISE
comes close.
The film has all the soul of a
Skinemax exercise, but it takes
䉴 BLACK SWAN, continued on p.29 Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s unfortunate “Black Swan.”

■ FILM

Only the Clothes and Liquor Are Right

John Irvin fails to capture Hemingway’s take on 1920s bohemian Paris
BY GARY M. KRAMER women kiss, it happens off-
HEMINGWAY’S GARDEN OF EDEN
Directed by John Irvin screen and is merely recounted

“A
ren’t perversions
so dull?” asks one
character in “Hem-
ingway’s Garden of Eden,” a
soporific adaptation of the great
writer’s semi-autobiographical,
posthumously published novel.
Set in 1920s Europe, this more
dull than perverse drama fea-
tures a love triangle among
David (Jack Huston), an Ameri-
can writer, his rich wife, Cath-
erine (Mena Suvari), and Marita
(Caterina Murino), a beautiful
bisexual Italian heiress.
Aiming for “Masterpiece The-
atre” and ending up like an
ersatz entry from the steamy
cable series “Red Shoe Diaries,”
this 2008 misfire is now getting
a theatrical release. It would
have played better on cable,
where the slow motion softcore
sex, set to syrupy music, would
be more at home.
The film depicts the rich, dev-
Jack Huston and Mena Suvari in John Irvin’s “Hemingway’s Garden of Eden.”
ilish Catherine and the blandly
handsome David on their hon-
eymoon. For a moment, it seems
that things might be interesting
— Catherine deliberately gets
a haircut that makes her look
like a young boy, and she uses
her makeover to enjoy male
privilege. In bed with David,
she messes around further with
gender roles, taking his genitals
in her hands and the active role
in lovemaking.
But audiences should not get
too excited. Director John Irvin
cuts away in many of the pro-
vocative sex scenes. It is unclear
if he’s afraid to offend audiences
Roadside Attractions
Opens Dec. 10
Quad Cinema
34 W. 13th St.
quadcinema.com
or uncertain how to film an erot-
ic tryst. The naked couplings in
“Hemingway’s Garden of Eden”
are about as titillating as a visit
to the doctor.
Wearing the same black-and-
white striped shirts, Catherine
and David talk about being
“brothers.” They eventually get
unflattering matching peroxide
blonde haircuts. David, with
a thick, dark mustache, looks
especially silly. It seems mostly
just odd that they manage to
catch the eye of Marita, who
desires them both.
It is not long before Marita
moves in with them and seduc-
tions occur. When the two
by Catherine. Their other erotic
encounter similarly happens
out of view. Instead of depicting
the women exploring their sexu-
ality with each other, Irvin pres-
ents the story David is writing
on a typewriter that keen-eyed
viewers will notice has the Y and
Z keys reversed. A flashback
shows David’s father (Matthew
Modine), a big game hunter in
Kenya, tracking an elephant for
slaughter. The story is dear to
David, and it becomes the dra-
matic focus of the film’s second
half. Marita enjoys the story —
along with a liaison with David
— and Catherine, whose money
helps her husband write, shows
she is not above petty jealousy.
The conceit of “Heming-
way’s Garden of Eden” is that
the three lovers’ behavior is
unorthodox, but it hardly feels
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28/ Theater
Plays and Players
“Lombardi” scores on many levels while “Merchant” shines on all
BY CHRISTOPHER BYRNE Look magazine, a pictorial maga-
zine that competed with Life for

D
aniel Sullivan’s wonder- many years. McCormick wants
ful production of “The to get the “real” story behind the
Merchant of Venice” has mercurial coach, and so he sets
moved indoors from Central Park, out to shadow Lombardi and
and in the process acquired new interview the people in his life.
levels of depth and richness. Despite this literary device,
In his staging, Sullivan has the play remains almost entirely
taken a problematic play and expository, the only dramatic ten-
made it a cohesive whole, blend- sion arising from whether McCor-
ing several concurrent plots, com- mick will write the piece he wants

JOAN MARCUS
edy, romance, and politics into a or if his editor, a friend of Lom-

fluid and enthralling production.
As he usually does, Sullivan
directs his cast to find the essen-
tial truths of the characters,
knowing that in doing this, the
play’s many inconsistencies won’t
matter. We simply don’t question
why the wealthy Portia, having
found a husband through a byz-
antine puzzle created by her late
father, should suddenly dress
JOAN MARCUS
bardi’s, will coerce him to write a
puff piece. (It’s established early
Lily Rabe and Al Pacino in “The Merchant of Venice,” at the Broadhurst Theatre through January 9. on that Lombardi is prickly about
critical pieces.) Dan Lauria and Judith Light in Eric Simonson’s
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE of the 20th century. The result is a slight but enter- “Lombardi.”
Broadhurst Theatre Tickets are scarce, and the taining evening, thanks to the fine
235 W. 44th St. limited run is scheduled only performances by the three lead- bardi and the effect he has on the
Through Jan. 9 through January 9. This is a ing actors. players around him.
Tue.-Thu. at 7 p.m. production that should not be Judith Light plays Marie Lom- Dan Lauria is wonderful as
Fri.-Sat. 8 at p.m.; missed. bardi, a housewife from New Jer- the sometimes-volcanic Lom-
Sat.-Sun. at 2 p.m. sey at a time when being a wife bardi who loves his players and
$66.50-$141.50; telecharge.com

as a lawyer and go save Antonio,
her husband’s benefactor, from a
claim by Shylock that would end
Antonio’s life. We don’t even fully
know why Shylock hates Anto-
nio so much he would enter into
such a bargain in the first place.
Yet because Sullivan has fully
realized each character, these
questions don’t arise.
Since the summer, Al Pacino’s
Shylock has been burnished and
refined to be more contained and
even more powerful. Yes, Shy-
lock is vengeful, but we also feel
for him both as a man and in the
context of his world. Lily Rabe as
Portia is magnificent, fully mas-
tering the many colors of a char-
acter who ranges from girlish glee
to mature reasoning. She bal-
ances the lyricism of the language
with spellbinding humanity; Rabe
is one of our most accomplished
Or 212-239-6200
LOMBARDI
Circle in the Square
1633 Broadway at 50th St.
Tue. at 7 p.m.; Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m.
Wed., Sat. at 2 p.m.; Sun. at 3 p.m.
$115.00; telecharge.com
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contemporary leading ladies.
The supporting cast remains
equally outstanding, notably
Jesse L. Martin as Gratiano and
Christopher Fitzgerald as the
clown Launcelot Gobo. Mark
Wendland’s set adapted from the
Delacorte Theater version won-
derfully accommodates the light-
er and darker aspects of the play,
as does Kenneth Posner’s excel-
lent lighting. Jess Goldstein’s cos-
tumes set the play near the turn
F
ootball is not the main meant yoking herself to her hus- his wife with all of his being. Over
event in the new biograph- band’s career and dreams. While the course of the 90-minute play,
ical play “Lombardi,” now she may have followed him to the Lauria gives us a full portrait of a
at Circle in the Square. Rather, hinterlands, Marie is no push- man in all his colors, never over-
it is the story of a marriage and over. She sees him as he is and playing.
a relationship and particularly of loves him for it all, regarding her We also see some of Lombardi’s
the woman who loved her man life with open eyes, an open heart, Green Bay Packers, but those
so much she gave up her life in and plenty of perspective, even if scenes are the least successful
sophisticated New York to move sometimes fueled — and made and most labored of the piece,
to a comparative backwater in palatable –– by copious cocktails. though the actors are fine in the
support of her husband’s dream. Light’s performance is a mar- roles.
Think of the classic TV series vel, filled with humor and nuance. The exceptional costume
“Green Acres,” except with many In the cavernous space of Circle design is by David Tazewell, who
more freezing cold days and not in the Square, she manages a makes Light look fabulous in
so many idiosyncratic supporting level of intimacy and presence the period ’60s clothes, and the
characters. that is remarkable. Her Marie is spare but effective set is by David
Eric Simonson’s play is based fast with a wisecrack but fierce in Korins.
on the biography of the famous defense of her husband, and it is Going in, I had assumed the
coach, “When Pride Still Mattered: through her that we see her hus- subject matter would make an
A Biography of Vince Lombardi.” band humanized. evening at the theater attractive
To make it theatrical, Simonson Keith Knobbs does a fine job as to husbands otherwise not inter-
has concocted a story about a McCormick. A passionate football ested, but the surprise is that this
young reporter, Michael McCor- fan, his hero worship gives way to play is very much a chick flick in
mick, sent to profile Lombardi for a deeper understanding of Lom- football drag.

䉴 GARDEN OF EDEN, from p.27
that way. Catherine insists they “don’t
have to live life like normal people,” but
their ménage à trois does not seem to
scandalize — or even interest — anyone
but themselves. Had the film shown the
lovers as transgressive in some way that
really mattered, there might be some
drama here.
Instead, much of the action consists
of the characters wearing fine vintage
clothes while sitting in scenic cafés order-
ing absinthe. They discuss their love for
each other and David’s writing without
really saying anything of consequence.
Hemingway touchstones are shoe-
horned into the film. David is living in
Paris in the 1920s, and he catches a
large sea bass — a sign of his virility,
perhaps? There is mention of El Gre-
cos and Spain, but no bullfighting.
These elements add no true coloring
— they serve more as a paint-by-num-
bers evocation of the author.
The actors deserve much of the
blame. Suvari is horribly miscast in
the pivotal role of Catherine. She spits
out her preposterous, pretentious dia-
logue with utter seriousness, yet it’s
not hard not to laugh watching her do
so. Perhaps Suvari could have camped
it up or gone for broke, but she plays
Catherine so stiffly, it becomes a paro-
dy of a performance.
Huston, a scion of the great acting
dynasty, makes almost no impression
in the film. He sleepwalks through his
role, pounding his typewriter keys with
more passion than he musters in mak-
ing love to either woman. Though it is
clear that Catherine is David’s muse,
Huston is still unconvincing in show-
ing why his character accepts his wife’s
outlandish suggestions without blink-
ing an eye. He seems to have simply
shown up, read the lines, took off his
natty clothes, and collected his money.
As Marita, Murino is very beauti-
ful; her nude scenes are particularly
striking. Matthew Modine, as David’s
father, however, looks ridiculous;
viewers may root for the elephant he is
hunting to squash him.
Perhaps “Hemingway’s Garden of
Eden” demonstrates just how difficult
it is to bring the celebrated author’s
work to the screen. That’s not much
consolation to anyone sitting through
this ludicrous adaptation.
8 - 21 DEC 2010
14 DAYS Soul Survivor
14 NIGHTS LaBute treads the rocky terrain between evangelism and opportunism
䉴 DEC 10, from p.18
Music Ensemble and the Brooklyn Youth
Chorus. Brooklyn Academy of Music,
Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette
Ave. at Hanson Pl. Dec 10, 11, 15–18,
7:30 p.m.; Dec 12 & 19, 3 p.m. Tickets
are $25-$70 at bam.org or 718-636-4100.
The performance is unforgettable, and
appropriate for ages 4 and up.
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SAT.DEC.11
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The Lesbian Herstory Archives holds
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of them 50 cents to $1! –– including les-
bian non-fiction, fiction, pulp, poetry, mys-
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and buttons that recall decades of the
struggle. The afternoon includes raffles
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information visit lesbianherstoryarchives.
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✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ The transfixing opening
CABARET
Wrapped Up in
Rhapsody
In “Crazy for Gershwin,” Tony Award-
winner Sutton Foster directs NYU Tisch
Drama students in an evening exploring
the enduring resonance of this musical
master. Joe’s Pub, inside the Public
Theater, 425 Lafayette St., btwn. E.
Fourth St. & Astor Pl. Dec. 11, mid-
night. Tickets are $10, $7 for students at
joespub.com or 212-967-7555. For table
reservations, guaranteeing a seat, call
212-539-8778. Table service includes a
two-drink or $12 food minimum.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ as it points out Thomas’ sleazi-
NIGHTLIFE
Art Fags in 3-D
Celebrating its third anniversary with
the release of a special 3-D issue, the
quarterly publication Spank Zine, around
which orbits the liveliest nocturnal
Downtown/ BK/ art/ fag/ party scene
the city has witnessed since the early
‘90s, holds a big bash that gets started
with a free Proseco anniversary toast and
readings by Mike Albo and Heather Lit-
teer at 10:30 p.m. and continues until
4 p.m. Music will be courtesy of DJ Will
䉴 DEC 11, continued on p.30
BY DAVID KENNERLEY
“A
mazing Grace,” the
salvation anthem
that’s offered spiri-
tual uplift for more than two
centuries, is the number-one
song of all time, with more than
6,600 known recordings.
And it’s fitting that the hymn
LaBute’s play about redemp-
tion, “The Break of Noon,” pre-
sented by MCC Theater.
The polarizing LaBute, whose
specialty is men behaving despi-
cably (“reasons to be pretty,”
“Fat Pig”), has created another
contemptible male, generically
named John Smith.
But now, LaBute may have
developed a conscience. His
miserable wretch of a man,
amidst a horrific office shoot-
ing, hears the voice of God and
becomes the only employee
saved. Not only from the lethal
machine gun, but also from his
own errant ways.
Nothing short of a miracle,
right?
monologue, delivered by the
anguished John (David Ducho-
vny) in a bloodied shirt and with
a bandage on his ankle, detail-
ing the horrors of the massacre
where 37 co-workers were cut
down in cold blood, sounds con-
vincing enough.
But in the scenes that fol-
low, doubters begin to poke
holes in John’s story. His faith
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itself far more seriously. Even
ness, it seems to share the same
sensibility. For Nina, maturity
is seen exclusively in sexual
terms; it is sexual repression
that is holding her back as an
artist. But when she obeys
Thomas’ orders and mastur-
bates, her pleasure is inter -
rupted by visions of self-muti-
lation and of her disapproving
mother.
After a drug-fueled night on
the town, Lily and Nina wind
up sleeping together, but “Black
Swan” can’t bring itself to really
take Nina’s desires seriously. It
THE BREAK OF NOON
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121 Christopher St. near Bedford St.
Through Dec. 22
Tue.-Wed. at 7 p.m.
Thu.-Sat. at 8 p.m.
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from their disastrous 12-year
marriage, rejects his overtures
for reconciliation. A former
dalliance, Jesse (also played
by Peet), throws a conniption
when he suggests they come
clean about their affair. Jenny
(Tracee Chimo), an unctuous
talk show host, chides him so
JOAN MARCUS
viciously that he walks off the
set.
The most disturbing scene
David Duchovny, TV’s California bad boy the finds Smith engaging the ser-
past few seasons, plays a wretch who’s saved vices of Gigi (also played by
— or so he says. Chimo), a curvaceous escort in
a French Maid costume, sup-
never waivers, but our faith, posedly to test his resolve. In a
well, that’s a different matter. seriously sick twist only LaBute
It’s the creeping mistrust — the could pull off, Gigi, whose real
nagging rift between intent and name is Jill, turns out to be
reality — that lies at the heart connected to the massacre, and
of this alternately engaging and has an epiphany of her own.
exasperating play. Duchovny, Golden Globe
In his efforts to spread his winner for his work in Show-
newfound faith, John runs up time’s “Californication” and, of
against a series of roadblocks. course, in “The X-Files,” is well
His lawyer (John Earl Jelks) cast. He persuasively conveys
sees his sole-survivor status as the brooding conviction of a
a chance to make some bucks man born again, bent on doing
(a photo that Smith snapped good works, while also offering
during the carnage fetches a glimmers of a possible charla-
cool million). His ex-wife, Gin- tan lurking within. Still, Duch-
ger (Amanda Peet), still reeling novy is saddled with delivering
turns out that the lesbian sex straight male fantasies about
was all a roofie-induced hal- female sexuality, but at least
lucination, though Nina is so it portrays women having sex-
far gone by this point that she ual pleasure without punish-
doesn’t need drugs to see imag- ing them or implying that their
inary visions. same-sex experiences were all
The film throws out the pos- a fantasy.
sibility that she is a lesbian, It would be easy to list the
only to leave it hanging, like films “Black Swan” evokes,
the none-too-subtle sugges- from Michael Powell and
tion that Lily symbolizes the Emeric Pressburger’s “The Red
aspects of her personality that Shoes” to Paul Verhoeven’s
she’s repressed. (While Nina “Showgirls,” by way of Joseph
dresses in white, Lily’s usually L. Mankiwiecz’s “All About Eve”
clad in black.) The sex scene and Roman Polanski’s “Repul-
seems like a bone thrown to the sion.” Unfortunately, Aronof-
heterosexual men in the audi- sky has no gift for eroticism or
ence at best and a pit stop on camp. He seems to see sex as a
Nina’s decline at worst. Softcore necessary but degrading part of
porn may express exploitative human experience.
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dubious lines like “God stepped
in to save me” and “Goodness is
all that matters” without blink-
ing an eye.
With his personal life mir -
roring his depraved behavior
in “Californication” (in 2008 he
did a stint in rehab for sexual
addiction), the rough-hewn,
50-year-old actor is quintessen-
tial LaBute material.
The most audacious roles —
the acerbic talk show host and
the agonized escort — belong
to Chimo, and she nails them
both, attacking the over-the-
top scenes (in one, she wields a
rubber dildo that morphs into a
feather duster) with unbridled
ferocity. As part of the award-
winning ensemble of last year’s
“Circle Mirror T ransfor ma-
tion,” Chimo threatened to
steal the show. She repeats
that threat here.
Under the steadfast direc-
tion of Jo Bonney, “The Break
of Noon,” which refers to the
moment the gunman raid-
ed the office, exudes a sur -
real, comic air with menac-
ing undercurrents that, in
sporadic flashes, prove oddly
unsettling.
If you haven’t noticed, all
the characters’ names begin
with the letter J or soft G.
Even the unseen killer’s name
is Juan. Does this have some
deep significance or is LaBute
just being self-consciously
cute? A similar question hangs
above the entire play.
The film doesn’t have the
courage of its convictions. Nina
sheds enough blood to satisfy
torture-porn fans, but there’s
very little actual violence in
“Black Swan” — almost all
the carnage turns out to exist
only in Nina’s imagination. I
can only imagine what Ver -
hoeven could have done with
the “Black Swan” screenplay.
Even “The Red Shoe Diaries”
schlockmeister Zalman King
would probably have achieved
a better result.
“Black Swan” is a ridiculous
film with no self-awareness of
its flaws. It’s probably bound to
become a camp classic, but it’s
not very enjoyable to watch.

30/ Opera
All Around the Town
Offerings from City Opera, Opera Manhattan more affecting than Met’s
BY DAVID SHENGOLD
C
ity Opera wisely revived
its very pleasing produc-
tion of Richard Strauss’
odd but endearing “Intermezzo.”
In 1999, this Glimmerglass-de-
rived Leon Major staging provid-
ed wonderful roles for Lauren
Flanigan and John Hancock as
the flamboyantly fighting Chris-
tine and Robert Storch (read
“Pauline and Richard Strauss”).
Seen November 9, Mary Dun-
leavy brought a very different
persona and voice to Christine’s
marathon part –– tons of charm
and a light touch helped make
her prima donna tantrums pal-
atable. Dunleavy’s voice is less
expansive but more silvery than
Flanigan’s; none of the part’s
high notes gave her trouble. It
was an excellent interpretation,
making one wish to hear this
resourceful artist as Strauss’
Daphne.
Nicholas Pallesen is a likable
and capable singer with good
instincts, but he didn’t quite
seem mature enough for this
established figure and comfort-
ably married man.
Tenor Andrew Bidlack made a
very positive contribution in the
tricky role of the money-grub-
bing young Baron who (kind of)
turns Christine’s head on the
ski slopes. His fluent, light tenor
and stage aplomb should suit
many roles, especially if George
Steel realizes that Handel and
baroque opera must be part of
the equation if City Opera’s rep-
ertory is to find an audience.
George Manahan’s orches-
tra did not play flawlessly but
caught the spirit of this bitter-
sweet and charming valentine.
T
he Met’s “Cosi fan tutte”
proved rather disappoint-
ing. Ex-pat conductor
William Christie’s near-annual
appearances at BAM with his
own forces have inspired local
audiences for two decades.
Though reliable witnesses
report improvements at every
performance, even the run’s
third show (November 17) found
the orchestra and soloists strug-
gling to keep up with Christie’s
often relentless tempi. The over-
ture was a joyless forced march,
cratic good looks and a bone-
dry voice.
U
nlike Boston and San
Francisco, New York
has never heard a major
production of Verdi’s magnifi-
cent “Don Carlo” in its origi-
nal French. It would have been
wise to build such an endeavor
around Roberto Alagna, but
instead we heard the Parisian
tenor’s first traversal of the role
in Italian –– by and large a suc-
MARTY SOHL/METROPOLITAN OPERA
cess, in very good current form
with only a few wild or sharp
high notes to set against a pas-
sionate and often touching por-
trayal –– in the neo-traditional
Nicholas Hytner staging from
London’s Covent Garden.
Miah Persson, artistic and moving, offered the Hytner skillfully motivates the
only acting with charm or nuance in the Met’s action and his designers achieve
“Cosi fan tutte,” conducted by BAM favorite swift flow; the only real misfires
William Christie. are several Lego-evoking sets,
the huge Bleeding Christ head
and many ensembles suffered. (!), and an Inquisition priest’s
Christie only relaxed for “Un intonation in Latin during the
aura amorosa,” well sung by auto-da-fé scene.
Bruce Sledge, a last-minute The real glories heard Novem-
replacement for Pavol Breslik. ber 22 (besides Verdi’s) were the
The American tenor has a some- propulsive conducting of Yan-
what adenoidal timbre under nick Nézet-Séguin (hailed by
pressure, but a better technique
than his Slovakian “It Boy” col-
league Breslik has exhibited
the audience) and the magiste-
rial Filippo of Ferruccio Furlan-
etto, who, despite a few grayed
locally. Holding one’s own flaw- top notes, gave the music due
lessly in Ferrando’s mercilessly grandeur and its only truly Ital-
complex music is a real accom- ian flavor.
plishment. Christie brought None emerged in the nobly
some genuine insights as well; enacted, beautifully phrased,
inserted cadenzas and other but alarmingly poorly vocal-
decorations were apt and pleas- ized Posa of Simon Keenlyside
ing. Still, the music and drama (also hailed by an audience
rarely breathed. which increasingly hears with
Duane Schuler’s Neapolitan its eyes), the exciting, darkly
lighting and Michael Yeargan’s churning but pitch-challenged
designs remain enjoyable, yet and blowsy Eboli of Anna
little of the acting (save for Miah Smirnova (a débutante here), or
Persson, seriously overparted the suitably repellent Inquisitor
as Fiordiligi, but still artistic of Eric Halfvarson, who sound-
and moving) had much charm ed like a particularly out-of-hu-
or nuance. The worst offender mor Fafner.
was Danielle de Niese, unbear- Oddest of all was Marina
ably mannered in recitative and Poplavskaya’s touching Elisa-
with a tessitura audibly too low betta, properly beautiful and
for her comfort. haughty, but a phrase-by-
In this HD-broadcast bound phrase combination of genu-
cast, touted for its sexiness, ine vocal beauty and sharp,
Isabel Leonard and Nathan awkward singing, lovely piano
Gunn looked great and sang effects and technical insuffi-
fluently if somewhat anony- ciencies. Alexei Tanovitsky, also
mously. Replacing the originally debuting, offered an imposing-
announced Wolfgang Holzmair, voiced Friar.
William Shimell offered aristo- Heard again November 29,
Keenlyside was in much better
voice, though he’ll never own
the Verdi rep. In this show Yong-
houn Lee, a tall, willowy Korean
tenor who can act, made a very
impressive debut as Carlo, sur-
passing Alagna in many ways,
among them pitch and ringing
ease at the top.
A
new, self- described
“scrappy young com-
pany” called Opera Man-
hattan put on a triple-cast “La
Boheme” with a contemporary
slant in one of Off-Off-Broad-
way’s black box Roy Arias Stu-
dios. Heard November 20, it was
an affecting performance due to
producer Elspeth Davis’s inge-
nious use of a tiny space and a
game young cast. The look was
“bohemian” as in East Village
hipster, but Davis wisely avoid-
ed the current cliché of having
an impoverished Rodolfo (Edgar
Jaramillo) on a laptop; only the
charmingly grasping Musetta
of Kristina Semos could afford
a cell phone. Schaunard (Rob-
ert Maril) and Colline (company
co-founder Bryce Smith) were
played as an openly affectionate
gay couple, which made perfect
sense in this context. Some-
how, despite their penury, these
handsome guys did not lack for
access to good haircutters and
product.
Everyone had something to
offer, but the finest work came
fr om Vaughn Lindquist, a
robust-voiced yet nuanced Mar-
cello ready for larger companies.
Anna Noggle, also singing very
creditably, offered an extremely
detailed and moving Mimi; her
big moments evoked tears. The
score, under music director
Lloyd Arriola (piano, prompter)
and Spencer Blank (keyboard),
did indeed emerge scrappy but
spirited, and — unlike other
mini-“Boheme” productions I’ve
seen —the team shirked noth-
ing; the chorus took enthusias-
tic part in the performance.
Next up for Opera Manhat-
tan: Humperdinck’s wayward
siblings, then Floyd’s “Susan-
nah.”
David Shengold (shengold@
yahoo.com) writes about opera
for many venues.
8 - 21 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 11, from p.29
Automagic and DJ Sean B, and there
will be performances by Big Art Group,
Juanita MORE, Rainblo & Machine Daz-
zle, House of Khan, Fura Fura, and Xavier
& Jemma. The party takes place at a
Classon Ave. loft in Brooklyn (visit
spankzine.wordpress.com for an
update on the exact location). Dec.
11, 10 p.m.-4 am. Tickets are $15 at the
door; $10 before 11:30 or at spankzine.
wordpress.com.
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SUN.DEC.12
Fa-La-La Femmes
Brad Loekle, host of the weekly
“Electro Shock Therapy Hour,” presents
hilarious women for a holiday warm-up
–– M. Dickson (Rooftop Comedy Festi-
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HOLIDAY
MON.DEC.13
Santa is a Bear
The Boys of Bearlesque and Mr. Inter-
national Bear 2010 present a hairy ride to
an orgy of Christmas cheer. Stonewall
Inn, 53 Christopher St. near Sheridan
Sq. Dec. 13, 9 p.m.-midnight. Admis-
sion is $10, and there’s a two-drink mini-
mum (with cosmos at only $5). Proceeds
benefit the Ali Forney Center, which pro-
vides housing and social services to New
York’s homeless LGBTQ youth.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
PERFORMANCE
Jackie-50
B r o a d w a y ’s J a c k i e H o f f m a n ,
acclaimed for her hysterical scene-
stealing performances in “ Hairspray,”
“Xanadu,” and currently as Grandma
in “The Addams Family,” presents her
all-new solo show “Jackie Five-Oh!: A
Celebration of Jackie Hoffman’s First
50th Birthday” at Joe’s Pub, inside
the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.,
btwn. E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl. Nov.
29, Dec. 6, 13, 24, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 31, 7
p.m. Tickets are $30 ($40 on Dec. 31) at
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had a sold-out run at the 2009 New York
Musical Theater Festival special events
series, Bradford Scobie’s Moisty tells the
tale of how one little gay snowman can
make a difference. Compiled from snow,
cigarette butts, White Castle wrappers,
dog doo, and mulch, the filthy snowman
comes to life when an enchanted orange
traffic cone is placed upon his head.
This enthusiastic, optimistic, kind-
hearted but self-centered snowman is
“queenier than Johnny Weir at a Fire
Island tea dance” and simply adores
Christmas. So when mean Mayor Bloom-
burger-Meisterburger (Patricia Dell) and
her hulking henchman, Snow Monster
(Stephen Vera), decide to cancel Christ-
mas, Moisty embarks on a journey to find
Santa Claus and bring the holidays back
to the city.
Along the way, he meets a mess of
misfits from the Island of Recalled Toys,
including Brooklyn teenage homeboy
Yoyo the Elf (Dorian Shorts), toxic lesbi-
an rag-doll Jaggedy Ann (Deanna Glov-
er), and the Baby Jesus himself (a prop).
When the gang finally finds Santa Claus,
they discover he has gone through a dra-
matic change. Trannie Claus?
“Everyone should experience ‘Moisty
The Snowman,’” Hill said. “Moisty’s a
wonderful, twisted, and whacked out
holiday character who is played master-
fully by Bradford Scobie.”
The show runs December 3-4 and
10-11 at 9:30 p.m. at Dixon Place, 161A
Chrystie Street, between Rivington and
Delancey Streets. Tickets are $20 at dix-
onplace.org or 212-219-0736. Guests can
enjoy a $1 discount on drinks with their
program, and are invited to stay after the
show to meet the cast.
B
rooklyn gets bare this winter
when the neo-Baroque dance-
theater group Company XIV
presents the world premiere of “Nut-
cracker Rouge,” an erotic, sensuous re-
Deannna Glover is Jaggedy Ann, one of the misfits Moisty meets on the Island of Recalled Toys.
8 – 21 DEC 2010
The inimitable Murray Hill returns with his annual Christimas show on December 18.
imagining of the beloved “Nutcracker”
tale. Choreographed and conceived by
artistic director Austin McCormick,
with a script adapted and written by
Jeff Takacs, the show contains partial
nudity and fully opulent flair.
“I conceptualized the show with a
respectful nod to the ‘Nutcracker’ bal-
let while infusing it with a style I am call-
ing Baroque Burlesque, a synthesis of
iconic striptease and the 17th century
noble style,” said McCormick. “Led by
her godfather, Heir Drosselmeyer, Marie-
Claire is transported into the Kingdom of
the Sweets, a sensual world where scant-
ily clad confections show her the ropes in
pursuit of winning her Nutcracker Prince’s
love. The show is at once sumptuously
classical and decadently dangerous, com-
plete with gender-bending, erotic choreog-
raphy, and barely-there costumes.”
Called “inventive and brainy, a high-
entertainment mix of music-hall, caba-
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ret, theater, and dance” by the New York
Times, McCormick’s work garners wide-
spread critical acclaim.
From their home in a converted tow
truck warehouse at 303 Bond Street in
Boerum Hill, the Company XIV ensemble
of Marisol Cabrera, Laura Careless, Sean
Gannon, Yeva Glover, Michael Hodge,
Mina Lawton, David Martinez, Delphina
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Parenti, Marla Phelan, and Jeff Takacs
will bring “The Nutcracker” to life in a
way that Balanchine could never have
imagined. The extravaganza includes
an eclectic blend of music, from Tchaik-
ovsky to Vivaldi to Duke Ellington, and
text inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s
adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s “The Nut-
cracker” as well as Charles Perrault’s
“Little Red Riding Hood.”
Company XIV will donate 50 percent
of all profits to the Ali Forney Center (ali-
forneycenter.org), which provides safe
and decent housing as well as social
services to homeless LGBT youth across
New York.
“Nutcracker Rouge” runs December
10-12, 17-19, and 31; and January 1-2
and 7-9 at 303 Bond Street, between
Union and Sackett Streets. Tickets are
$25-$40 at CompanyXIV.com or 800-838-
3006. No one under 16 years old will be
admitted.
F
inally, for musical thrills with-
out the frills, join in a commu-
nity concert at Phil Kline’s “Unsi-
lent Night.” At 7 p.m. on December 18,
beginning in Washington Square Park,
a procession of boom box-wielding par-
ticipants will wend their way through
Greenwich Village to Tompkins Square
Park, playing cassettes and CDs of holi-
day songs provided by Kline. Think of it
as caroling for the modern set. For infor-
mation, visit unsilentnight.com.


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■ IN THE NOH
Seasonal Voices
Natalie’s activism, Legere’s legends, Brinberg’s Barbra, Teutonic divas
BY DAVID NOH
T
he New York Times offi-
cially initiated its Film
Club on December 2,
with a red carpet screening of
Sonia Nassery Cole’s “The Black
Tulip,” a powerful drama of one
Afghan family’s struggle against
the Taliban.
The film was followed by a
performance by its associate
producer, Natalie Cole, who,
sparkling in silver Kaufman-
Franco, brought her refulgent
vocals to “Smile,” “Unforgetta-
ble,” and two songs featured in
the movie. She told me, “Sonia
[no relation] and I have known
each other for many years, and
when she started the Afghani-
stan World Foundation, I joined
the board. Two years ago she
gave me this script and we kept
going over it, tightening it up. I
ended up meeting her music
composer, Chris Young, and
making some additions to ‘The
Freedom Song,’ and ‘Forever
One Love’ right there at Capitol
Records.”
Political activism is new for
Cole: “It’s pretty much an anti-
Taliban film. Sonia’s on a mis-
sion and I get it, so we’re hop-
ing the world gets a chance to
see it. No other film has been
made like it, certainly not by
a woman, and they haven’t
allowed a film to be made in
Afghanistan in over 30 years, so
there’s a lot of history-making
going on. It wasn’t a big budget
and it was scary working on the
film amidst bombs and soldiers.
Everyone really sacrificed to
make this film.
“Afghan women are very fierce
and determined, not little wuss-
es at all. The burka is cool, in a
way. These days it’s not used as
a form of shame, but for priva-
cy, moving through the streets
and not being bothered. I wore a
scarf the whole time I was there
whenever we stepped outside,
but I liked that.
“Musically, there won’t be a
new CD from me any time soon.
I’m so busy doing some other
stuff right now, but think I’ll
start writing in January for a
new record. My book came out
two weeks ago, about the jour-
ney of my health and the miracle
that happened with it. There’s a
Natalie Cole was associate producer of Sonia Nassery Cole’s “The Black Tulip,” and performed two
songs from the film at the New York Times Film Club screening on December 2.
song that they’re remixing as we
speak that’s also the title of the
book, ‘Love Brought Me Back.’”
A
nother definite music
survivor is Phoebe
Legere, who is playing
with her quintet at Iridium on
December 2 (1650 Broadway
at 51st St., 8-10 p.m.; ridium-
jazzclub.com). Although much
younger, Native American, Vas-
sar-educated Legere is like the
Cher of the downtown New York
music scene –– cockroach-inde-
structible and retaining the sex-
iness and exquisite bombshell
looks we’ve known from the
1980s. I shared champers and
chatter with her at her charm-
ing Loisada studio, and she told
me, “My show is going to be the
usual mix of sexual/ political
commentary couched in fun,
feathers, glitter, happiness,
and joy. It will be totally mixed-
media new in that there will be
screens onstage and I’ll show
my paintings, clearly rooted in
queer theory and aesthetics.
“Cabaret has to grow up –– it’s
become a very elitist art form,
way too expensive and too much
in the past, like a museum. I
will always sing songs from the
Great American Songbook, but
to these I add my own composi-
tions, which will always be my
commentary on how we are liv-
ing now. That’s what songs are
8 – 21 DEC 2010
the president, and he was that
strange kind of woman-hating
gay man who once said, ‘I would
rather be lowered into a pit of
snakes than be with a woman.’
So the chemistry was not there,
especially when I refused to
change the same-sex kiss lyric
in my song about Marilyn Mon-
roe. But I remained friends with
Larry. He came over two weeks
before his death and tried to
fuck me.
“I wasn’t sure who Hunter
SYLVAIN GABOURY/PATRICK MCCULLAN.COM
Thompson was at first — not
really my era and hadn’t read
his books. But a mutual friend
brought me into his kitchen in
the Rockies and Hunter was
there, doing cocaine. The reason
I was brought there was because
Hunter had kind of lost his inspi-
ration, couldn’t get an erection
anymore –– coke dick –– and he
wasn’t writing. They thought I
would kick start the whole thing,
supposed to do — make sense but the minute we met, I knew
out of a very chaotic, violent, he was a kindred spirit.
weird world.” “Here’s a painting of Hunter
An out lesbian, Legere cites holding a gun to my heart, which
the influence of three major has no safety on it. He later shot
male mentors –– “Eloise” illus- –– a superficial flesh wound ––
trator Hilary Knight, painter his housekeeper, Deborah, and I
Larry Rivers, and writer Hunter believe the gunplay was all about
S. Thompson. sexual frustration, not being able
“Larry and I were introduced to ejaculate.
formally at the home of Corne- “But of course he was perfect
lius Conboy, who ran the club for me, so I moved in with him.
8BC,” she said. “His lover was He was a great cuddler and
poet John Ashbery, the ex-lover found the most fabulous les-
of Frank O’Hara. I was much bian pornography and we’d sit
more interested in John than and watch it, and he’d say, ‘You
Larry because of his fantas- really like that, don’t you?’ He
tic Proustian mind. Larry was really understood who I was and
in black leather pants, and I taught me a lot about writing.”
thought he was kind of corny. One Legere painting, “Matt
But he pursued me like mad Dillon,” is a graphic depiction of
and finally came to hear me sex with the then young star:
play the piano at the gay restau- “After the debacle with Epic, I
rant Company. I was wearing had $26 in the bank, and the
a beautiful vintage rhinestone club Limelight asked me to play
bracelet, and Larry said, ‘I want there. One month before, Epic
to buy that.’ I said, ‘Fine. I want
a thousand dollars.’ He pulled
the money out of his pocket
had said they were going to turn
me into a combination of Stre-
isand and Madonna, and then
and put the bracelet on and sat there I was, playing this shit-
around preening, and I thought, hole. Freddie, the VIP lounge
‘This guy is really too gay!’ host, said, ‘Why don’t you hang
“He finally said, ‘What do you out with these stars?’ Matt and I
want? I will give you anything.’ If ended up going on several dates;
I’d had any brains I would have he was definitely too dumb for
said a building on the Lower me, but a large and beautifully
East Side, but I didn’t, and said formed cock which I could appre-
I wanted a record contract and ciate — fat — and here I tried to
within 24 hours I was signed to
Epic Records. Matt Weiss was 䉴 IN THE NOH, continued on p.34
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14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 13, from p.30
joespub.com or 212-967-7555. For table
reservations, guaranteeing a seat, call
212-539-8778. Table service includes a
two-drink or $10 food minimum
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
Oh, Mary!
Micah Bucey, who Next magazine
said could be the love child of Charles
Nelson Reilly and Jerry Lewis, and pia-
nist Nicholas Williams present their two-
man-musical-theatre-post-punk-band
in performance with the Gay Agenda,
including Mike Albo, Ruby Rims, and
a sleighful of queer comrades, in an
evening they call “A Very Mary Holiday
Celebration.” The ensemble wield show
tunes to celebrate the birth of Christ, cap-
italism, and cultural warfare. Josh Hecht
directs, if that’s the right word. Joe’s
Pub, inside the Public Theater, 425
Lafayette St. , btwn. E. Fourth St. &
Astor Pl. Dec. 13, 9:30 p.m. Tickets are
$15 at joespub.com or 212-967-7555. For
table reservations, guaranteeing a seat,
call 212-539-8778. Table service includes
a two-drink or $12 food minimum.
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FILM
Sisterhood
“Women are made, not born,” said
Simone de Beauvoir. And Agnes Varda
sets out to prove it in “One Sings, the
Other Doesn’t,” an unabashed paean to
female solidarity from 1977. The genesis
of this goodhearted story about the inti-
mate friendship between two very differ-
ent women came straight out of Varda’s
experience traveling in the US and wit-
nessing the birth of Women’s Lib at the
end of the 1960s. Powerhouse poet and
performance artist Pamela Sneed hosts
this rare screening of Varda’s vibrant,
colorful film. IFC Center, 323 Sixth
Ave. at W. Third St. Dec. 13, 8 p.m. For
complete information & tickets, visit ifc-
center.com.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
PERFORMANCE
TUE.DEC.14
A Blood Red
Christmas
Downtown vaudevillian Trav S.D.
(“No Applause, Just Throw Money”),
appearing as Saucy Jack, hosts “Jack
the Ripper’s Holiday Spectacular,” a dark-
ly humorous Bowery music hall holiday
extravaganza featuring his chorus line
the Bleedin’ Tarts, piano man Albert Gar-
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䉴 IN THE NOH, from p.32
get his exact shade of pink.”
I told Legere that my favorite
color in the world was cockhead
pink, prompting her to cry, “We
should make a whole line of
men’s clothes in Cockhead Pink,
velvets!”
Being ripped off by the likes
of Madonna and Gaga is some-
thing Legere takes in her stride,
and she doesn’t begrudge today’s
youth: “Though it’s still hard,
these queer kids didn’t come up
with quite the chip I had on my
shoulder. If you knew the hell
that I and my bass player and
lover, Susan Rakowksi, went
through as out gay women in the
early 1980s, ostracized as lep-
ers when people discovered they
couldn’t sleep with us. Hundreds
of painful stories as feminists
with no support structure.
“Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to
help us out by sending us to his
manager, Howard Marks. Marks
knew we were gay, 17-year-old
virgins, and said, ‘I want to sleep
with Susie.’ I went ballistic. First
of all, this is my girlfriend, and
he wants me to allow him to
violate her, take her virginity,
to prove his power over these
two little gay girls? I was sexu-
ally harassed constantly, but
this hurt more, him expecting
me to say, ‘I want to be a star,
go ahead, have my girlfriend.’ I
grabbed her and walked out,
and I supposed at that moment
my career was over, no matter
what I did.
“So I really love these young
gay girls being able to walk
down the street, holding hands,
these gay guys of color, so out
there and so beautiful, this
whole new gay young culture.”
S
omeone who just went
ahead and became Stre-
isand, without a record
contract, is Steven Brinberg,
who has been performing as
this most exalted of divas all over
the world since the early 1990s,
and will be at Don’t Tell Mama
on December 18 (343 W. 46th
St., 8:30 p.m.; dontellmamanyc.
com) and Metropolitan Room on
January 8 (34 W. 22nd St., 9:30
p.m.; metropolitanroom.com).
Brinberg’s voice, uncannily
similar to Streisand’s, has been
praised by such hard-to-please
souls as Arthur Laurents — who
told him, “This is like Barbra if
she went into a funhouse and
looked in a mirror. You should
have a show of your own!” –– and
Stephen Sondheim, who saw
him at Mama’s.
8 – 21 DEC 2010
COURTESY OF STEVEN BRINBERG
Reinhold Schünzel wrote and directed 1933’s “Viktor und Viktoria.”
and two in the Bronx, where I
grew up, although I’d say River-
dale if I wanted to impress any-
Someone who just went ahead and became one and the Bronx when apply-
Streisand, without a record contract, is Ste- ing for financial aid.”
ven Brinberg. Brinberg has performed every-
where from a Long Island public
Brinberg said, “He wrote me a library with just a boom box to
fan letter, and I was hired to sing
at his 70th birthday celebra-
tion at the Library of Congress.
a Catherine Zeta Jones party.
“Lauren Bacall was there, and I
said, ‘Hi, Mom!’ [from “The Mirror
People then thought it maybe Has Two Faces’] and she froze,
wasn’t a good idea, and he told but Joan Rivers said, ‘You sound
me, ‘There was a series of little just like her, but you know that!’
resistances to you, not one big I don’t work the crowd in drag
one, but I put my foot down and usually afterwards, and was in
you’re in it.’ Once I wanted to the kitchen taking off my make-
sing ‘In Buddy’s Eyes,’ but with a up when Zeta Jones walked in
lyric change which I knew would to have a cigarette and said, ‘You
have to be approved, so I called are unbelievable! I want to bring
him and asked, and he said, you to Wales to sing for my par-
‘Just write down the words and ents!’ I asked to take a picture
send them to me.’ The lyric was with her and that’s when she
‘I’m still the princess, Princess of had this lawsuit with ‘Hello!’
Tides,’ but he said, ‘“I’m still the magazine, and she said, ‘I can’t
princess, to the Prince of Tides” take a picture, but here...’ And
would be funnier and make she opened her purse and gave
more sense lyrically. But try it me her bottle of Salvador Dali
out.’ I did it both ways, and told perfume, without the cap, but
him mine got a bigger laugh, so still. Very Joan Crawford because
he said, ‘That’s fine.’” she knew how meaningful that
Brinberg has never actually would be for me.”
met Streisand, “but nearly every-
T
body else — her sister, Donna his winter you’ll find me at
Karan for whom I performed, as MOMA for “Weimar Cin-
I have with Marvin Hamlisch, ema, 1919–1933: Day-
who tried to get me hired for her dreams and Nightmares” (11 W.
concert. She definitely knows 53rd St., through Mar. 7; moma.
who I am now, and I’m not really org), a jaw-dropping assemblage
afraid of meeting her and being of German film rarities, from
disappointed. If she ever came my favorite, artistically oh-so
to see me, I’d either freeze, which fecund period. I once spent an
I don’t think so, or give the per- entire day reveling in the Berlin
formance of my life. Liza Minnelli Filmmuseum, and will delight in
was sitting right next to me once discovering the histrionic riches
and loved it. If I had the chance, on display here.
I wouldn’t ask her about her The sprightly, doll-like Lilian
career but about Chinese food. Harvey enchanted the world in
She worked as a cashier in a res- her international musical suc-
taurant as a teenager and would cess “Congress Dances” before
know exactly what I was talking, being brought to Hollywood for
this chow men, chicken broccoli, four abysmal Fox features. She
and American Chinese food I’m later aided Nazi escapees; Elisa-
obsessed with that’s now extinct. beth Bergner was the most high-
It was first generation Chinese ly regarded, imitated actress of
food that went out of fashion by her day with her Streisand looks
the 1970s when Szechuan came and whisperingly intimate, mer-
in. I grew up with it, and there’s curial, echt-Viennese talent.
only one place in Queens that Asta Nielsen, who resembled a
has it now, one on Staten Island, man in drag, turned down the
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14 DAYS
COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 14, from p.32
zon (of Ixion Burlesque), country band the
Tall Pines, contortionist Amy Harlib, side-
show/ burlesque performer Foxxx Trot,
chanteuse Lorinne Lampert, and a special
holiday radio play featuring a company
offer of her own studio by Goeb- of dulcet-toned comic thespians. Bow-
bels himself, aided Jews dur- ery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, btwn.
ing World War II, and delivered Houston and Bleecker Sts. Dec. 14,
stark performances as uncom- 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 at bowerypoetry.
promising as her looks. Charm- com or 212-614-0505.
ing Renate Muller, in the origi- ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
nal German ‘Victor Victoria”, is
perhaps the most fascinating
— extremely popular, she was
courted by the Nazis for propa-
ganda films but refused, and FILM
WED.DEC.15
died at 31, after a fall from a When
high window — a probable vic- Radiance=Death
tim of the Gestapo, although it Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in
was ruled a suicide. 1960, spent much of the New York’s
crime-ridden 1970s covering the city
F
inally, is there a more with the graffiti tag SAMO. In 1981, he
glamorous lesbian pres- put paint on canvas for the first time,
ence in all film than the and by 1983 he had emerged as an
sumptuous Dominique Sanda artist with “rock star status,” becom-
in Bernardo Bertolucci’s trium- ing a close friend and collaborator of
phantly Deco masterpiece “The Warhol’s. He died of a heroin overdose
Conformist,” which is being in 1988 at the age of only 27. Today his
screened both at Film Forum paintings sell for more than $1 million
(209 W. Houston St., Dec. each. Tamra Davis investigates this
17-23; filmforum.org) and at charismatic man who rode the roller-
MOMA (11 W. 53rd St., Dec. 15, coaster of downtown arts scene fame
8 p.m.; moma.org), in its Berto- –– but for less than seven years –– in
lucci tribute? Her seduction of “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant
Stefania Sandrelli, while prone Child.” Film Forum, 209 W. Hous-
in bed and during an unforget- ton St. Dec. 15-21, 1:15, 3:15, 6, 8 &
table same-sex tango, repre- 10 p.m. Information at filmforum.org.
sents cinema at its most deliri- ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
ously erotic.
Bertolucci’s oeuvre has also CABARET
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䉴 WARSAW, from p.3
a wide gap between march par-
ticipants and an organized gang
of hundreds of right-wing Cath-
olic and neo-Nazi youth, who
unleashed a rain of eggs, rocks,
and fire rockets into the parade.
Although homophobia is
still widespread and virulent in
Poland, Lezierski’s victory is a
sign that attitudes are begin-
ning to change.
The new openly gay City
Council member said his elec-
tion campaign was relatively
free of any gay-baiting or racist
backlash.
“There was a little something
about my being gay,” Lezier -
ski told Gay City News, “but it
was not a strong attack. And
being black is not a problem
in Warsaw or even in Poland,”
undoubtedly because there are
hardly any blacks in the coun-
try.
Lezierski said that media
coverage of his remarkable vic-
tory was “mostly positive; it
was cool. Yes, there were a few
homophobic comments posted
by readers on the websites of
some of the newspapers, but
on the whole the coverage was
something positive,” another
sign of change.
“All the television stations
covered my victory, and they’ve
all invited me to appear on their
talk shows — except for the TV
station controlled by the Kac-
zynskis,” he added.
The Kaczynskis’ Law and
Justice Party suffered a serious
setback when it was defeated
by Tusk’s Civic Platform in the
2007 parliamentary elections
and Tusk replaced Jaroslav
Kaczynski as prime minister.
But, Lezierski noted, the only
real change in the gover n-
ment’s attitude toward gays has
been the absence of the overt
homophobic rhetoric and policy
initiatives that characterized the
䉴 BRIEFS, from p.12
Martin Sullivan, defended the deci-
sion to remove the video by saying
“some of the accounts of this got
out so virally and so vehemently
that people were leaping to a con-
clusion that we were intentionally
trying to provoke Christians or spoil
the Christmas season.” While
acknowledging to the Times that
Wojnarowicz worked with “vivid,
colorful imagery and sometimes
shocking metaphors” to represent
“the reality of the suffering of the
AIDS epidemic in Latin American
8 – 21 DEC 2010 WWW.GAYCITYNEWS.COM
Kaczynskis’ reign. commented on Smiszek’s sexu- “I felt that something was
Under the Kaczynskis, for
example, there were initia-
tives to ban homosexuals from
al orientation in a debate which
was in no way connected to his
person. Therefore, it is evident
wrong with the fear of homo-
sexuals, so I wrote a letter to
the Catholic bishop explaining
14 DAYS
teaching in the public schools,
and there was an incessant rain
of homophobic declarations
from cabinet members and the
that she was attempting to dis-
credit him by capitalizing on
homophobia. We find this par-
ticularly deplorable for a politi-
who we are, and I asked people
to join in signing this letter,”
Lezierski said, and then added
with a chuckle, “I was terri-
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 15, from p.34
prime minister, who condemned cian of her ranking, and even bly naïve. I thought if we just
homosexuality as “unnatural” more so coming from someone explained things, that would be COMEDY
behavior that the state must who is entrusted with ensuring enough!” Sank Shots
prevent from “infecting” others. equal treatment in the coun- Then he began working with In a “Smoking Gun” edition of “That
“Tusk and his people may try.” a gay group, Lambda Warsaw. Sank Show,” host Adam Sank welcomes
have stopped using hate lan- Despite the lack of sympathy “Our first project was to try two of the stars from truTV’s popular
guage against us,” Lezierski from Prime Minister Tusk and to get a training program for “Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumb-
told this reporter, “but they still his ruling Civic Platform party, young policemen about homo- est...” series –– Emmy-winning lesbian
think gays are not normal, and Lezierski said that the next big sexuality and homophobia,” he comedian Judy Gold, whose latest one-
we can’t get anything positive item on the gay agenda will be said. “We had no success, but woman show is called “It’s Jewdy’s Show
from them.” the introduction of a gay and we did eventually manage to get –– My Life as a Sitcom,” and “Smoking
In September, Tusk’s min- lesbian domestic partnership a link to an LGBT group put on Gun” fave Brad Loekle, who is the host of
ister for Equal Treatment, Elz- act in Parliament next year. the police website.” the Sunday evening comedy series at Ther-
bieta Radziszewska, claimed “Even if it doesn’t pass, the After he opened Le Madame apy Bar. Edison Apple, from Logo’s “Laugh-
in an interview in the Catholic important thing is to create and became its master of rev- ing Matters,” also appears. Bar-Tini Ultra
weekly Gość Niedzielny that public discussion,” Lezierski els, the club was not only a fun Lounge , 642 Tenth Ave., btwn. 45th &
private Catholic schools could said. “If attitudes in this coun- place to go out for the evening, 46th Sts. Dec. 15, 8 p.m. There is no cover
refuse to hire a lesbian as a try are beginning to change, it’s but also held regular debates charge or drink minimum.
teacher, despite the fact that because we’ve become more on gay questions and a host ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
the Polish Labor Code bans and more visible, and we can of other political issues. It also
discrimination based on sexual educate people if we explain provided a stage for hundreds NIGHTLIFE
orientation. what the domestic partnership of plays and performance art O, 69!
In a televised debate on this project is and why it is needed.” pieces, many of which chal- Guitarist Chris Padilla and Jonathan
issue with Krzystof Smiszek of Lezierski says he first began lenged restrictive sexual codes Griffith and JC Alvarez of the New York
the Polish Society of Anti-Dis- to come out “when I was 14 and mores. cable program “Talking About” appear
crimination Law (PSAL), she or 15, and I realized I just Le Madame was, in short, tonight at “P*rno Bingo,” in an evening
publicly disclosed his sexual wasn’t interested in girls, so I everything the Kaczynskis that benefits Queens Pride House, a Jack-
orientation and accused him began discussing this with my hated, which is why they led son Heights-based LGBTQ community cen-
of being biased, saying, “We friends.” the official move that closed the ter facing severe funding cuts in the com-
know that he is a member of He came out in public when club for good. ing year. “P*rno Bingo” has raised nearly
the homosexual society and he had left the small town in By that time, however, Lezier- $140,000 for New York community orga-
an activist for the Campaign conservative southern Poland ski had become a hero to War- nizations over the past six years. Pieces
Against Homophobia and it’s where his mother lived and saw’s gays. Bar, 8 Christopher St. near Greenwich
no secret who his partner is...” went to university in Warsaw. As he prepares to take up his St. & Sixth Ave. Dec. 15, 8-10 p.m.
Poland’s Campaign Against “There was a magazine that new duties on the City Coun- ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
Homophobia (KPH) denounced covered pop culture and need- cil, Gay City News probed as to
the minister’s statement, say- ed a guy to put on the cover to whether he currently has a boy-
ing, “We are deeply astonished
by the words of Radziszewska.
Firstly, her views on anti-dis-
illustrate an article on gays,
and they asked me,” Lezierski
recalled. “I said yes. That’s how
friend.
“No, but if there’s somebody
out there who’d like to get mar- PERFORMANCE
THU.DEC.16
crimination law are not in line my mother found out I was gay. ried, just call me!” Lezierski said Breast or Leg?
with Polish law or European It was a little bit of a shock for with a hearty laugh, adding, Jackie Beat’s “All-You-Can-Eat Christ-
standards of equal treatment. her, and it took her two or three “That’s a good way to end this mas” is a comedy and music smorgasbord
This raises serious concerns years to be okay with it. My fam- interview, isn’t it?” of deliciously blackened holiday classics
of her competence to hold her ily are all quite Catholic.” mixed with a heapin’ helpin’ of hammy new
position.” Lezierski’s first steps as a gay Doug Ireland can be reached material. Who cares if we’re still at war
The gay group continued, activist came during his second through his blog, DIRELAND, at and the unemployment rate is sky-high?
“Furthermore, Radziszewska year at university. http://direland.typepad.com/. The only question you need to ask your-
self around this time of year is, “Breast or
a leg?” The Laurie Beechman Theater,
culture,” Sullivan said Donohue’s Ironically, two of the “NEA repeated anti-gay harassment in ing violation complaints on him to inside West Bank Café, 407 W. 42nd St.
and Cantor’s reactions were based 4,” Tim Miller and Holly Hughes, the 103rd precinct in Queens, he clear. When he complained, he Dec. 16-19, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20-22
on “misperceptions.” are current performing shows in followed senior brass suggestions was charged with insubordina- at spincyclenyc.com or 212-352-3101.
He acknowledged that the New York. that he transfer to IAB. There, his tion, the Voice reports. There is a $15 food/ drink minimum.
gallery would face criticism from suit claims, he encountered a “frat- Perhaps the most bizarre ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
defenders of artistic freedom. The IAB Needs house” climate where “fudgepack- twist in the story is the alleged
Two decades ago, similar an IAB er,” “homo,” and “faggot” were reaction of a department psy- READING
controversies broke out after a Last week’s Village Voice freely bandied about. One fellow chiatrist Doe was ordered to see Lesbian Erotica
museum in Cincinnati mounted reported a disturbing story about officer, who accused Doe of “look- in the wake of lodging a formal Come hear five contributors to this
a controversial exhibition of gay the blatant and vulgar homopho- ing at my package,” took to rou- complaint. The doctor asked him year’s installment of “Best Lesbian Erotica”
photographer Robert Mappletho- bia that a gay detective alleges he tinely calling him a “meat gazer” if he planned to sue. (edited by Kathleen Warnock) read their
rpe’s work and when Congress bul- experienced in the NYPD’s Internal (that’s a new one on me). “The most disturbing thing work at “Drunken! Careening! Writers! Lea
lied the National Endowment for Affairs Bureau. In a suit filed anon- Doe also alleges that his supe- is that it has been continuing for DeLaria, the beloved jazz musician, Broad-
the Arts to pull funding from four ymously under the name “John riors harassed him in the work years,” one of Doe’s lawyers, Ish- way diva, actor, writer, and stand-up comic,
controversial performances artists, Doe,” the 33-year Long Island they assigned him, at one point mael Secondas, told the Voice.
three of them gay or lesbian. native alleges that after enduring dumping a backlog of 1,700 park- “I’ve never had a case like this.” 䉴 DEC 16, continued on p.38
WWW.GAYCITYNEWS.COM 8 – 21 DEC 2010 37

䉴 HUGHES, from p.24
HH: What is interesting to me is the
vehemence that gay people who are
not down with the gay marriage issue
display. That’s the kind of question I
want to address in the show. Why are
they so threatened? In the commu-
nity, there’ve always been people that
have been coupled.
There are other things that people
are doing in greater numbers that
do change what it means to be gay. I
would argue that having kids changes
the community more than if you can
get your partner’s Social Security
benefits or if you can both see each
other in the hospital.
CS: Some LGBTQ folk believe that
with marriage equality, we’ll lose our
outsider status, that we’ll no longer
be sexual outlaws.
HH: That’s definitely an anxiety,
but it’s very regional. I divide my time
between New York and Ann Arbor. Cer-
tainly in the Midwest, I would argue,
it’s a lot harder just to be a garden-
variety gay person than to be “queer-
er-than-thou” in the East Village. It’s
kind of impossible to be queer in a
rural place, except in theory. [Laughs.]
Unless you want to be hated.
CS: If you and Esther decide to
marry, how would it change your lives?
HH: I don’t think having my civil
rights would make me any less radi-
cal in my thinking, but I wouldn’t
have to worry when I’m traveling with
Esther if there was a medical emer -
gency whether they’d accept our med-
ical power of attorney.
I would argue that having kids changes the
community more than if you can get your
partner’s Social Security benefits.
CS: Have you had this problem hap-
pen?
HH: We were in Rutherfordton, North
Carolina, in the foothills of the Smokey
Mountains. We have an RV because
we’re crazy dog people, and we were at
this campground devoted to people and
their dogs. One morning Esther says to
me, “I have a chest pain that I’ve had
for a couple of weeks.” We went to an
urgent care guy who said everything is
okay but there’s one blood test.
In the middle of the night, he calls
us and says to Esther, “You have a
pulmonary embolism. You can’t wait
until the morning; you have to go to
the nearest hospital immediately. It’s
a life-threatening condition and you
could die at any minute.” The whole
way there, we’re driving in the dark,
trying to find the hospital with this
death sentence hanging over us —
but we were worried about our story.
CS: What story did you tell?
HH: That I was her sister. The minute
we went inside, they asked, “Who are
you?” There was sort of a moment and
then they said, “O-kay.” Thankfully, it
turned out to be nothing. Apart from gay
marriage, who the fuck should care? I’m
the person with this person. I’m com-
mitted to her. I’m her next of kin.
CS: Will you or won’t you eventu-
ally tie the knot?
HH: Esther and I have talked a lot
about getting married, and we haven’t
been able to bring ourselves to do it.
We haven’t reconciled whether we
want a ceremony — or how much of a
ceremony. I’m like, “Let’s get Carmeli-
ta Tropicana or Marga Gomez or Mur-
ray Hill.” She’s like, “Don’t turn it into
a performance and a bunch of gags.”
Esther is butch, but she’s really
devoted to dressing in casual clothes.
She won’t wear anything that’s
uncomfortable. But I’m like, “You
should be uncomfortable. It’s your
wedding!” [Pause.] We might have to
do it separately. [Laughs.]
CS: Would you share a line from
“Let Them Eat Cake” that gives read-
ers a hint about the show?
HH: One of the characters says, “I
don’t want to do this. I never wanted
to do this. I think the problem with
gay marriage is gay marriage. And I’m
glad I’m not the only one.”
That opens up the opportunity for
the audience to weigh in. If you’re
against gay marriage, this is the play
to come to!
The December 9, 7:30 p.m. perfor-
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Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry’s
executive director, presents a post-
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䉴 DADT, from p.1
debate over the annual Penta-
gon budget bill that contains
repeal provisions.
The House passed the
spending authorization bill
with the same repeal language
in May. But, in a December 1
letter signed by all 42 GOP sen-
ators, Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell warned Harry Reid,
the Democratic majority lead-
er, that they would block con-
sideration of any lame duck
business unless the issue of
extending the Bush era tax
cuts was resolved to their satis-
faction.
The White House and Reid
have repeatedly insisted that
getting Senate approval of
DADT repeal was among the
priorities in the lame duck ses-
sion. Resolving the tax impasse
opens up the possibility of mov-
ing on repeal, as well as on other
key Obama goals such as ratifi-
cation of the START II nuclear
arms treaty with Russia. The
extension of unemployment
benefits, the other main Demo-
cratic objective discussed, was
part of the tax deal announced
by the White House.
Hearings held December 2
and 3 by the Armed Services
Committee, in which ten top mil-
itary officials, including Defense
Secretary Robert Gates, testified
about the findings of a special
Pentagon Working Group study-
ing repeal, offered hope that
Reid can find the 60 votes nec-
essary to overcome Republican
opposition to moving forward.
The Senate first tried to
debate the budget bill in Sep-
tember, but GOP opponents of
repeal, led by Armed Services
Committee ranking Republican
John McCain, were successful
in keeping every Republican in
line and winning the support of
Arkansas Democrats Blanche
Lincoln and Mark Pryor to block
any action.
After last week’s hearings
ended, Massachusetts Repub-
lican Scott Brown –– who voted
against the repeal language pro-
posed for the Pentagon appro-
priations bill when the Armed
Services committee considered
it in May and sided with his
GOP colleagues in September ––
endorsed repeal.
In a written statement issued
early in the afternoon of Decem-
ber 3, Brown said, “Having
reviewed the Pentagon report,
having spoken to active and
retired military service mem-
bers, and having discussed the
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Michael Mullen, testifying in February before the Senate Armed Services Committee, returned
last week to push for final repeal action.
matter privately with Defense
Secretary Gates and others, I
accept the findings of the report
and support repeal based on the
secretary’s recommendations
that repeal will be implemented
only when the battle effective-
ness of the forces is assured
and proper preparations have
been completed.”
Later that day, Maine’s Susan
Collins, another Armed Services
Committee Republican, said she
too would vote to end DADT ––
assuming she is satisfied with
the terms Reid establishes for
the floor debate on the overall
budget bill.
“Once the tax issue is
resolved, I have made it clear
that if the majority Leader
brings the Defense Authoriza-
tion bill to the floor with suf-
ficient time allowed for debate
and amendments, I would vote
to proceed to the bill,” she said
in a written statement.
Collins’ caveat about timing
and process, however, points up
the risks of reading too much
into what happened in the wake
of last week’s hearings. In May,
Collins voted with the Demo-
crats to advance the budget bill
with repeal language intact to
the Senate floor. Then in Sep-
tember, complaining about the
rules for debate and amend-
ments Reid had proposed, she
sided with her party to block
consideration of the bill.
Leading advocates for repeal
are mindful of the roadblocks
that remain. After Brown and
Collins put out their December
3 statements, Aubrey Sarvis,
executive director of Service-
members Legal Defense Net-
work, which leads the charge
on ending DADT, told Gay City
News that dragging out the tax
extension debate would imperil
8 – 21 DEC 2010
that effort while not necessar-
ily guaranteeing anything for
Obama and his party in return.
“If the Democrats are going to
cut a deal in late December or in
February, they might as well do
it now so we can get on to other
things,” Sarvis said.
In a conference call earlier
last week to discuss the Pen-
tagon Working Group report
issued on November 30, Sarvis
said Reid will have to accede to
Republican demands that some
as yet unspecified number of
amendments be allowed during
the debate. Saying that “discus-
sions are underway” about this
question on Capitol Hill, he pre-
dicted each side would need to
be given the chance to offer at
least five.
With just three weeks left
before the New Year and Christ-
mas 19 days away, repeal advo-
cates are also worried that the
Senate could simply run out
of time to take up the issue,
with the tax deal not yet been
approved and a potential START
debate looming as well.
Mindful of the dwindling time
left, Senator Joe Lieberman, a
Connecticut Independent Dem-
ocrat who is a leading voice for
repeal, pressed this week for
the Senate to extend its session
beyond the planned December
17 adjournment.
All these inside-baseball con-
siderations come in the wake of
what was a largely good week
for those wishing to open up
military service to openly gay
and lesbian members.
The Working Group report,
the product of ten months of
study, was rolled out on Novem-
ber 30 in a high-profile press
conference by Gates and Admi-
ral Michael Mullen, the chair
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I
strongly urge the Senate to
pass” the measure in December,
Gates said. (According to the
Associated Press, however, the
defense secretary, in remarks
on December 6 to sailors aboard
the USS Abraham Lincoln in the
Arabian Sea, said he was “not
particularly optimistic” the Sen-
ate would act this month)
Even as he specifically reject-
ed the concept of polling or
holding a referendum on repeal
among service members –– say-
ing that would be “antithetical
to our system of government,”
in which the military is under
civilian government control ––
Gates, joined by Mullen, pointed
to an array of findings based on
outreach to active duty mem-
bers and their families showing
a high degree of comfort about a
prospective policy change.
Out of 115,000 service mem-
bers, or 28 percent of those sent
surveys earlier this year, who
made their views known, 70
percent said changing the policy
“would have a positive, mixed,
or no effect.” Fully 69 percent
said they worked alongside
somebody they believed was
gay in their unit, and of those,
92 percent said that the unit’s
“ability to work together” was
“very good,” “good,” or “neither
good nor poor.”
Among military spouses sur-
veyed separately, 74 percent
said that changing the policy
would have no effect on their
views regarding the reenlistment
of their husband or wife, and
only 12 percent said it would
have a negative impact.
After summarizing these
findings and their conclusion
that while repeal could prove
“potentially disruptive in the
䉴 DADT, continued on p.39
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䉴
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DEC 16, from p.36
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Holiday Sounds
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five boroughs. Dance Theater Workshop
in the Bessie Schönberg Theater, 219
W. 19th St. Dec. 17–18, 20, 7:30 p.m.; Dec.
18-19, 2 p.m. There is a 6:30 p.m. pre-show
conversation on Dec. 17 and a post-show talk
on Dec. 18. Tickets are $20, $15 for students
and seniors, at dancetheaterworkshop.org or
212-924-0077.
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The Evidence of a
Quarter Century
Celebrating 25 years of dance perfor-
mance, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE presents
an evening of rarely seen works, with special
appearances by the Dayton Contemporary
Dance Company, Mamadouba Mohamed
Camara, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. at
Ashland Pl., Fort Greene. Dec. 17, 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $35-$55 ($100 ticket includes
a post-show champagne reception with the
artists) at 651ARTS.org or call 718-636-4100.
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CABARET
Rizo Sans Yo-Yo
Cabaret star Lady Rizo is back for an
unchaperoned evening of song and deca-
dence. Her seamless mix of bawdy humor
and elegance has been likened to Mae
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West, but it’s her vocal chops that have
garnered recent attention — in her col-
laborations with Yo-Yo Ma and with
Moby on albums this year. Joe’s Pub,
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Pl., 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 at joespub.
com or 212-967-7555; $20 at the door. For
table reservations, guaranteeing a seat,
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NIGHTLIFE
Bad Santa Bear
“Rockbear Friday: Underbear” is an
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er, cockier, darker, and furrier. Rockbear,
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COMEDY
SUN.DEC.19
Very Naughty
Nativity
Host Brad Loekle welcomes his buddy
Adam Sank (TruTV; NBC’s “Last Comic
Standing”), Jessimae (from the Home-
town Comedy Tour), and “Star Search”
finalist Brian Barry to “The Electro Shock
Therapy Comedy Hour.” Therapy Bar, 348
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charge, and $7 cosmos all night long.
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PERFORMANCE
MON.DEC.20
Take on a Chance
on Mummenschanz
The internationally renowned Swiss
performance troupe Mummenschanz,
which for four decades has captivated
audiences worldwide with its ground-
breaking visuals and transformative, non-
verbal theater that makes inventive use
of forms, shadow and light, and creative
manipulation of sculptural, expressive
masks, appears in a limited engage-
ment at NYU’s Skirball Center for
the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia
Pl. at Washington Sq. S. Dec. 20-22,
26, 31 & Jan. 2, 7-8, 7 p.m.; Dec. 23,
28-30 & Jan. 4-6, 8 p.m.; Dec. 22, 24,
26 & Jan. 2, 8, 2 p.m.; Dec. 31, 4 p.m.;
Jan. 7, 10 p.m. Tickets are $45-$75 at
skirballcenter.nyu.edu.
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short run,” it would not be “the
wrenching experience” some
have “predicted,” Gates offered
a canny rebuttal to repeal crit-
ics’ charge that the process is
moving too quickly for careful
consideration.
Pointing to a recent federal
district court ruling against
DADT that for a matter of days
earlier this fall –– until it was
stayed pending appeal –– forced
the military worldwide to sus-
pend enforcement of the policy,
he said action this year is “a
matter of urgency given stepped-
up court action that created
abrupt, disruptive changes.” He
to act legislatively are rolling the
dice that it will not happen judi-
cially.”
Despite the remarkably posi-
tive tone of the Gates-Mullen
presentation, several cautionary
notes did emerge. First, the two
officials specifically flagged that
30 percent of service members
who responded saw problems
with repeal, with those num-
some cases approaching 60 per-
cent, in certain ground forces
units, especially in the Marine
Corps.
The report Gates and Mullen
released, however, noted that
“while a higher percentage of
Service members in warfight-
ing units predict negative effects
of repeal, the percentage dis-
tinctions between warfighting
units and the entire military are
almost non-existent when asked
about the actual experience of
serving in a unit with someone
“With thorough preparation,
there is a low risk to repeal,” he
said.
That point, however, relates
to the second issue that could,
over time, become a concern
for repeal advocates. Noting
that “an abundance of care and
preparation is needed,” Gates
explicitly stated, “I believe it
would be unwise to push ahead
with full repeal without further
planning among combat units.”
The phrase “full repeal,” in
this formulation, does not relate
to Senate action this month, but
rather to certification that Presi-
dent Obama, Gates, and Mul-
len must make that the policies,
regulations, and training put
in place will ensure that mili-
tary readiness, unit cohesion,
morale, and retention will not be
compromised. Only when that
certification has been made, fol-
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lowed by a 60-day congressional
review, will repeal take effect.
Aubrey Sarvis, the executive
director of the Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network (SLDN),
a leading repeal advocacy group,
said he “did pause” on the dis-
cussion of implementation
offered by Gates and Mullen and
in a subsequent Pentagon brief-
ing by the co-chairs of the spe-
cial Pentagon Working Group
that issued the report –– Gen-
eral Carter Ham, commanding
general of the US Army Europe,
and Jeh Johnson, the Defense
Department’s general counsel.
“I think we should be talk-
ing a few months,” Sarvis said
on the evening of November
30. “And if they are not talking
about that, they are opening
up a whole lot of problems for
themselves.” Sarvis noted that
by late next spring, Congress
will once again begin looking at
the annual Pentagon budget, a
process that could provide anti-
repeal die-hards at least some
chance for mischief, if not out-
right sabotage.
Morale would also likely suf-
fer from an extended period of
ambiguity about what direction
the services are taking on inte-
grating openly gay and lesbian
members, he suggested.
But, as the Armed Services
hearings unfolded at the end
of the week, it was clear that
the Pentagon’s assurances of a
deliberate roll-out of the certi-
fication process was a political
plus among senators. Signal-
ing the stance he would adopt
explicitly in his press statement
on December 3, Brown, ques-
tioning Gates the day before,
elicited a commitment from the
defense secretary that “every-
thing must be done” to prepare
troops and procedures for the
change to come before he would
sign off on the certification
required.
“That’s why I have been very
careful not to say how long this
process will take,” Gates told
Brown.
Jim Webb, a Virginia Demo-
crat who was Ronald Rea-
gan’s Navy secretary and voted
against the repeal language in
May, praised the Working Group
report as “an incredible piece of
work,” and drew out from Admi-
ral Mullen a commitment that
he would also not give his certi-
fication until all significant risks
had been “mitigated.”
Senator Collins said that
even though the report was not
a troop referendum, she was
reassured that repeal did not
pose a problem for most service
members. She also challenged
the notion that the nation’s
current military commitments
overseas preclude repeal at this
time, pointing out that President
Harry Truman’s racial desegre-
gation of the services was car-
ried out during the Korean War.
Other Republicans on the
Armed Services Committee,
meanwhile, doubled down
in their opposition to repeal.
McCain charged that in failing
to query service members on
whether the policy should be
changed, Gates and Mullen had
failed to live up to the standard
of “every great leader I have
known.”
Saxby Chambliss of Geor -
gia pressed Gates and Mul-
len, “What are you going to do
about” what he warned was the
prospect of roughly a quarter
million service members leaving
the military in reaction against
repeal.
And Lindsay Graham of
South Carolina praised the
manner in which DADT is
enforced, saying, “It’s not a situ-
ation where people are hounded
day to day.” That statement flies
in the face of testimony both
heard early this year from for-
mer Air Force Major Mike Almy,
discharged in 2006 based on
evidence obtained without his
consent from his private emails
while he was serving in Iraq.
Last week, Almy told report-
ers that he undertook repeated
efforts to set up a meeting with
McCain after the Arizona sena-
tor belligerently made the same
argument as Graham in response
to questions from the Advocate
and Washington’s Metro Weekly
in September. Almy’s efforts were
rebuffed, as were, Sarvis said,
similar attempts by two former
flag officers who are McCain con-
stituents.
The day after Gates and Mul-
lens testified last week, three out
of the six top military witnesses
who appeared before the com-
mittee voiced significant con-
cerns about the wisdom of mov-
ing ahead now on repeal. Still,
even as the Army and Air Force
chiefs of staff and the Marine
Corps commandant offered
damaging arguments, the most
resistant of the three, General
James Amos of the Marines —
who testified, “I cannot turn my
back on the views of the troops”
— acknowledged that a change
in policy could be handled.
And, Amos agreed that Gates
and Mullen’s assurance they
would not provide the required
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certification to implement repeal
until all significant risks had
been mitigated made a differ-
ence in his thinking. “It abso-
lutely goes toward easing some
of the pressures” that would
face the Marines, he said.
General George Casey, the
Army chief of staff, also outspo-
ken in arguing that the “addi-
tional stresses” on an already
stretched military made repeal
at this time inadvisable, testi-
fied the “underpinnings” of the
policy, as enacted in 1993, were
clearly shown to be invalid by
the Working Group report. “It
is no longer true that the pres-
ence of a gay solider in a unit
causes a risk to good order and
discipline,” Casey told the com-
mittee.
In fact, though Casey, Amos,
and General Norton Schwartz,
the Air Force chief of staff,
showed resistance to moving
forward immediately on repeal,
each of them conceded that the
policy’s days are numbered and
even undercut key elements of
the critique offered by McCain
and other Republican commit-
tee members.
All six witnesses the sec-
ond day of the hearings said
the study had been carried out
well, each specifically rejecting
the notion that service mem-
bers should have been invited
to give their opinion on whether
ending the policy is the right
course, something Gates said
would amount to an inappropri-
ate referendum. “We got what
we needed,” Amos said of the
report’s data on attitudes within
each of the services.
The witnesses also unani-
mously agreed that statistics
showing that as many as ten
percent of service members
might shorten the time they
planned to spend in the mili-
tary, cited by Senator Chamb-
liss, were likely “overstated.”
And none of the chiefs said
it was necessary for them to be
given authority –– along with
the president, Gates, and Mul-
len –– to certify that the military
was ready before repeal could
take effect.
“Believe me, I will make sure
my views are heard,” Casey
said.
The December 3 hearing also
featured three firm support-
ers of repeal –– General James
Cartwright, a marine who is vice
chair of the Joint Chiefs, Admi-
ral Gary Roughead, the Navy
chief of staff, and Admiral Rob-
ert Papp, the Coast Guard com-
mandant.
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