portraits
Family Portraits: bex*
At a mere 26 years of age, bex* has managed to rack up quite a résumé. A graphic artist, filmmaker, photographer and clothing designer, bex* moved from the Northwest to our fair city five years a...
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Professional Portraits: Tony Fisher
I was tempted to hold off on doing this interview until we got a little closer to Earth Day, but then I figured, if your mother was dying, would you wait until Mother’s Day to help her? I think no...
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Family Portraits: Stephen Glassman
Many of you know, or have heard of, Stephen Glassman. As the chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, he has been a staunch defender of civil rights for our community and all others f...
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Family Portraits: Tommy Femia
We all know the term “Friend of Dorothy” (if you don’t, shame on you. Learn your gay history!), but this week’s interview isn’t just a friend of Dorothy — he is Dorothy. Well, not Dorothy Parker, ...
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Family Portraits: Junnie Cross
She’s what some might call an Air Force brat, but with a winning smile and an open attitude, Junnie Cross could hardly be considered a brat. We spoke with the LGBT advocate, who serves as the di...
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Professional Portraits: Valerie Safran
Hollywood has its power couples — Bennifer, Brangelina, TomKat — and, here in Philadelphia, we have Valemar, or should that be Malerie? Partners in life and in business, Valerie Safran and Marcie ...
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Family Portraits: Louis Ortiz
OK, I admit that I have made people cry (à la Barbara Walters) during the course of these interviews, but this week was a first: The interviewee made me cry like a baby. Louis Ortiz is that guy — ...
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Family Portraits: Brian Strachan
Brian Strachan wears many hats. And they’re sometimes big pink ones atop towering wigs. He fills his daytime hours as a teacher, inspiring the next generation at the University of the Arts, but on...
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Family Portraits: George Alley
His Web site states, in part, “As a choreographer, George Alley has no reverence for the art of dance. All movement is ‘creative’ movement; the artistic endeavor is in providing the correct framin...
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Professional Portraits: Denise Lehmann
The New Year is the time when many of us take stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going. It’s a time to reflect upon the way things have been and create a new plan for the future. In that re...
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