Feature Story: If you talk about contemporary dance in Washington, dancer and choreographer Helanius Wilkins is bound to enter the conversation. Since 2001, his EDGEWORKS Dance Theater has steadily been gaining momentum, as he and his all-male company of mostly African-American dancers follow a mission to smash stereotypes.
"We come in as men, men who are dancing, men who are making an impact through dance," Wilkins explains. "We're not coming in as gay men or straight men. We're coming to it just as men first. That's where the work starts from. I think there's something very special about starting from that place."
That male-centric description may seem limiting to some, but it has certainly not limited Wilkins, who specifically dubbed EDGEWORDS a contemporary-dance "theater," rather than a "company," in that it allows him and others the opportunity to express themselves beyond dance. ...more
"We come in as men, men who are dancing, men who are making an impact through dance," Wilkins explains. "We're not coming in as gay men or straight men. We're coming to it just as men first. That's where the work starts from. I think there's something very special about starting from that place."
That male-centric description may seem limiting to some, but it has certainly not limited Wilkins, who specifically dubbed EDGEWORDS a contemporary-dance "theater," rather than a "company," in that it allows him and others the opportunity to express themselves beyond dance. ...more
Gauge: Whitman-Walker Clinic has made some changes.
The waiting room at the Max Robinson Center has been named the ''Barbara A. Chinn Waiting Area.'' And the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center now has a ''Mary L. Bahr Public Benefits Room'' and a ''Dr. Patricia D. Hawkins Medical Adherence Room.''
The clinic announced the move April 15, also advising of an upcoming ceremony at a yet to-be-determined date later this year. According to the clinic, the board of directors voted unanimously to honor the three lesbians who were laid off in December of 2008 without severance. ...more
The waiting room at the Max Robinson Center has been named the ''Barbara A. Chinn Waiting Area.'' And the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center now has a ''Mary L. Bahr Public Benefits Room'' and a ''Dr. Patricia D. Hawkins Medical Adherence Room.''
The clinic announced the move April 15, also advising of an upcoming ceremony at a yet to-be-determined date later this year. According to the clinic, the board of directors voted unanimously to honor the three lesbians who were laid off in December of 2008 without severance. ...more
Gauge: When Siva ''Shiva'' Subbaraman first got involved in the D.C. GLBT community in the 1980s, things were a lot different for Asian/Pacific Islanders.
''When I used to go to some of the early meetings in the '80s, all I saw was white women,'' Subbaraman says. ''And I couldn't identify with the white lesbians from that time. I couldn't understand how to put together those two pieces of my identity: being South Asian and being queer. So I left it alone.''
But it wasn't long before Subbaraman, who came to the District from India for graduate studies, found herself involved in KhushDC, a gay group, and Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS). She would go on to serve as Asian representative for the Mayor's Committee on LGBT Affairs from 1999 to 2002, before working as the associate director at the Office of LGBT Equity at the University of Maryland. And in August 2008, Subbaraman accepted a position at Georgetown University as the first director of the Catholic institution's LGBTQ Resource Center. ...more
''When I used to go to some of the early meetings in the '80s, all I saw was white women,'' Subbaraman says. ''And I couldn't identify with the white lesbians from that time. I couldn't understand how to put together those two pieces of my identity: being South Asian and being queer. So I left it alone.''
But it wasn't long before Subbaraman, who came to the District from India for graduate studies, found herself involved in KhushDC, a gay group, and Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS). She would go on to serve as Asian representative for the Mayor's Committee on LGBT Affairs from 1999 to 2002, before working as the associate director at the Office of LGBT Equity at the University of Maryland. And in August 2008, Subbaraman accepted a position at Georgetown University as the first director of the Catholic institution's LGBTQ Resource Center. ...more
DOVER, Del. (AP)Delaware's Transportation Secretary has apologized after a department newsletter on diversity offended minority employees by spelling out many of the slurs that it advised workers not to use.
Carolann Wicks said the Diversity Spotlight newsletter tried to directly address workplace issues by letting employees know what's not acceptable.
The newsletter published a racial epithet often directed at blacks and derogatory terms for homosexuals and Asians, advising people not to use the words. And it specified offensive phrases not to use with lesbian, gay and transgender co-workers, as well as Asian, Hispanic and older employees.
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OLD GREENWICH, CONN. (AP)A Long Island legislator has legally married his partner in Connecticut.
Jon Cooper and Robert Cooper were wed in a park Thursday in Old Greenwich, Conn.
The 54-year-old Majority Leader of the Suffolk County Legislature called the brief ceremony "a public recognition of the private commitment that Rob and I have made for 29 years now."
The Coopers hav e adopted and raised five children. The Democratic legislator represents the northern parts of Huntington Township.
Same-sex marriages were legalized in Connecticut in October.
New York Gov. David Paterson has sought to legalize same-sex marriages in his state and ha ...
STAFF REPORTSThe CDC on Thursday issued "interim guidance" for clinicians treating patients with swine flu who are also HIV-positive.
The full publication is available here.
The document notes that people with compromised immune systems, including people with HIV, are more at risk for seasonal flu, and thus are more likely to be at risk for H1N1, or swine-origin, flu as well.
There are insufficient data available at this point to determine who is at higher risk for complications of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) vi ...
Tickets on sale now for June 12 event. Tickets went on sale today for the fifth annual 'Wanderlust' Travel Raffle, a fundraiser for the Brook's Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Ticket holders will have the chance to win a $2,000 travel...
Law update would strengthen ability to investigate, prosecute hate crimes. In a bipartisan vote of 249-175, the U.S. House passed yesterday the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known in the U.S. Senate as the Matthew Shepard Act..
Tickets on sale now for June 12 event. Tickets went on sale today for the fifth annual 'Wanderlust' Travel Raffle, a fundraiser for the Brook's Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Ticket holders will have the chance to win a $2,000 travel...
Kalamazoo leaders to re-adopt gay protections ordinance
Gay and lesbian couples may marry in Sweden starting today
'Millionaire Matchmaker' takes on its first gay client
Kalamazoo leaders to re-adopt gay protections ordinance
Gay and lesbian couples may marry in Sweden starting today
'Millionaire Matchmaker' takes on its first gay client
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