Bail reduced for Black Madam
A transgender woman accused of giving illegal buttocks injections might find it easier to make bail.
A judge last week lowered bail for Padge Windslowe, known as “Black Madam,” from $10 million to $750,000.
The bail agreement requires Windslowe to be under house arrest at her parents’ house on 62nd Street.
The agreement also stipulated she stay away from “syringes, needles and crazy glue.”
Windslowe is accused of hosting “pumping parties,” at which she injected at least one woman — who was hospitalized following the procedure — with silicone for a buttocks enhancement.
Another woman died after allegedly receiving Windslowe’s procedure, but charges have not yet been filed in that case.
Windslowe is due in court May 16.
Memorial for local activist
Friends of the late Kathryn Furano, the former co-chair of the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force who died last month, will create a memorial in her honor this spring in Fairmount Park.
As Furano was an avid rower and member of the Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club, friends are seeking donations to install either a memorial tree or bench in her honor along Kelly Drive.
A tree planting costs $500 and a bench $950.
Donations to support the effort can be sent to Fairmount Park Commission, One Parkway, 10th floor, 1515 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. Specify “Furano Memorial” in the memo section of a check. For more information, email Maureen Hannigan at [email protected] or contact Fairmount Park’s Lori Hayes at [email protected] or 215-685-1660.
Trans elders subject of film
“Growing Old Gracefully: The Transgender Experience” will be screened in a fundraising event at 7 p.m. March 31 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.
The film, directed by Joe Ippolito and Kandis Hutcherson, follows five transgender elders as they traverse the challenge of growing older and includes testimonials from trans activists, clinicians and aging-services providers.
The event is free but donations are encouraged to support the future course of the film, which is scheduled for release in September. The directors are aiming to enter it in film festivals next year.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/messages/833563286#!/events/337125473000871/. — Jen Colletta