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Liberty City Democrats
2009 Philadelphia Primary Endorsement Results
Thursday, April 16, 2009
William Way Community Center
Hyperlinks lead to LCD Candidates
Highlighted Candidates Have Been Endorsed by Liberty City Democrats
District Attorney
Vote: 19 Yes, 11 No
Seth Williams
Dan McCafferey
Dan McElhatton
Brian Grady
Michael Turner
City Controller
Vote: 19 Yes, 13 No
Alan Butkovitz
Brett Mandell
John Braxton
Supreme Court
No Endorsement (Uncontested Race)
Jack Panella
Superior Court
Vote: 18 Yes, 17 No
Robert Colville
Anne Lazarus
John Younge
Kevin McCarthy
Paula Patrick
Tom Munley
Commonwealth Court
Vote: 36 Yes, 4 No
Stephen Pollock
Linda Judson
Jimmy Lynn
Daniel Bricmont
Barbara Ernsberger
Michael Sherman
Municipal Court
Vote by Acclimation
Christine Adair
Dawn Segal
Joseph Waters
Charles Hayden*
Adam Beloff
Judge Dugan
Jonathan Irvine
Kenneth Powell
Sharon Williams Losier
Donna Woelpper
Joe Murphy
Lopez Thompson
Fran Shields
Thomas Nocella
Ted Vigilante
Dan Rendine
Common Pleas
Vote by Acclimation
Dan Anders
Joyce Eubanks
Diane Thompson
Jonathan Irvine
Donna Woelpper
Sharon Williams Losier**
Christine Adair
Adam Beloff
Roxanne Covington
Angelo Foglietta
Charles Hayden
Elinore O'Neill Kolodner
Kenneth Powell
Angeles Roca
Dawn Segal
Robert Coleman
Fran Shields
Beverly Muldrow
Vince Giusini
James Lloyd
John Joseph Capaldi
Fred Harrison Jr.
Marilyn Rigmaiden-Deleon
Judge Hall
Gregory Coleman
Anne Marie Coyle
Dan Rendine
Thomas Martin
Ted Vigilante
James Crumlish III
* Conditional Endorsement, pending recommendation from the Philadelphia Bar Association.
** Not recommended by the Philadelphia Bar Association, or placed on slate by the Liberty City Endorsement Committee. This candidate was place on the slate after discussion and vote by the general membership.
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James Duggan
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National Day Of Silence
James Duggan
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"Please understand my reasons for not speaking
today. I am participating in the Day of Silence, a national youth movement
protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
and their allies in schools. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which
is caused by harassment, prejudice, and discrimination. I believe that ending
the silence is the first step toward fighting these injustices. Think about the
voices you are not hearing today. What are you going to do to end the silence?"
Comments: james@QUEERtimes.net
"As Pennsylvania
students prepare for the National Day of Silence to bring attention to
anti-LGBT bullying and harassment, we learn just how pervasive the problem is
in Pennsylvania schools . . . Pennsylvania has lagged
behind other states in taking the simple and effective steps to begin
addressing anti-LGBT bullying and harassment. Pennsylvania and all of its schools need to
commit to making sure that schools are safe for all students." Eliza Byard, Gay, Lesbian and Straight
Education Network Executive Director
· Almost 9 of 10 have been
harassed verbally in the past year.
· More than half said they
had been harassed physically.
· More than a quarter said
they had been physically assaulted.
· Ninety-eight percent
sometimes, often or frequently hear the word "gay" used in a negative
way.
· Most of those harassed or
assaulted didn't report it, but only about a third of those who did report it
found school staff intervened effectively.
· Because they felt unsafe, 39 percent had skipped
class at least once in the preceding month and 44 percent had missed at least
one day of school.
Source: GLSEN's 2007 National School Climate Survey
of 242 queer Pennsylvania
students
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What It Looks Like From Here
Thom Cardwell
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It all started, by accident, way back when I was a high school freshman. A
suburban boy, I wanted to become an urbanite, identifying with all the cool
city kids, being invited to all the best parties, and standing apart from what
I perceived to be the all too quiet and boring life in suburbia. (I know
some of you relish that lifestyle and nothing's wrong with that.)
 As luck would have it, one of my classmates casually asked me if I wanted to
join him to go to meet a female friend of his after classes--in Philadelphia. When he
told me her name, I immediately recognized that she was an American Bandstand regular. He explained that he had two tickets to
the show. I was thrilled as I was a dedicated viewer.
I didn't know at the time that it was my friend's first-time, too, on Dick Clark's popular live afternoon (after-school)
dance show.
Well, my friend didn't really care for the whole scene. He never returned to
the show even though he stayed my friend for the rest of the year (we went to
the show in early October) until he transferred to the public high school.
But I fell right into the regimen of
being on television, getting to know Dick Clark, the staff, and the other dancers.
Even one of my aunts was personal friends with the show's announcer at the time
which also helped solidify my status at the studio and on the show. Being gay also was a plus with this
sophisticated crowd of juniors and seniors, and even some older kids in
their early twenties, already finished with school.
So, on a good week, for five days after classes, I would take the trolley,
then the El to the WFIL studio at 46th
and Market Streets where I spent the next three years as one of Dick Clark's American Bandstand Regulars.
And the rest, as they say, is television history, with literally, hours and
hours of dancing, most of it, sadly, never recorded because the majority of the
shows were live.
 This all leads me to why I'm thrilled to be serving
as a judge at the First Annual Dancing with
the Philadelphia Stars, presented by Brownstone Public Relations, founded
by Megan Smith, and benefiting the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America,
Philadelphia/Delaware Valley (SCDAA/PDVC).
The event will take place, April 19,
2009, from 5 to 10 pm, at the Crystal
Tea Room, Wanamaker
Building, with tickets at
$65 per person.
CBS3's Stephanie Humphrey will serve
as host of the evening's event. I'll be joined by my fellow judges: Joan Myers Brown, Founder and Executive
Artistic Director of the Philadelphia
Dance Company (PHILADANCO); and Shawn-Lamere
Williams, Artistic Director for Eleone Dance Theatre.
"It's one dance floor. Five notable Philadelphians. Winner takes all,"
explained Megan Smith, "The participants
will be not only competing for bragging rights, but also the opportunity to
raise Sickle Cell Awareness throughout the region via a creative
vehicle--dancing!"
The dance participants will include: Erin
Elmore, third season of "The Apprentice"; reporter for StreetTalkin.com; Varsovia Fernandez, President of the
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Christian
Ramirez-Coll, reporter for CW Philly; Michael
Callahan, Articles Editor for Philadelphia Magazine, and Jimmy Contreras
In advance of the competition, Smith said that Society Hill
Dance Academy
is providing all the dance lessons, free of charge, to the participants of the
benefit dance competition.
 "Often called the "forgotten disease", Sickle
Cell disease affects 1 out of every 500 African Americans, and
approximately 80,000 individuals. One out of every 10-12 African Americans are
carriers of the Sickle Cell trait, and approximately 2.5 million Americans,"
said SCDAA/PDVC Executive Director Stanley
Simpkins.
"It's not a disease that is heavily discussed; many people don't even know what
it is. We wanted to do something that would catch the people's attention. With
'Dancing With the Philadelphia
Stars', we said "Wow, what better way to get people to take notice?".
The roster of sponsors includes: Presenting Sponsors: Brownstone PR; Official
Sponsors: Sovereign Bank and Verizon; Premium Sponsor: The Philadelphia
Foundation; and Partner Sponsors: Panache Hair Studio, Pravda Vodka and Society Hill Dance Academy.
For more information,
call 215.471.8686; or visit sicklecelldisorder.com
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Looking for Queer Film Makers
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Philadelphia
Cinema Alliance
and QFest
Now Accepting
Short
Film Submissions
 The Philadelphia Cinema
Alliance
and the programmers of philadelphia
qfest (formerly
the Philadelphia International Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival), the East Coast's premier festival of International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (Queer)
film festival, is currently accepting
submissions for special short films program! This summer our 10-day festival
will be full of exciting new films and fabulous events. This year's dates are July 9th to
July 19th, 2009 . . . so plan accordingly.
qfest's programmers are currently
seeking LGBT short films for this year's out in philly program. This extremely popular
short film program proudly showcases the Philadelphia
area's most promising queer filmmakers. Submissions
(in DVD format!) must be filmed in the Philadelphia area,
run under fifty minutes in length
and feature QUEER content. The submission fee is $15; student's
submission fee is just $5.00. The deadline for all festival submissions
is May 1st, 2009. Short
films can be submitted online by filling out the entry form on qfest.com or by mail, with a check
payable to the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance to: philadelphia qfest out in philly submission 234 Market Street - 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106 So
get those cameras rolling, there is ONLY 1 month until submission deadline.
Email
your questions to nick strathern or call robert o'neill
at 215.733.0608 ext. 295. philadelphia
qfest is the premier festival of International LGBT films
in the Delaware Valley. Mounted and curated by a team of
local and experienced festival producers and cinephiles, including ray murray, carol coombes,
thom cardwell, kelly burkhardt, scott cranin, nick strathern, robert o'neill, larry
ferber, claire brown kohler, eric moore and lewis tice.
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Thom's
Calendar on the Qt!
Thom Cardwell
Copyrighted 2009
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An Evening with Chip!
 The Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lesbian Gay Journalists
Association (NLGJA) is hosting a benefit performance of the Philadelphia premiere of
"Passing
By," a comedy with heart by Martin Sherman, at the Shubin
Theatre, 407 Bainbridge Street, April 19, 7 pm,
at just $25 per person, with 100% of the
profits from the performance donating to the local chapter.
Sherman, the queer playwright of "Bent,"
celebrated for his powerful play that appeared on Broadway and was also made
into a feature film, speaks with a comedic
voice in "Passing By," consisting of short scenes during which a relationship between two men unfolds in a
series of surprises.
NLGJA Philadelphia Chapter president Chip
Alfred has also organized a pre-theater cocktail party at The Latest Dish, 613 South 4th Street, at a cash bar,
with cocktail, beer and wine specials from 5-6:30 p.m., within walking distance
of the Shubin. (Kudos to Alfred who has been working hard to revitalize the
somewhat inactive chapter while breathing life into our local Queer media
community.)
For tickets, visit quinceproductions.com
For information about NLGJA Chapter Philadelphia,
call 859.806.8964.
An Evening with Karen!
 Karen Gross is a Philadelphia-based
singer, songwriter and cabaret performer who will present her one-woman show, "Sex & the Single Singer," April 25,
7:30 pm, at the Tin Angel, 20 South Second Street, in Old City,
Philadelphia.
Gross described "Sex & the
Single Singer" as "a sassy, sexy musical journey of a woman's experiences living
on my own and looking for love. In addition to showcasing my vocal style, I
will employ my original theatrical, comedic and playwriting talents in the
self-penned show. Besides playing myself at times, I also assume several other
hilarious characters."
"The show is very contemporary,
interactive humor intended for adults," she added.
"In creating this cabaret, I wanted to explore the
ups and downs of being single through song, similar to how 'Sex and the City' captured both the
funny and challenging aspects of being single and looking for love. In addition
to singing songs I love, it has been great to write and perform comedy and get
people really laughing at the things we go through in the dating game," she
explained.
The Doylestown native has previously
appeared at Lincoln Center in New York City, World
Cafe Live in Philadelphia and Odette's in New Hope, among numerous other night spots.
Tickets are $15 per person, available by phone at 215.928.0770; or visit tinangel.com
For more information about Karen Gross, visit karengross.com An
Evening with Joan!
 "Can We
Talk?"
You certainly can if you'll be attending "An
Evening with Joan Rivers: Can We Talk," a one-night
only performance by the pioneering entertainer, May 2, 8 p.m., at The Gershman Y, 401 South Broad Street, Avenue of the
Arts, Philadelphia, to benefit The Gershman Y.
The Tony-nominated actress, night
club act, fashionista police, and best-selling author is credited with having
"introduced femme angst into standup comedy and made her mark with her
signature sarcastic humor" to millions of viewers on television from Tonight Show to the Style Network to her most recent gigs
on the red carpet at almost any and every celebrity gala or award presentation
in Hollywood and beyond.
Tickets range from $158 per person for VIP seating, with a listing in the
benefit program book, and access to the post-performance VIP reception in honor
of Joan Rivers; $106 for rear orchestra and balcony box; $68.50 for balcony and
$54 for rear balcony.
So, now, grow up and buy your tickets to a not-to-be-missed evening with the
incredibly funny wit and vicious tongue of Joan Rivers!
For more information, call 215.446.3021
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What They Said:
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 While works about love and sex that talk about the history of AIDS and the
current state of affairs of all three topics in our contemporary gay world
might sound like a definite turnoff to many a reader, even if we're still
talking fiction, there's a lot of buzz in the literary world about 53-year-old
queer writer Jameson
Currier's latest collection, "Still Dancing: New and Selected
Stories." When he sat down to talk with fellow queer fiction writer, Wayne
Hoffman ("Hard: A Novel") for The Guide (March 2009), Currier, the native
Georgian, who has lived in New York City for the past three decades, had this
to say about the gay male condition: "Even
when AIDS arrived, gay men never stopped having sex. It was always important to
me to write a character that has a full life, and if you're going to write
about gay men, you're going to have to write about sex in some fashion. I never
wanted to avoid writing about any of the issues that gay men face on an
everyday basis, and what gay men face on an everyday basis is how they view
their sexuality and how they look for their partners and view their
relationships. So a closet full of leather clothes and a box full of dildos is
part of a gay man's apartment, and I'm not going to avoid writing about that. I
need to write about sex and show all of its glory and fear."
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 Radical chic designer Rick Owens, American-born but Paris-based, has
a lot to say about grooming and dressing. He spoke out in Details (April 2009)
where he admitted that he's no good at subtlety, big on working out (it's
"modern couture"), and that body image and staying fit was more important than
having a large wardrobe (he advises "But less clothing and go the gym instead."),
that hair and shoes are important to dressing, and that he hates accessories on
men--he says no rings, bracelets, message bags, even sunglasses, get rid of the
fussiness. Right now Owens is even against color and all about black: "There's something a little too
chatter-boxy about color. Right now I want black, for its sharpness and
punctuation." And, later, "With layering, sometimes the more the better. When
you layer a lot of black you're like a walking Louise Nevelson sculpture, and
that's pretty attractive. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is also one of the
most attractive things you can do."
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 The ever elusive, iconic Sam Shepard, longtime partner of twice Academy
Award winning actress Jessica Lange, who is experiencing her own glorious comeback
on stage and screen, had a budding acting career, even got a nomination himself
for Best Supporting Actor for the "Right Stuff," but never made it to the
Oscars, he's shy, doesn't like crowds, avoids the spotlight and the movie star
thing. He passed on a lot of roles that other actors of his generation would
kill for--"Lonesome Dove," "Unforgiven," "Big" and "Reds" to name a few. The
64-year-old creator of "True West" among other plays, Shepard told Jeff
Gordinier in Details (September 2008): "Yeah.
I turned a log of stuff down. I still mainly considered myself a playwright at
that point, and I just felt like, if I start doin' this stuff and become a
quote-unquote movie star, it's really going to be difficult to have anybody take
my writing seriously. So I kind of backed away for it."
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Events on the Qt! |
April 19-26, 2009 Philadelphia Black Gay Pride
 Sunday, April 19th
2nd Annual Miss Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Pageant
An Evening of Competition, Elegance, Talent & Entertainment
Hosted by Racine Pendarvis
Ethical Society Building, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Tickets $10 in Advance, $12 at the Door
Tuesday, April 20th
Community Forum
"The Pride Divide"
A Panel Discussion exploring the issues within the Black LGBT Communities
The COLOURS Organization, 112 N. Broad Street, Phila, PA
6:00PM Free
Tuesday, April 21st
Evening of Praise & Worship
Healing Stream United Church of Christ
401 E. Indiana Avenue; Philadelphia, PA
7:00PM
Wednesday, April 22nd
Spoken Word
PBGP Present's Philly's One Night Stand: Spoken Word
Location: TBD
7:00PM - 9:30PM
Thursday, April 23rd
Sing Out Strong
Ethical Society Building, 1906 Rittenhouse
Square, Philadelphia
Thursday April 23, 2009 8:00PM - 11:00pm
Come out to hear the best singers in Philadelphia's
LBGTQ Community at Sing Out Strong!
$10 Saturday, April 25th Pride Pool Party
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4100 Presidential Blvd
6:00-9:00PM Click HERE for a complete list of Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Events and other details.
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