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October 26, 2018 | Volume XVI, Issue 12
Elections 2018
“This has be-
come a period when
our voices are be-
ing systematical-
ly erased through
tactics ranging from
By Bill Redmond-Palmer linked to politics. If we choose not to vote, voter suppression to
On Tuesday, November 6th, Election Day we do so at our own peril.” redistricting,” said
will be upon us again, and the stakes, “This year, the American Civil Liberties Mimi Demissew,
impact, and repercussions are as high or Union is sharing bumper stickers and de- head of the GLCCB
possibly higher than ever. Com- cals that say ‘Vote like your community center.
munity leaders have expressed ‘The stakes, rights depend on it.’ And they “We can’t take our
the great importance of each do,” said Mark Procopio, votes for granted.
person voting either via absen- impact, and head of FreeState Justice. We have to go out
tee ballot, at an early voting
site, or on election day.
repercussions “From voting rights, to ac-
cess to healthcare, economic
and vote!”
The most com-
“It’s important that LGBTQ are as high or security, safe and affirming prehensive and ac- You can use this tool to
people turn out to vote,” said schools, representation, and curate source for voting information is the • review your voter registration record
Brian Gaither of the Maryland possibly higher the courts, this year’s elec- Maryland State Board of elections website, • request a duplicate voter registration
Pride Foundation. “Whichever
candidate we might individu-
than ever.’ tions will have far reaching
consequences. We’re en-
referred to multiple times below. It is rec-
ommended that all voters visit Voterser-
card
• find out where to vote
ally support in the election, our visibility couraging queer Marylander’s to get in- vices.elections.maryland.gov/VoterSearch • find out your voting districts
and safety as a community will forever be formed, engaged and organized.” prior to each election. —continued on page 3
By Frankie Kujawa
By definition, “peace”
conveys harmonious
well-being and free-
The Dogs of Peace
loud recently sat down with leave here, we’ll send you
dom from hostile ag- the book’s creators. Gay couple with our staff member’s phone
gression. Peace Pom:
Ronan Makes a Differ-
For Mark, a retired el-
ementary school teacher,
bonded through number, so you guys can con-
nect over the summer. We
ence the second book administrator, and curric- love of teaching, think you guys would be good
in the series by Mark ulum specialist, a chance friends. That was 29 years
Gruber-Lebowitz (and interview years ago brought now authors of ago. We’ve been together as a
illustrated by his hus-
band Sheldon Gru-
art educator Sheldon into
his life. “I was interviewing
children’s books couple ever since, and legally
married since 2009.”
ber-Lebowitz), is the in the summer for a teach- featuring justice- Growing up in Baltimore,
story about a young ing position at a school in faith played an important role
Pomeranian dog who Catonsville,” Mark began. loving canine in Mark’s early life. “I grew
is hoping to tell ev- “Sheldon was teaching art up in Baltimore, and my dad
eryone about peace at this school. During the was a Methodist minister. He
– how we can feel it interview I was asked about my teaching was the pastor of a church near the Balti-
ourselves and how style, and I told them about all the extra more City / County line.” Mark added, “As
we can spread it to things that I did in my classroom. I found a preacher’s kid, faith was central to my
those around us. The that they were looking at me with these life from my childhood days. After I discov-
Mark and Sheldon Gruber-Lebowitz children’s book, for children of all ages, is strange smiles on their faces. One inter- ered my passion for peace and justice in
– Teachers and dog-lovers turned kids’ a delightful tale that not only educates but viewer then said to the other, ‘He’s like a my early teens, I came to see how closely
book authors touches readers’ souls. Baltimore OUT- tall Sheldon.’ And they said, ‘When you —continued on page 19
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Elections 2018 —continued from page 1
• University of Maryland at Baltimore
• find out your local board of elections Community Engagement Center (1 North
• see the status of your absentee or Poppleton Street)
provisional ballot • Patapsco Elementary School (844
• view your sample ballot and more. Roundview Road)
If you wish to vote absentee, your re- To find the early voting sites for other
quest must be received, not just mailed Maryland counties, visit https://elections.
by Tuesday, October 30th if you wish to maryland.gov/voting/early_voting.html. All
receive your ballot by residents of Balti-
mail or fax, or by Fri- more City may vote
day, November 2nd, at any Baltimore
if you want to down- City early voting
load your ballot from site. You must go to
the state’s website. If an early voting site
you hand-deliver your within the county in
request and the bal- which you reside,
lots are ready, you can to obtain a ballot
pick up your absentee that has all the rac-
ballot. You may take es you are eligible
your absentee ballot to vote in. If you go
with you and return to a site outside of
it by mail or you can your jurisdiction,
vote with it at the local you will be required
board office which can to vote with a pro-
be found at Elections.maryland.gov/about/ visional ballot, and only statewide and na-
county_boards.html and give it to an elec- tional offices will be counted.
tion official. If you miss the deadline but On Election Day, polls open at 7 am
still want to vote by absentee ballot, you and remain open all day until 8 pm. Anyone
or your agent must apply in person at your standing in line at 8 pm on election day is
local board of elections. eligible to vote. If you have a concern or
Early voting sites throughout the state a question about the process, be sure to
will be open from Thursday, October 25th, ask an election judge. That’s what they’re
through Thursday, November 1st. These there for. Don’t just take a guess and make
a mistake! If an election judge cannot help
you, never be afraid to ask for the assis-
“With so many options and tance of one of the two chief judges at your
opportunities available to voting location. They are empowered to
make decisions, and if necessary will work
vote, every single registered with the Board of Elections to resolve your
issue.
voter in the state of Maryland Finally, you are always able to vote, so
Boosting empowerment and breaking the bonds
can and should vote in this long as you visit an election site during the of homophobia, racism, and stigma in same
hours they are open. Even if for some rea- gender-loving (SGL) men in Baltimore City
election” son you believe you are registered but do
• NETWORKING
not appear in the database, or the check
sites will open at 10 am and close at 8 pm in judges are unable to issue you a regular Every 1st Wednesday
each day. There will be seven sites in Bal- ballot, you always have the right to cast a
• HIV EDUCATION
timore City: provisional ballot. Each provisional ballot
• Public Safety Training Center (3500 is reviewed following the election, and a Every Last Wednesday
West Northern Parkway – enter on Man- determination is made on its status, which • SOCIAL EVENTS
hattan Avenue) you have the right to review at Voterser- Monthly
• Southeast Anchor Library (3601 East- vices.elections.maryland.gov/VoterRes-
ern Avenue) ults. • ART CREATION PROJECT
• Mount Pleasant Church & Ministries With so many options and opportuni-
(6000 Radecke Avenue) ties available to vote, every single regis- NewHorizonsBaltimore410@gmail.com • 410-837-5573
• League for People with Disabilities tered voter in the state of Maryland can FB: New Horizons Baltimore • aidsactionbaltimore.org
(1111 East Coldspring Lane) and should vote in this election. “Your vote
HIV Prevention Advocacy for SGL Men's Health supported by
• Westside Skill Center (4501 Edmond- in federal, state, and local elections is as
son Avenue – enter on Athol Avenue) important as ever,” said Procopio. t ViiV Healthcare's ACCELERATE! Program
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Trans Alliance and resources. Last year they served over agement, and ERC of Maryland. To help
Fundraiser, Nov. 3rd 1,600 meals per day on two different days,
with the support of over 1,200 volunteers,
sponsor the event, contact them at info@
bdeebaltimorelove.org.
and this year they anticipate even more. For more information about the event,
The Baltimore Transgender Alliance (BTA) This event is a great opportunity for visit the Facebook event page at Bit.
invites you to join them at the Back Yard those in our community who are stably ly/2R7KgKb. There you can find links to
Baltimore Bar (131 South Schroeder housed, and don’t have to worry about register as a volunteer, or to donate food,
Street, Baltimore) on Saturday, November where they will lay their heads down at supplies, coats, blankets, and / or toilet-
3rd, from noon to 4 pm. night, to help those who are ries; or email info@bdeebaltimorelove.org.
“Come support the BTA,” says less fortunate. There are To make a financial donation, visit B and
the group’s head, Ava Pipitone, lots of ways to support this Dee’s GoFundMe page at Bit.ly/2SbYTgR.
“and check out a new bar space in event, either as a volunteer “Thank you for your support of our fifth
our city and build queer and trans or through donations. More annual Thanksgiving,” said Brian Dolbow, The Shepards, in happier days
community. This is a day this ven- on that to follow. B & Dee’s president. “It’s our amazing vol-
ue is not typically open, so it’s all The event is planned for unteers and donors that make events like
ours; it’s as queer as we make
it, as inclusive as we make it, as
11 am to 3:30 pm on Satur-
day, November 17th, and
this happen. The people of Baltimore are
so appreciative of everything we do. To- Smithsonian to
safe as we make it, and as ours
as we make it! It’s also a great Product placement
will be held again at 420
Fallsway, under the Jones
gether we will make a difference.” t
Receive Matthew
chance for allies to spend money
and directly support queer trans
Falls Expressway (JFX).
The event is free and open Shepard Collection
organizers.” to the public, and will include vendors, live
The Back Yard Baltimore Bar is partner- entertainment, as well as toiletry, clothing, Washington, DC - On October 25th,
ing with Cardinal Spirits’s Pride Vodka to coat and blanket giveaways. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
create a signature cocktail that will be on This year’s entertainment will include American History will receive a donation
the menu all day – $1 from each cocktail DJ Uzoma, Priddy Music Academy, and of papers and personal objects from the
will be donated to the BTA. DJ Trill Natured former King of Pride Chris Jay. This year’s parents of Matthew Shepard, a gay college
will perform. For more info, visit the BTA’s vendors will include Retirement Wellness student who died of severe injuries follow-
Facebook event page at Bit.ly/2AnoUTK. t Strategies, providing Narcan training; ing an attack in October 1998 in Laramie,
Chase Brexton Health Care, providing HIV Wyoming.
and hepatitis C testing; Healthy Lives Mat- The Shepards will donate personal
papers highlighting Matthew’s school life
Giving Thanks with ter, offering addiction, behavioral health,
and case-management services; Tow- Unity Fellowship congregants
from elementary through college, theatre
scripts, photographs, correspondence,
the Homeless son University, providing blood pressure
and notebooks, as well as a number of
screening; Thankful Paws, providing free
pet food and supplies; Organization of Unity Fellowship objects, including a child-sized Superman
cape, sandals, a wedding ring and purple
By Bill Redmond-Palmer Hope, providing free showers and laundry
For the fifth year in a row, the predominant- services in their mobile “Hope on Wheels” Church of Columbia ribbon award. Students from George Ma-
son University’s School of Theater will per-
ly LGBTQ led group B & Dee’s Baltimore unit.
Love has hosted a Thanksgiving event B & Dee’s Baltimore Love’s official part- Marks Eight Years form excerpts from The Laramie Project by
Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater
open to all of Baltimore’s homeless popu- ner is the Druid Heights Community Devel-
Unity Fellowship Church of Columbia (8995 Project. A brief panel discussion will follow.
lation, with the goal of providing them a hot opment Center, and their current sponsors
Lambskin Lane, Columbia, Maryland) will Since their son’s murder 20 years ago,
Thanksgiving meal, as well as useful tools are Stephen J. Tang Plumbing; SAFE Man-
celebrate its eighth anniversary with a the Shepards have devoted their lives to
“Homecoming Service,” November 4th, fighting hate and bigotry. To further their
from 10 am to 1 pm. All members, family, work they started the Matthew Shepard
friends and guests are welcome. Foundation, which states that “Our work is
The church opened on November 7th, an extension of Matt’s passion to foster a
2010 and is part of the Unity Fellowship more caring and just world. We share his
Church Movement (UFCM) founded by story and embody his vigor for civil rights
Archbishop Carl Bean in 1982. The UFCM to change the hearts and minds of others
is a progressive Christian movement com- to accept everyone as they are.” t (Se-
mitted to social justice and comprises sev- attle G ay N ews and the Matthew Shepard
enteen churches and three fellowships in Foundation – Cathy Renna at Sgn.org/sgn-
the US and in Jamaica. news46_42/page1.cfm and Matthewshep-
The guest speaker will be Rev. Carla ard.org/about-us)
Johnson of the Unity Fellowship Church of
Baltimore, known for her work with Balti-
more’s homeless.
Special guests will be the Game Chang-
B and Dee’s ers, a group of UFCM ministers.
– feeding the For more info, visit UFCM’s Facebook
homeless event page at Bit.ly/2CXXlmj. t facebook.com/BaltimoreOUTloud
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beyond the beltway
compiled by Jim Becker
with the idea of throwing a beach bash on In only three states – Delaware, Mississip-
the Fourth of July, instead of hiding, they pi and New Mexico – no LGBT candidates
Before Stonewall chose the most public and crowded place made it to the November ballot. California
they could for the holiday celebration. And and Texas had the most LGBT candidates
there was the that’s how the first gathering of the “Emma run.
Jones Society” came into being. California already has 105 LGBT elect-
Emma Jones Over the years these gatherings con- ed officials. Of the 81 who ran in primaries,
tinued to grow and attract more attendees 57 made it to the ballot. Texas only had
Society so in 1970 they decided to move the crowd 16 open LGBT officials. Of the 61 who ran
indoors. The event moved to Pensacola’s in primaries, 37 will be on the ballot when
Pensacola, Florida - Emma Jones historic Hotel San Carlos, affectionately early voting begins on Monday. At least Not your usual madrassa!
was one of the greatest LGBT allies in the known as the “Gray Lady of Palafox.” For one – Jessica Gonzalez – is assured elec-
1960s in northern Florida. Too bad she the next few years the gay men would start tion to the Texas House. She has no op- residential neighborhood of the city of
didn’t actually exist. When a reporter once the day out at the beach and make their position. The states with no LGBT elected Yogyakarta, are all transgender women
went looking for the mysterious woman he way back to the hotel’s ballroom, where officials are Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, in the world’s largest Muslim-majority
was told, “Honey, the Emma Jones Society there would be music, dancing, drag and South Da- country where hostility against them has
is you and me and every other faggot in shows, and contests. Media outlets started kota. surged, forcing many underground. Rights
this town, and nobody here gives a damn picking up on the convention but the pub- “ L G B T Q activists say hardline Islamist groups are
who Miss Emma Jones herself is.” licity caused its demise. The Emma Jones c a n d i d a t e s fast eroding the country’s long-standing
Emma Jones turned out to simply be Society Convention came to end in 1974 are running for reputation for tolerance of minorities like
a cover for a regular gay gathering on the when the last party was held. In a way the office in un- the “waria” – a portmanteau of the Indo-
informal organization was a victim of its p r e c e d e n t e d nesian words for “woman” and “man” – as
own success. As it became more popular, numbers and the trans community is locally known. “We
attendance grew, and as more media out- in every state in the nation – and it is al- believe it is our duty as Muslims to pre-
lets wrote about the celebrations, the local ready inspiring more LGBTQ people to vent this kind of LGBT behavior and forbid
backlash grew as well. “Emma Jones died run in the near future,” said former Hous- it,” said Umar Said, a senior cleric with the
in the streets of Pensacola on July 4th, ton mayor Annise Parker, who heads the hardline Islamic People’s Forum, which
1974. She was 17,” The Advocate reported. Victory Fund. “This rainbow wave of can- forcibly shut down the school two years
Some attendees started receiving death didates is certainly concentrated in blue ago. Being transgender is a disease that
threats, local ministers organized against states and districts, but LGBTQ leaders in can be cured through prayer, he said.
the convention, and the city council start- conservative parts of the nation are stand- Ratri, 56, and her students and friends
ed to work closely with law enforcement to ing up and determined to become public witnessed this intimidation first hand in
find ways to curb the annual event by raid- servants while remaining true to who they 2016, when vigilante Islamists mobbed
ing popular bars catering to gays. (Echo are. The struggles and experiences of the Pesantren Waria Al-Fatah school and
Magazine - Graham Brunk at Echomag. LGBTQ candidates provide a unique per- forced it to shut down. Yuni Shara, 51, de-
Let’s hear it for Emma! com/emma-jones) spective that makes them authentic, val- scribed how a group of “aggressive” men
ues-driven leaders, and it is increasingly in white robes and skull caps descended
beach in Pensacola, Florida, starting on resonating with voters.” (Dallas Voice and on the school after Friday prayers. “I felt
the Fourth of July in 1964. The Advocate The Victory Fund – David Taffet at Dal- angry that my freedom, especially my free-
once described the celebrations as one of LGBTQ lasvoice.com/lgbt-candidates-ran-in-ev- dom of religion, was being violated,” said
the “largest gay organized events in the ery-state-this-year-for-the-first-time-ever Shara, who lives at the school. “Even the
country.” That’s pretty remarkable con- candidates ran and Victoryfund.org/news/for-the-first- state can’t fully guarantee our safety from
sidering how conservative the Panhandle time-in-u-s-history-lgbtq-candidates-ran- these groups,” she added as she took off
of Florida is - even now it’s still known as for office in for-office-in-every-state-this-cycle) her wig and make-up before joining the
the “Redneck Riviera.” Back then, there others in prayer.
was nowhere for the gays to go. The po- every state this The school, set up in 2008, was empty
lice would raid any place they would con- for months after the raid but people have
gregate. Parks and restrooms were the year Trans women gradually begun to return to what is now
only place to meet. That’s the way things widely considered a safe space for the
were until Ray and Henry Hillyer decid- Washington, DC - The Victory Fund find haven in waria community. But while the school is
ed to change the status quo. The radical reports that for the first time in history, accepted by its immediate neighbors, op-
pair, in an effort to network more with lo- LGBT candidates ran this year from every Indonesian position remains. Historically, waria and
cal gay men who felt they had no social state, as well as in DC and Guam. Current- other gender-fluid communities have been
outlet, set up a PO box under the name ly, there are 577 LGBT elected officials. In Islamic school an accepted part of Indonesian society.
Emma Jones to receive LGBT-related me- this election cycle, 618 known LGBT can- The Bugis ethnic group on Sulawesi is-
dia such as One magazine. They picked didates ran, and 399 of them made it to the Yogyakarta, Indonesia – As reported land for instance traditionally recognizes
the name because they felt it was average, November ballot. Victory Fund endorsed by Reuters, Shinta Ratri, the matron of an five genders, including one that is said to
boring, and wouldn’t draw much attention. 272 openly LGBTQ candidates in 2018 – Indonesian Islamic boarding school, cor- “transcend”, or combine, the female and
The Hillyers sought to share the material the most in its 27-year history – and 226 rects the pronunciation of a group of fellow male. Even without legal barriers, many in
mailed to the PO box with other gays in the of those endorsees will be on the ballot in Muslims as they chant the phrase “only the LGBT community face ostracism from
area. But in the early 1960s they decided November. Mississippi and South Dakota one God” in Arabic and prepare to pray to- their families and communities, discrim-
it was time for something bigger than a so- had the fewest candidates with one each. gether. Nothing unusual in that, except that ination in looking for work and, in some
cial registry and a PO box so they came up Neither state has an LGBT elected official. these worshippers, gathered in a cramped cases, violence and humiliation. “As waria,
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we are already under huge psychological “have AIDS, HIV and STDs.” The complaint dens amusement park in Williamsburg, Vir-
stress,” Ratri said. “Here we can believe also attaches another email from Egbufor ginia.
we are not sinners for being trans.” (Re- in which she discusses what she says was Cardenas’s ill-advised streaking even-
uters – written by Kanupriya Kapoor, ed- Hobson’s poor working habits, allegations tually landed him in trouble with passers-
ited by Nick Macfie at in.reuters.com/ that the lawsuit calls fabrications. “Barry’s by and the James City County police who
article/indonesia-lgbt/in-indonesia-trans- nature of resistance and pushback is com- had the unfortunate task of grappling with
g e n d e r - w o m e n - f i n d - h a v e n - i n - i s l a m - mon among his peers in the homosexual the sailor-gone-commando. Cardenas be-
ic-boarding-school-idINKCN1MQ09L) community and will be an ongoing issue came belligerent with arresting officers
for WTU if not addressed while we main- and was tasered before being subdued,
tain authority within the probationary peri- arrested, and taken to a nearby hospital
od of employment.” for treatment “because he was intoxicated
Former In response to a request by the Wash-
Putting gay marriage to a vote, after all
by alcohol and illegal narcotics,” Steve Ru-
ington Blade for comment on the lawsuit, mayoral and magisterial elections on the bino, James City County deputy chief, told
employee of DC the union released a statement to the self-ruled island, two commission officials, the Virginia Gazette.
Blade calling Hobson’s allegations “outra- who are familiar with the referendum plan Cardenas was charged with felony
teacher’s union geous and totally without merit.” It ques- but declined to be identified, told Reuters. assault of an officer, indecent exposure,
tioned the authenticity of the emails the However, when approached by Reuters for
claims anti-gay lawsuit says were written and sent by comment, the commission’s deputy min-
Egbufor. She also said that, “The Wash- ister, Chen Chao Jian, said it was not its
bias ington Teachers Union has always been, practice to comment on individual propos-
and continues to be strongly committed als.
Greenbelt, Maryland – In a press re- to treating all individuals equally regard- Welcoming the news of a referendum,
lease issued by the law firm representing less of their sexual orientation.” (Press David Tseng, chairman of a group opposed
him, Barry Hobson, a former employee release from the law firm of Joseph, Gre- to same-sex marriage, the Coalition for the
of the Washington Teachers’ Union, an- enwald & Laake and the Washington Blade Happiness of Our Next Generation, said
nounced through his attorneys, that he has – Lou Chibbaro, Jr., at Washingtonblade. the issue would “entirely affect Taiwan’s
filed a federal lawsuit against the union, com/2018/09/24/gay-man-sues-washing- moral principles and family values.” Activ-
its president, and its former chief of staff. ton-teachers-union-for-discrimination) ists who have long campaigned for same-
Hobson alleges that he suffered discrim- sex marriage called the referendum “dis-
criminatory” since it went against the 2017
ruling that current laws violate the right to
Taiwan holding freedom of marriage and equality. “As Tai-
wanese, we feel sorry but we don’t have
referendum time and room for disappointment,” said
Jennifer Lu, coordinator of Marriage Equal-
on same-sex ity Coalition Taiwan. Activists say Presi-
dent Tsai Ing-wen’s government promised
marriage law marriage equality during the 2016 election
Barry Hobson
campaign but has made little progress on
Taipei, Taiwan - Yimou Lee reports for the issue. (Reuters – Yimou Lee reporting
ination because of his sexual orientation Reuters that Taiwan will hold a public vote and Michael Perry and Darren Schuettler Life imitates art?
and was fired last year from his job as a re- on whether its civil law should recognize editing at Reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-
ceptionist and office assistant at the union same-sex marriage. Two election officials lgbt-marriage/taiwan-to-hold-referendum- intentional damage and obstruction of jus-
because he is gay. The union, which rep- told Reuters on October 9th that a referen- o n - s a m e - s e x - m a r r i a g e - l a w - i d U S K C N - tice and is currently out on bond. He may
resents more than 5,000 teachers in the dum will take place, reviving a debate over 1MJ0HZ?il=0) face military charges as well. t (Russia
DC public schools, denies the allegations. a separate law for civil unions between gay Today at Rt.com/usa/441367-naked-drunk-
Hobson’s attorneys are with the law firm of couples. In Asia’s first such ruling, the con- en-sailor-arrested)
Joseph, Greenwald & Laake in Greenbelt. stitutional court declared in May last year
Hobson included in his complaint cop- that same-sex couples had the right to le- Sailor arrested
ies of an internal email from his supervisor, gally marry, and set a two-year deadline
Dorothy Egbufor, WTU’s former chief of for legalization. But in August an activist for streaking at These news notes have been compiled,
staff in which she said that Hobson “con- group proposed a vote on the issue to the
firmed he engages in same-sex intimacy” Central Election Commission, saying a Busch Gardens with permission, from the online version
of various newspapers and other web
and that “never in WTU’s past have we separate law would defend “family values.” sites. We thank these publications for
allowed any individual to participate on The referendum will cover whether the Williamsburg, Virginia - A US Navy allowing us to bring you their news sto-
our group [insurance] policy ‘openly gay’ scope of marriage should be limited to a sailor assigned to the USS George HW ries. Usually the reports have been sig-
and I don’t think this should be an excep- bond between a man and a woman, and Bush aircraft carrier took shore leave to nificantly edited and you can read the
tion.” In the same email, Ms. Egbufor said whether a special law is needed to protect the extreme with an alcohol and drug-fu- full story by going to the web site men-
that if Hobson and other members of the same-sex couples’ right to a “permanent eled naked run through the parking lot of tioned following the item. Comments
LGBT community were to be placed on union”. a popular amusement park. Adrian Gilbert are strictly the opinions of Jim Becker
the union’s medical plan, union employees After a month-long review, the com- Cardenas, 21, was caught on camera in and not of Baltimore OUTloud or Pride
would have a “substantial premium / rate mission decided November 24th as the his birthday suit attempting to bum a ride Media.
increase” because the LGBT individuals date of the referendum, coinciding with off unsuspecting guests at the Busch Gar-
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Voice of the Center
Kevi Smith-Joyner is a local Activist, Artist, and former EYP of GLSEN MD and youth mentor. Kevi is known about activism and the work I did with the
GLCCB , I was also employed with GLSEN
for panelling on issues spanning from racial equity , transphobia, classism and other areas; a voice for
MD at the time and I came back to the GLCCB
marginalized groups of people they have always been for the people’s needs and concerns, Kevi joins the after my position with GLSEN MD ended
GLCCB staff as a peer navigator. because I was truly homesick. I missed seeing
my community and being a center of support
What are your pronouns? My favorite thing to do while volun- I used to volunteer weekly , every and education for them , particularly the youth
My pronouns are They/Them. teering with the GLCCB was holding the Youth Thursday from 4pm-6pm, but now I’m staff at at the GLCCB. I recently had lost a youth and
What made you start volunteering at the group meetings and teaching the youth about the GLCCB and happily work every week day, 4 their passing reinvigorated me to continue to do
GLCCB? several topics from healthy relationships to how hours a day. activism and come back to the GLCCB so that I
I was 18 and fresh out of highschool, to apply for college. could be a pillar of love and community and help
I was looking for an affirmative community and What other skills have you given the GLCCB STAFF INTERVIEW the lives of our family members so they could
the glccb fit, I started as a member of the youth access to? What made you apply to being a peer navi- live their best, healthiest, and happiest lives.
group “Youth Against Oppression” but I wanted I’ve advocated for many community gator (talk about your credentials here and What do you find the most rewarding about
to work specifically with the lgbt community needs and have been on several panels held at relationship with BMX maybe)? working for the GLCCB?
and a position on the youth group Board was the GLCCB on various topics. I’ve volunteered with the GLCCB I think what I find most rewarding
available so I went for it. What are your pronouns? as their Vice President for their youth group with working at the GLCCB is that I make a
What is your favorite thing to do as a volun- My pronouns are They/Them. for years, and I took a step back after not re difference in the individual lives of our family
teer? When do you volunteer at the Center? running for the position to evaluate my feelings members , that fills me with a type of happiness
saw 671 community members last month!
Queer Families
Our peer navigators
brought together 51 saw 41 family members
family members.
Our Clothing Closet
Queer Families Potluck meets monthy.
The next date is Nov. 17, 2018
refitted clothing to
BMX/Breaking Bread 19 fashion saavy visitors.
brought 32 new people
to the table. And our recovery programs
saw a total of 143 indiviuals.
September in Review
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THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE AND CENTRAL MARYLAND
Events Calendar: October/November 2018
Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
10/30 10/31 11/01 10/26 10/27
10/28 10/29 • 5:30pm Party Like A MonSTAR: • 6:30pm • 6:30pm • 6:00pm
• 11:00am • 4:00pm Teen Art Group GLCCB Halloween Party Board Of Directors Breaking Bread Project Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous Oh So Divine Modeling • 6:45pm Meeting • 6:30pm
• 2:00pm and Dance Troupe 11/06 The Mankind Project Crystal Meth Anonymous 11/03
Room Reservation: Vegan • 5:00pm • 7:00pm 11/08 • 7:00pm • 6:00pm
Potluck Dinner (Lobby) Yoga & Heels SCA • 6:30pm Marijuana Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous
• 3:30pm 11/05 • 5:30pm Family Game Night
Gentle Mindful Yoga • 4:00pm Teen Art Group 11/07 • 7:00pm 11/02 11/10
Oh So Divine Modeling • 6:30pm • 6:30pm Sistahs of Pride • 6:30pm • 4:00pm
11/04 and Dance Troupe Poetry Workshop HIV/STI Testing with STAR Crystal Meth Anonymous MOCHA Men’s Group
11:00am • 7:30pm TRACK • 7:00pm • 6:00pm
Narcotics Anonymous SILhouette • 6:45pm Giovanni’s Room Alcoholics Anonymous
• 3:00pm The Mankind Project Open Mic
Baltimore Queer Book • 7:00pm • 7:00pm
Club Trans Baltimore Marijuana Anonymous
• 3:30pm • 7:00pm
Gentle Mindful Yoga SCA 11/09
• 6:30pm
Breaking Bread Project
• 6:30pm
Crystal Meth Anonymous
• 7:00pm
Marijuana Anonymous
nth! and sense of purpose I have never felt at any other job I’ve
ever worked.
Where do you hope to make a lasting impact in the
community?
I hope to make a lasting impact on the lives of our
young family members and Elder community, I want to let
them know and show that they are loved and important be-
rs
cause many youth and elderly alike lack that type of support.
Who is your favorite community partner?
STARTRACK hands down is my favorite commu-
nity partner, everyone I’ve met who either works at STAR-
TRACK or has worked with STARTRACK genuinely cares
about the community and is dedicated to the prosperity of
our community.
What do you hope your clients think about you?
I hope that our clients see and think of me as a
ors. safe person they can come to at both the bad and good
times, that when they need support I’m there for them and
that when they succeed I’ll be there to congratulate them.
When can people find you in the Center?
s Monday’s and Friday’s I’m here from 12pm to
6pm, Tuesday and Wednesdays I’m here from 6pm to 10pm.
s. And Thursday I’m here from 10am to 2pm.
Where do you spend time outside of the office (are you a
clubber or ish like that)?
w
I am usually at a park painting or in a cafe making
jewelry or with friends.
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thinking outloud
within the Department Dr. Leana the health rights tion in which she has made such an impact
of Health & Human Wen of the LGBT and become the president of Planned Par-
Services, thus expand- community and enthood.
ing the right of health the other mar- No one has been in a better position to
Pointing care workers to opt out
of procedures to which
ginalized com-
munities. She
see the threat to public health for the un-
derrepresented than Dr. Wen. No one has
it Out they have a religious
objection. Incredibly, all
had our back,
and she was a
been more vocal to the truth that health and
human rights are inextricably linked. No one
By t Piper
of the above scenarios fighter – always has been more steadfast in her conscious
can be justified based polite, but nev- duty to serve the most vulnerable – those
who face the circumstance and stigma of
Dr. Leana Wen
on the provider’s reli- ertheless fierce
gious beliefs. “By giving and insistently poverty, discrimination, incarceration, and
mental illness. And no one has been more
Looked Out For
legal cover for discrim- just.
ination, providers can One cold brutally honest in the drive to make all of US
claim religion as a blan- February night be honest with ourselves about the institu-
Us ket protection for their
own misogyny, racism,
last winter, Da-
vid Simon host-
tional racism and discrimination which un-
derlie the disparity in the health of so many
“In one hospital, a man is denied surgery and homophobia,” Dr. ed an evening at marginalized communities. As much as she
for a broken arm because he’s transgender. A Wen stated. “This will a synagogue on led the battle against opioid addiction, Dr.
woman is told she can’t get birth control be- worsen the problem of health care access the West side to support Baltimore’s immi- Wen routinely challenged mostly white au-
cause she’s unmarried. A child won’t be given for those who already face many barriers to grants. When Dr. Wen stood up to speak diences in this city to ponder: why are we
vaccinations because he has same-sex par- care. Women, minorities and LGBT individu- her voice trembled, as she began to tell the now calling this drug addiction a disease?
ents. You might be wondering what barbaric als, particularly those living in areas with few story of her own family’s immi- Why now? This with her
society could allow laws that permit such bla-
tant discrimination. That society is ours, and
providers, will suffer the most. Many will be
forced to forgo care altogether.”
gration to this country, when
she was eight years old. She
‘No one has assertion that when it
was crack addictions rav-
the laws are already in place.” –Dr. Leana Wen
•••
Dr. Leana Wen spent her last day on
the job as the Health Commissioner of Bal-
was not used to speaking so
publicly about her private side,
been in a better aging African-American
neighborhoods and when
THIS IS LEANA WEN’S recent description
of the Trump administration’s creation of a
timore this month. It was a difficult day for
many of us. During her four years in Balti-
but one her mottos is that one
must consciously “choose to do
position to see the it was gay people dying
of AIDS, the situations
Conscience and Religious Freedom Division more, Dr. Wen was a tireless advocate of what is hard.” She spoke about
being born in Shanghai and her
threat to public were framed as lifestyle
choices, as the “moral
politically dissident parents – a health for the failings” of the patient
population. Dr. Wen tire-
father who was in jail through-
out most of her childhood. After underrepresented lessly used her position
to urge us to face this hy-
the Tiananmen Square massa-
cre the family managed to leave than Dr. Wen’ pocrisy: “This is the his-
China, arriving in a small town tory we all have and we
in the Utah mountains, where her parents have to bear it openly, and be honest with
worked tirelessly – her mother cleaning ho- ourselves,” she often stated. She strived to
tel rooms and working in a video store, her change the narrative, to use health as the
father delivering newspapers and washing lens through which to frame all conversa-
dishes in a restaurant. She described how tions and to make clear that the underlying
difficult life was, looking so different from goal must be to fight the causes of the pov-
everyone else, speaking a strange lan- erty and inequity which dooms the health
guage, and practicing a foreign religion. But of so many.
neighbors invited them in for meals, and the It is not difficult to understand that af-
local church provided coats and blankets ter two full years of the Trump Administra-
for the harsh Utah winter. Each month the tion, Leana Wen feels acutely the danger to
family struggled to make rent; twice in one this country, feels it threefold: as a woman,
year they were evicted. The first time, they as an immigrant, and as a medical doctor.
ended up in a shelter. But the second time, As huge as the loss is for Baltimore, this
a stranger offered the family her home – a is simply Leana Wen answering the call of
single mother with several children of her that anonymous single mother who offered
FEATURED DRINK SPECIALS AND MORE own who did not even know their names. her family shelter so long ago – the duty to
She told the Wens that it was her duty to help those who need it. “This is our coun-
help those who needed help. “This is Amer- try,” she said that night in West Baltimore,
Mixers has been a gay bar for more 10 years ica, she told us. My home is your home.” “and everything that is happening is per-
I can’t help but think what an indelible sonal, deeply personal to all of us. This is
We welcomes EVERYONE, Gay or Straight, mark those words made on the young Lea- our call to speak up … this is our time to say
undecided, in between, Cis gender, na Wen. That sense of the pure and natu- loud and clear, this is America and my home
Trans gender or gender fluid. ral duty to help others, that infinitely gen- is your home, so I stand with you to fight
erous definition of America. It has certainly against intolerance, division, and injustice.”
6037 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD • 443-885-9799 shaped her entire life, and it is the driving To the national stage she goes. t
force for her to leave Baltimore and a posi-
10 t BALTIMORE OUTLOUD October 26, 2018 • baltimoreoutloud.comthinking outloud
to the BirdDog Nation week, Positive Women’s Network ex-
site, “Birddogging is ecutive director Naina Khanna found
when you ask a public herself in the same airport as Majority
official or aspiring can- Leader Mitch McConnell. Out came
My Fabulous didate to do something the camera phones as Naina went to
Disease you care about, in-per- work with other survivors of assault as
son, and in-public.” they followed McConnell through the
By Mark S. King And boy, did they airport. His silence in the face of their
do it publicly. Charles King questions was deafening.
“We focused on of Housing A documentary film is actually
How HIV Activists bringing in women who Works
had stories to tell,” teaches new
being produced that follows the work
of the Center for Popular Democracy
Helped Create Charles told me. “Our activists in
number one emphasis Mississippi.
and their birddog tactics, and their In-
dieGoGo fundraising campaign is well
the Jeff Flake was getting into sena- on its way to its goal.
tors’ offices and allowing women to tell their zation if you would like to learn how to get Whether you attend a public event
Elevator Moment stories. We flew in women from Senator the attention of your elected officials and by an elected official or candidate or you
HeitKamp’s state to share their stories with do so in a public way. “If someone orga- spot one on the fly, you can learn how to
her, and after that meeting she announced nizes a group of 20 to 30 people in their make the most of your proximity to them.
Very little happens by accident. The most she was a ‘no’ vote. town who will commit to a two-hour train- Check out the helpful links at Birddog Na-
iconic moments in HIV/AIDS activism – the “Where folks wouldn’t listen to us, we ing on birddogging,” Charles said, “we will tion or, if you want to schedule a training
appearance of the early SILENCE=DEATH started doing sit-ins in their offices. The send somebody anywhere in the US. We for your group, contact Jennifer Walker at
meme, the footage of AIDS ac- third layer was the mass pro- will come to them and train them. We have the Center for Popular Democracy (jflynn@
tivist Peter Staley being peeled tests. trainers around the country.” They also populardemocracy.org) or Paul Davis at
from a building during a pro- Word du jour: “As things started getting have a handy “Birddogging 101” tip sheet Housing Works (p.davis@housingworks.
org).
test, the photos of Sen. Jesse
Helms’s home wrapped in an Birddogging more intense, the police start-
ed putting perimeters around
available.
Many of the birddogging citizens, like Are you registered to vote?
enormous condom – were the the hearing room. You couldn’t Charles King, come from the HIV activist Thanks for reading, my friends, and
product of weeks of careful get access. That’s when we community. Upon arriving in Washington, please be well. t
planning and design. started stationing people at the elevators DC, to advocate against Kavanaugh last
So, too, were HIV activists involved in and in the stairwells. No senator was going
the soul-gutting footage of women confront- to get into that hearing room without pass-
ing Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator during the ing women who had a story to tell.
Brett Kavanaugh hearings. It’s a fascinating
story.
“We packed the elevators. We were rid-
ing up and down inside the elevator, in mul- NEW GROWTH ON
WEST 40 TH STREET.
At the recent “We, the Positive” summit tiple banks of elevators. In each elevator
in Jackson, Mississippi (hosted by the Mis- were women ready to tell their stories. With
sissippi Positive Network and My Brother’s the ‘senate only’ elevator, we couldn’t be
Keeper), fledgling HIV activists were treat- inside so we were stationed outside them.”
ed to a presentation from Charles King During the Jeff Flake confrontation,
of Housing Works, who explained exactly Charles was actually in jail, arrested among
how the Jeff Flake Moment was accom- the throng of activists who had been pro-
plished – and how others (maybe someone testing. But he knows how the Flake Mo-
just like you) can create their own. ment went down.
The moment was created through an “Flake was leaving his office and head-
activism tactic known as “birddogging,” ac- ed to the hearing room,” Charles said, “and
cording to Charles King. “The term was first somebody just stuck their foot out and held
developed when a group of activists con- the elevator door open.”
fronted Al Gore during his announcement The rest is activism history. Ana Maria
of his candidacy for president,” Charles Archila and Maria Gallagher spoke out, Roland Park Place – Baltimore City’s only certified Continuing
explained to me at the Mississippi sum- emotionally and forcefully. “Ana Maria Arch-
mit. Activists showed up early, wore Gore ila is one of the founders of Make the Road Care Retirement Community – will soon be transformed,
t-shirts and appeared terribly enthusiastic. By Walking, an affiliate of Center of Popular adding 8 new stories and 58 spacious new residences,
They were given prime space in front of the Democracy,” said Charles. “She’s obviously
crowd standing just behind Gore during his very experienced. She was the first voice. to create the perfect setting for your Baltimore story.
announcement, and then presto! they un- Maria Gallagher was the second voice, sob-
furled a banner advocating for generic HIV bing as she was speaking, giving that heart
medications. Birddog accomplished. wrenching ‘don’t look away.’”
When Kavanaugh was nominated for Contrary to conservative propaganda, READY FOR MOVE-IN 443.338.6212
the Supreme Court, people from the Wom- these were not “paid protesters.” Every-
FALL 2020 RolandParkPlace.org
en’s March and Ultra Violet joined a larg- one involved showed up because they be-
er group known as BirdDog Nation, which lieve in their cause and in their civic duty to
is coordinated by Housing Works and the speak out. Pending final approval from Maryland Department of Aging
Center for Popular Democracy. According There is support for you or your organi-
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is, it does not run in families.
Type 2 diabetes is mainly a disease
of insulin resistance. Although the body
continues to produce insulin, it loses the son supporting the “other” party is a deal
Ask
Open Wide ability to absorb it into cells and use it nor-
mally. Initial treatments for type 2 diabetes
Dr. J
breaker for dating. Couples have ended up
with horrible arguments. Families have re-
ask Dr Eva are oral medicines (pills) that work either
by stimulating the pancreas to make more
sorted to rules when they get together for
a celebration dinner that this topic will not
Dr Eva Hersh Janan Broadbent, Ph.D.
insulin or by increasing insulin sensitivity. be touched upon. How did we get to this
It may be five years or longer before the level of tribalism and emotional intensity?
Insulin Dosing, pancreas completely stops producing in-
sulin. After that point, insulin is the main Elections and I am not even getting into larger societal
issues as the rise in hate crimes, the calls
Excessive treatment. Because of insulin resistance,
much more insulin is required to control Friendships to the police for ridiculous reasons, and the
intolerance of portions of the country for
Sweating type 2 than type 1 diabetes. The tendency
to develop type 2 diabetes is inherited. When you are reading this, it will be ten
days before the midterm elections. Which-
minority groups.
There are analyses of global factors,
demographic changes and other elements
Dear Dr. Eva, Dear Dr. Eva, ever party you affiliate with, or even none, that may have brought us to this point.
I have a question about insulin dosing. I am a 23-year-old woman with a re- the last several months have seen social But I am focusing on how we, each of us,
I am a middle-aged man with diabe- ally embarrassing problem. I sweat heav- media, print media and our TV screens full can deal with those we care about, those
tes type two for about seven years ily from the palms of my hands and the of references to the “most important elec- in our orbit. The Dalai Lama says: “When
now. I took pills at first but soon soles of my feet. It started in my late tion in our lifetime.” I hear from my friends you talk, you are only repeating what you
needed insulin. I now take teens. It happens all the time and gets and patients that friendships and relation- already know. But if you listen, you may
120 units of insulin a day worse when I’m nervous or anxious. I am ships are affected by the political atmo- learn something new.” Therein may lie the
with reasonably good a recent college gradu- sphere to an incredible extent. So how are key to how we end up with conflicts that
ate. In college I could you dealing with it? shatter connections that were made long
avoid shaking hands Friends have declared that a per- time ago. Once you label someone, the
with people most of brain uses it as a shortcut to make judg-
the time, but in the ments and guides to your behavior. If I
business world it think of you as a rival, my words and ac-
can’t be avoided. tions will reflect the emotions attached to
Is there something competitiveness at the very least and may
over-the-counter that go as far as containing hostility. And if one
All wet ucts, apply to dry skin (palms and soles) person takes that stance, it is difficult for
works for this? I won’t
control of my qualify for health in- at bedtime. If necessary, use a blow dryer the other not to reciprocate. How to break
blood sugar. As far as I know, I’ve never surance until I pass my six- to dry the skin. Do not apply to broken, ir- the cycle?
had a problem with low blood sugar. months’ probation. ritated, or recently shaved skin. Wash off Our psyche likes to feel confirmed, to
Here’s the question. I have an 18-year- Damp in the morning, then use your usual anti- hear viewpoints that reinforce ours, and to
old niece who was found to have type 2 di- perspirant. As the sweating decreases, maintain consistency. So, when someone,
abetes at age eight. Even though she has Dear Damp, decrease the dose frequency gradually to and especially someone we care about, of-
been diabetic for ten years, she only takes Excessive sweating is a problem that, once a week. fers a contradictory or conflicting thought,
24 units daily. She suffers from frequent unfair as it is, can have a negative effect If this is not effective enough, when you the emotional center could very well inter-
hypoglycemia episodes. Although we are on the way people perceive you, socially are able to get medical care you will have pret that as breaking the bond between us.
both diabetic, it seems almost as if we and at work. Fortunately, there is effective several options, usually tried in this order: In other words, if you loved me, you would
have totally different conditions. Can you treatment available without a prescription, 1) Drysol (20% aluminum chloride), a not disagree with me. In a lot of families,
shed some light on this? at a pharmacy or mail order through Ama- prescription antiperspirant similar to the children are brought up that way. On the
Type 2 zon or other on-line shopping companies. over-the-counter products but a little stron- other hand, there are families where daily
Look for products containing aluminum zir- ger and more irritating to the skin. arguments are the norm so one grows up
Dear Type 2, conium tetrachlorhydrate or trichlorhydrate, 2) Iontophoresis, which is using a mild adopting this behavior which then evolves
You are exactly right! Even though 18 or 20 gm aluminum zirconium per 100 electric current to pass water through the into: I disagree with you and will object to
both of you have diseases of blood sugar gm of the product. On the label, this looks skin. It is painful and can be done at home. your opinion because I love you. Put the
regulation, you and your niece have differ- like “20gm / 100 gm.” These preparations It is unknown how or why this works. two together and you have a huge prob-
ent conditions. are often labeled “clinical strength,” but you 3) Botulinum toxin injections, the lem!
Diabetes type 1 is a disease of insu- should check the ingredients before buying same treatment (Botox) used to get rid of So, think of why you expect agreement.
lin deficiency. The cells in the pancreas, because not all antiperspirants so labeled wrinkles. Think of why you practice disagreement.
where insulin is produced, lose the ability contain aluminum zirconium, and of those Meanwhile, keep a handkerchief in Then try separating this verbal behavior
to produce it. Within the first year of the that do, the concentration is often not high your pocket to dry your palms before shak- from the emotional connections you have.
disease, most people cannot produce any enough to be effective. These are a few an- ing hands. Otherwise, try to ignore the None of us is right all the time and being
insulin. The only treatment is insulin injec- tiperspirant brands that have 20 gm alumi- sweaty palms as much as you can. The challenged in a respectful way is good for
tions. Type 1 diabetics are very sensitive num zirconium per 100 gm product: Certain less attention you pay to the problem, the the brain cells. Listen to your partner. Ask
to insulin and can easily develop low blood Dri, Axe, Brut, Code Blu Scent Elimination, less others will notice it. t for an explanation of the opinion. Receive
sugar if they miss a meal or exercise more Degree Clinical Protection. There are many Eva Hersh is a family physician. Send it or give with a positive mood. Going back
than usual without decreasing their insulin others as well. your comments and questions to her by to the Dalai Lama: “The ultimate source of
dose. Diabetes type 1 is not inherited, that To get the best effect from these prod- email at publisher@ baltimoreoutloud.com. our happiness is our mental attitude.” t
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