Gauge: Summer had barely begun when Steve Orner and his partner, Joe, found themselves facing one of their worst nightmares -- one all too common among same-sex, bi-national couples: separation. Joe, who asks to omit his last name for fear of raising any red flags with immigration authorities, lost his job. No job meant no visa for this citizen of Indonesia. Years in American schools, earning a Ph.D. in structural engineering, weren't enough. Nor was his relationship of nearly a decade with Orner, an American. Nor was their Connecticut marriage.
"He flew back Wednesday, the 21st," says Orner, who has been traveling quite a bit himself.
Before Joe left, the two drove to Taos, N.M., where Orner is now living with his sister, as Joe's forced exit required them to sell their Columbia Heights condo. Out West, at least, the two were able to share the precious days before Joe's departure in the best possible way. ...more
"He flew back Wednesday, the 21st," says Orner, who has been traveling quite a bit himself.
Before Joe left, the two drove to Taos, N.M., where Orner is now living with his sister, as Joe's forced exit required them to sell their Columbia Heights condo. Out West, at least, the two were able to share the precious days before Joe's departure in the best possible way. ...more
Gauge: Local gay activist Peter Rosenstein doesn't trust Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier.
He didn't feel that way two years ago when Lanier shared with him, and the larger GLBT community, her vision to expand the city's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit's (GLLU) services beyond its Dupont Circle headquarters.
''We basically said, 'We love that idea,''' Rosenstein recalls reacting to Lanier's plan to train officers from all of the city's police districts in GLLU services. ...more
He didn't feel that way two years ago when Lanier shared with him, and the larger GLBT community, her vision to expand the city's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit's (GLLU) services beyond its Dupont Circle headquarters.
''We basically said, 'We love that idea,''' Rosenstein recalls reacting to Lanier's plan to train officers from all of the city's police districts in GLLU services. ...more
Stage: Children should be seen and not heard. For many of us this was the general house rule growing up. An attitude held by grandmothers and elder statesman aunts who had already raised their own children and didn't need to hear the same complaints and questions all over again. They had done their time.
Such is the attitude of the iron matriarch helming the family of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. This is the first full-length Simon play to appear at Theater J's Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater and it deserves a warm and enthusi enthusiastic welcome.
There's a lovely sentimentality at work here, a wonderfully broad, almost romantic notion of family. A family you may well recognize. The uncle no one talks about. The aunt everyone talks about. The grandmother people talk about, but very softly to make sure she doesn't hear you. (Of course, she always hears you.) ...more
Such is the attitude of the iron matriarch helming the family of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. This is the first full-length Simon play to appear at Theater J's Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater and it deserves a warm and enthusi enthusiastic welcome.
There's a lovely sentimentality at work here, a wonderfully broad, almost romantic notion of family. A family you may well recognize. The uncle no one talks about. The aunt everyone talks about. The grandmother people talk about, but very softly to make sure she doesn't hear you. (Of course, she always hears you.) ...more
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington BladeThe Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's largest local LGBT political organization, presented its annual leadership awards Oct. 29 to six people it named as community champions.
One of the awards was awarded posthumously to Desi Deschaine, a club member and local activist who died earlier this year in a boating accident. The club designated another of the awards in Deschaine's name for special recognition for service and leadership.
Among those attending the awards reception, held at the National Women's Democratic Club in Dupont Circle, were D.C. City Council members Kwame Brown (D-At Large), David Catania (I-At Large ...
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington BladePresident Obama on Friday signed a bill extending for four years the Ryan White AIDS Care Act, the largest federal program providing assistance to low-income people with HIV or AIDS.
At a White House ceremony attended by members of Congress and AIDS activists, the president also announced that his administration would issue a final rule on Monday to eliminate the longstanding federal ban on allowing HIV positive visitors and immigrants from entering the country.
White House spokesperson Shin Inouye said the rule change would take effect Jan. 4.
Obama praised Congress for passing on a bipartisan basis t ...
WASHINGTON (AP)The Obama administration argues there is no right to marriage-based federal benefits in new court papers seeking to throw out a lawsuit brought by Massachusetts over gay marriage.
The Justice Department and Massachusetts — the first state to allow gay marriage — are at odds over a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Massachusetts says that law is discriminatory and deprives gay couples in the state of certain federal spousal benefits.
The Obama administration agrees the Defense of Marriage Act is discriminatory and wants it repealed, but says it ...
New York's Gotham Knights, the gay rugby team 9/11 hero Mark Bingham was in the process of co-founding when his life was tragically cut short, has shot its first calendar. 
Thousands gathered in London Friday night to rally against the sudden surge of anti-gay hate crimes in the area, including the recent murder of 62-year-old Ian Baynham, who was en route to a club for a night on the town when he was attacked. 
With a lackluster showing in the polls and considerable trouble raising money, San Francisco Mayor and gay rights advocate Gavin Newsom has announced he’s dropping out of the race for governor of California. 
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