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•TEXAS NEWS

4 Razzle Dazzle returns to Dallas

4 Price, Lane in FW runoff

10 Anti-bullying bill passes lege

14 Kunkle disputes warning of Rawlings

•BUSINESS

27 Pet Airways lands in Dallas

•LIFE+STYLE

40 ‘Lez Be Proud’ follows 4 lesbians

44 Denver is the Austin of the Rockies

43 Dallas Pride Cheer going to SF Pride

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6 Pet of the Week

8 LSR Journal

32 Viewpoints

34 Life+Style

58 Starvoice

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Revived event will span 5 days with a variety of new features

DAVID TAFFET | Staff [email protected]

When organizers decided to revive RazzleDazzle Dallas, they made the event bigger thanit had ever been. And Scott Whittall, presidentof the Cedar Springs Merchants Association saidthat the five-day event just keeps growing.

For example, after rain forced the postpone-ment last weekend of a sidewalk sale and an-tique car show scheduled for Cedar Springs, theevents were added to the Razzle Dazzle sched-ule.

Razzle Dazzle begins on Wednesday, June 1,with the Cedar Springs Wine Walk and DogWalk. Participating merchants will serve freewine to anyone who has purchased a $5 wineglass. The Humane Society will set up pet sta-tions along the street to make the event dogfriendly.

Thursday, June 2, is the Jagermeister OakLawn Pub Crawl. A party bus will shuttle par-tygoers to participating nightclubs off of CedarSprings. Participants can travel from club to club

Price, Lane face off in runoff to replace Moncrief as mayor, will attend LGBT forum Wednesday

TAMMYE NASH | Senior [email protected]

FORT WORTH — After nearly two years ofunprecedented progress on LGBT issues withinthe Fort Worth city government, Cowtown’sLGBT residents are now facing the prospect ofnow having Mike Moncrief in the mayor’s seatat City Hall.

Although Moncrief probably can’t be de-scribed as the LGBT community’s biggest cheer-leader, in the 22 months since the raid on theRainbow Lounge, he has at least been a steadfastvoice for equal treatment and has supported anumber of changes proposed by the City Man-ager’s Diversity Task Force.

Those changes included amending the city’snondiscrimination ordinance to add protectionsbased on gender identity and gender expression,despite often strident opposition from some ofFort Worth’s most conservative residents.

But with Moncrief choosing not to run for re-election this year, LGBT residents now find them-

selves faced with a choice between former tax-as-sessor/collector Betsy Price and attorney and for-mer City Council member Jim Lane.

City elections are nonpartisan, but it is no se-cret that Price is Republican and Lane is a Demo-crat.

Price came in way ahead in the May 14 generalelection, pulling down 43 percent of the vote.Lane claimed his spot in the runoff with 26 per-cent.

Price comes into the race with endorsements

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2nd arrest in double murderDallas police have arrested a second

suspect in the murder of a gay Far EastDallas couple found dead in their burnedapartment last month. Danny Dews, 23,was arrested Wednesday night in San An-tonio and faces a charge of capital murder.Oscar MirelezYoung, 23, wasarrested Saturdayin Uvalde, west ofSan Antonio, andalso faces a capi-tal murdercharge.

The victims,Mike Humphrey,59, Clayton Cap-shaw, 61, werefound dead in their apartment in the 11200block of Woodmeadow Parkway on April27, after the apartment was set on fire tocover up the crime.

According to police, Humphrey mayhave picked up Dews and Young for sexnear Dallas’ homeless shelter, the Bridge.Dews and Young reportedly planned to robthe couple, who were found dead fromstab wounds and blunt force trauma.

Dews was captured near a homelessshelter in San Antonio and appeared tohave tried to changed his appearance,growing a beard and shaving his head. Po-lice say they believe Dews and Young trav-eled to San Antonio together aftercommitting the murders. The case is notbeing treated as a hate crime.

— John Wright

‘Silkwood’ screens FridayThe Studios at Las Colinas has been

around a long time now. How long? Well —Its first major project was Silkwood, the1983 film in which Cher played a lesbian(good training for her dealing with her fansand daughter, now son, Chaz).

If you haven’t seen Silkwood for a while,you can fix that this weekend. On Friday,the Muller Film & Television EducationFoundation will host a mixer and screeningof the Oscar-nominated film, starting at6:30 p.m. in the upstairs art gallery of Build-ing 1 of the studios. Cost is $5 for founda-tion members, $10 for non-members.RSVP at FilmTVEducation.org.

— Arnold Wayne Jones

Texans back equality For at least the fifth time in the last two

years, a poll has shown that a solid majorityof Texans support legal recognition ofsame-sex relationships, whether it be mar-riage or civil unions. A poll releasedWednesday found that 61 percent of Tex-ans support same-sex marriage or civilunions. The poll found that 30 percent sup-port same-sex marriage, 31 percent sup-port civil unions, and 33 percent opposeany form of relationship recognition, with 6percent unsure.

— John Wright

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Razzle Dazzle Dallas returns to Cedar Springs

FW candidates denounce discriminationDeborah Cox Cazwell

Betsy Price Jim Lane

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DBA, others sponsor mayoral debate

Several organizations in North Texas aresponsoring a one-hour debate between Dallasmayoral runoff candidates David Kunkle andMike Rawlings on Monday, June 6, at the Pavil-lion at the Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave. in Dal-las. The forum will be moderated by ShawnWilliams, editor of Dallas South News.

The debate, which will begin promptly atnoon, is free and open to the public. An optional$13 lunch buffet will be served beginning at11:30 a.m.

The debate is sponsored by the Public ForumCommittee of the Dallas Bar Association, theDallas Asian American Bar Association, the Dal-las Association of Young Lawyers, the DallasHispanic Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal As-sociation and the League of Women Voters ofDallas, the program is intended to educate theDallas legal community and public of the back-grounds and philosophies of the candidates. TheDallas Bar Association is a non-partisan organi-zation.

Those interested in attending are asked toRSVP to [email protected] so adequate seat-ing is available.

C.U.R.E. begins fundraising for Quilt

On Sept. 30–Oct. 2, C.U.R.E. 2011 will bringpanels from the Names Project AIDS Memorial

Quilt to the Dallas Convention Center. This dis-play will be the largest seen since the Quilt wasexhibited on the National Mall in WashingtonDC. Dallas will be the venue for a national eventfocusing on educating our diverse populationsabout AIDS and how to prevent its spread.

To help fund the weekend, C.U.R.E. hasstarted a fundraising campaign, asking peopleto donate just $2 and to ask friends and familyto do the same. The link to make a donationthrough PayPal is CureNTx.org.

C.U.R.E was founded by Roseann Rossettiand Rosemary Odom. Tyler Sweatman is theevent director for the Quilt display.

United Way disburses funds

United Way of Greater Dallas voted to dis-burse $25 million to 78 nonprofit organizationsin the Dallas area. Because of new criteria thatemphasized improving education, income orhealth, some new agencies received money andothers lost their United Way funding.

Among the regular recipients are ResourceCenter Dallas, which will receive $383,409, andAIDS Arms, which will receive $772,548.Bryan’s House is one of the new agencies receiv-ing United Way funding and they will get$315,106.

Donors who sign up to contribute throughUnited Way can designate an agency, if that or-ganization is among their approved agencies. •

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New event manager Jerry Calumnwants to get the Lone Star Rideeven more fiscally fit than before

M. M. ADJARIAN | Contributing [email protected]

Change is the only constant; no one knows thisbetter than Jerry Calumn, the former marketingconsultant/standup comedian who in March re-placed Dave Minehart as event manager for theLone Star Ride Fighting AIDS.

Articulate and sizzlingly energetic, Calumn isa man with a plan. He has to be.

The economic downturn hit nonprofits like theLSR especially hard. While the worst of the finan-cial crisis seems to be over, it can take up to twoyears after a recession has ended before nonprofitorganizations are able to come out of their own“parallel recessions.”

“[Once surviving] nonprofits have the re-sources to get their donations back, the competi-tion for [things like] dollars and volunteers getshefty,” Calumn observes.

For AIDS nonprofits in particular, however, thepressures are even greater, as costs for the newmedical options that will become available toHIV/AIDS patients in the next 5 to 10 years areexpected to skyrocket.

“The new treatments will be great, but they willbe expensive,” says Calumn. “In the next [decade]of this epidemic, we are going to face very seriouschallenges with regard to the amount of moneywe are going to have to raise.”

So far, however, the LSR is on track to raise over$2 million this season, which will make 2011 abanner year for the event.

Calumn’s strategy to increase the fiscal fitness

of the ride by working the LSR core is similar toone cyclists might use to train their bodies for theactual ride itself. He’s also actively listening towhat his riders have to say about what they wantto do and how they want to go about doing it.

“We’re putting a lot more tools in the [cyclists’]hands,” he says. “We’re [also] training them betteron how to fundraise. And we’re connecting themto more rider-centered events throughout the sea-son.”

One example of the way Calumn is opening upand “toning” the LSR is through the inclusion ofa “ Map Your Dream Ride” meeting. On May 24,cyclists gathered together to discuss possibleroutes for this year’s ride. The final map layoutwill be announced in July.

The recession and increased costs for HIV treat-ment or not the only hurdles the LSR faces as anorganization. Calumn, who moved to Dallas fromNew York, saw 50 percent of Jewish charities thereand in New Jersey (and 30 percent nationally)close in the wake of the 2008 Madoff scandal.

This in turn has given rise to drastically in-creased investor/donor suspicion regardingwho’s handling their money and how. Sensitiveto these new realities, Calumn is also working tomake the LSR a more transparent nonprofit.

“[That scandal] has really ingrained in people’sheads to look more closely at organization’s fi-nances,” he says. “We don’t ask enough toughquestions on the program side of our nonprofits,especially in the gay, lesbian and HIV com-munity.”

As a conscious agent of change andman who has lived — and thrived— with HIV for the last 17 years,Calumn has his work cut outfor him. Yet he relisheswhat’s ahead and embraces

his work with in-spired fervor.

He even plansto be out on theroad himself, joy-fully adding hisown blood, sweatand tears into themix.

His excitementis as electric as itis palpable. De-clares Calumn, “Itold the board andmy managementteam as soon as Ilanded [in Dallas lastspring], ‘I am riding!’”

And over the startingline he goes, a winner be-fore the race has evenbegun. •

Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDStakes place Sept. 24-25. For details orto donate to a specific rider or team orto the ride in general, go online to Lon-eStarRide.org.

• lsrjournalFacing the challenge withexcitement, energy

Jerry Calumn


Money will help agency providecounseling to people who areunable to afford care


Legacy Counseling Center has received a$25,000 grant from the Meadows Foundation.

This is the second grant the agency has receivedfrom the foundation. The first was in 1997. Thatgrant helped Legacy open Legacy Founders Cot-tage, the Oak Cliff facility that provides specialcare in a homelike environment for people livingwith AIDS in critical stages of their illness who re-quire 24-hour supervision.

Legacy Counseling Center is the Southwest’slargest provider of mental health and substanceabuse services directed specifically to personschallenged with HIV and AIDS.

The grant will help provide counseling for peo-ple who can’t otherwise afford it and don’t fitother grant sources.

Legacy Executive Director Melissa Grove said,“This grant allows us to accept anyone who needscare.”

She said that Meadows used to focus more oncapital improvement funding. Her organizationused the money from the 1997 grant to make thecottage more handicapped accessible with moresecurity.

“Those are benefits that are lasting to this day,”she said.

With the current economy, she said, Meadowsopened their funding to other types of services.

“One of the reasons we requested the funding,”she said, “We’re seeing more people than everwith so many people out of work.”

She said that over the years issues among herclients has changed.

“When I firststarted, we werehelping people dealwith the fact theywere going to die,”Grove said. “Nowwe help peoplelearn how to live.”

But even overthe last few years,she said, the issueshave changed.There’s a lot moreworkplace stresstoday.

“While it’s illegal to fire someone who is posi-tive, it happens all the time,” she said. “If someoneis positive and driving up the premiums, that’sthe first person laid off.”

Grove was proud of her agency’s quick re-sponse when necessary.

“This morning we got a call from the health de-partment about someone in crisis,” she said. “Wegot them in within 30 minutes.”

She also told the success story of one of herclients who gave her a signed release to tell thestory. She said he had been homeless for years. Hecame to the cottage from Parkland.

“We got him healthy, on HIV meds for the firsttime and into our substance abuse program,” shesaid.

Now he’s living in his own apartment for thefirst time, functioning and coming to group.Grove said that while he’s on disability now, shehas even higher hopes for him in the future.

She said that was an example of an extremecase that is now easier for Legacy to handle withthe grant money.

Meadows Foundation was founded in 1948and has provided more than half a billion dollarsto more than 2,000 Texas agencies in Texas. •

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Legacy Counseling Centerreceives Meadows grant

Melissa Grove


Although prospects were dim as session started, Equality Texashas achieved its top priority withpassage of anti-bullying bill

JOHN WRIGHT | Online [email protected]

When the 82nd Texas Legislature convened inJanuary, things weren’t looking good for theLGBT community.

Republicans had seized a supermajority in theHouse in November elections, and EqualityTexas, the statewide LGBT advocacy group, had

eliminated half its staff — including its legislativelobbyist — due to budget constraints.

Five months later, when the legislative sessionends this coming Monday, Equality Texas willhave defied the odds and achieved its No. 1 pri-ority — passage of meaningful anti-bullying leg-islation.

On top of that, the group has seen committeehearings on more than a dozen bills it supported,and appears to have staved off several anti-LGBTmeasures, including one targeting transgendermarriage and another aimed at eliminating gayresource centers on college campuses.

“I would give this a very high mark as far as alegislative session for us,” said Dennis Coleman,

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Legislative session endswell for LGBT community

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED | Equality Texas Executive Director Dennis Coleman said the LGBT lobbying or-ganization stayed persistent and reached its major goal in this legislative session. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

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who was named executive director of EqualityTexas just months before the session began.

“I would give it an ‘A’ considering where wethought we were going. I don’t think that any-body thought that we would make any kind ofprogress based upon last year’s elections, and Iwould say I was a little skeptical as well.

“We stayed persistent,” Coleman added. “Wefound allies to work with all across the board.Equality Texas became the expert on a lot of thebills that were out there, especially around thebullying bills.”

For Equality Texas, the session was highlightedby final passage this week of HB 1942, the bipar-tisan anti-bullying bill by Rep. Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, that now awaits Gov. Rick Perry’ssignature. Passage of Patrick’s bill, a compromisemeasure that includes portions of several otheranti-bullying bills, comes on the heels of the gayyouth suicide crisis of last fall.

“It’s unfortunate that it took the suicide of chil-dren for people to really pay attention to what weknew about almost 15 years ago,” Coleman said.“For many people they think it just popped up,but this has been going on for at least three ses-sions.”

To help win passage of Patrick’s bill, EqualityTexas enlisted people like Fort Worth City Coun-cilman Joel Burns, as well as the parents of bully-ing victims including Asher Brown, the gay13-year-old from the Houston area who took hisown life last year.

"It was a promise I made to Asher the day thathe died before his little body left this house," AmyTruong, Asher’s mother, said this week in anEquality Texas press release marking final pas-sage of HB 1942. "I told him that I would neverstop fighting until we did something to changethis.”

Coleman downplayed criticism that Patrick’sbill doesn’t include enumerated protections forLGBT youth. “I think by making it as broad asyou can, you include everyone without excludinganyone,” Coleman said. “To say that LGBT stu-dents are not covered is wrong.”

Coleman added that although he doesn’t be-lieve the absence of LGBT protections weakensthe bill, “I definitely think we would not havegotten the broad bipartisan support had we con-tinued trying to fight for everything we thoughtshould have been in there.”

As of Thursday, Equality Texas was patientlyawaiting final passage of a second bill it supports,a youth suicide prevention measure from Rep.Garnet Coleman, D-Houston.

But the group’s work won’t end with the ses-sion on Monday. Dennis Coleman said he be-lieves a special session is likely, which couldprovide an opportunity for defeated anti-LGBTmeasures to re-emerge. He added that the grouphas a very short window for fundraising prior tothe 2012 election cycle.

“I don’t know what kind of vacation I’m goingto be taking anytime soon,” Coleman said as hetraveled from Austin to Dallas for a fundraiser onWednesday afternoon. “We’re tired, but we’rehappy with the results.” •

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Houck, Jenkens hope to inspireother lesbian couples to get involvedin philanthropy for women’s causes

FROM STAFF [email protected]

Dallas couple Trish Houck and Lyssa Jenkenshave announced that they are making a $1 mil-lion donation to the Dallas Women’s Foundationas part of the foundation’s comprehensive cam-paign this June. The comprehensive campaignhas surpassed its goal of $30 million and is at $35million.

Houck and Jenkens said that by making thegift as a couple, they hope to make a statement toother lesbian couples about their potential poweras philanthropists and the importance of sup-porting women’s causes.

“Gay or straight, young or old, black, white orbrown, we are all women. Working together wehave the ability to make tremendous transforma-tional change in our community,” said Houck,who is a Dallas Women’s Foundation AdvisoryCouncil member and former board member.

Houck is a former real estate professional andantique shop owner currently teaches English asa Second Language to adults.

Houck and Jenkens are the first lesbian couplein Dallas to be recognized for their philanthropicleadership by the Women Moving Millions cam-paign. Founded by Dallas-born sisters HelenLaKelly Hunt and Swanee Hunt, Women Mov-ing Millions strives to get women of means tomake gifts of $1 million or more to women’s andgirls’ causes and since 2007 has infused $180 mil-lion into women’s funds worldwide.

Dallas Women’s Foundation leads the virtualcampaign with 26 women donors making gifts of$1 million or more to the organization.

Becky Sykes, chief executive officer of DallasWomen’s Foundation, said Houck and Jenkens

are prime examples of “the important rolewomen serve in healthy communities, and DallasWomen’s Foundation is so grateful for their com-mitment to the betterment of society for womenand by women.”

Together, Houck and Jenkens support organi-zations serving women and girls through the Pa-tricia Houck & Lyssa Jenkens Family Fund atDallas Women’s Foundation. The couple is alsoinvolved in the First Unitarian Church of Dallas,North Dallas Shared Ministries, Vickery MeadowLearning Center and Astraea Lesbian Foundationfor Justice.

Jenkens, chief research officer for DallasWomen’s Foundation and former chief econo-mist for the Dallas Regional Chamber, said, “Asan economist, I have witnessed both the powerwomen can have in lifting up communities, aswell as the consequences to society when they aredisenfranchised. As a volunteer, employee anddonor, I have seen Dallas Women’s Foundationactively and effectively become an epicenter forthe empowerment of women and girls in NorthTexas and beyond.”

Houck first became involved with DallasWomen’s Foundation in the mid-1990s and hasserved on the foundation’s grants, developmentand marketing committees. She co-founded theDallas Women’s Foundation 2004 Lesbian DonorCircle and has also been involved with AVANCE,Dallas CASA and Resource Center of Dallas.

Jenkens was first a volunteer and is now thefoundation’s chief research officer, spearheadingthe organization’s gender-specific research initia-tives. She holds a doctorate in applied economicsfrom the University of Texas at Dallas and is cur-rently pursuing a master of divinity degree fromMeadville Lombard Theological School inChicago. •

For more information about Dallas Women’s Foun-dation, visit DallasWomensFoundation.org or contactPhilanthropy Director Lesly Bosch Annen at 214-965-9977, ext. 118.

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Dallas couple makemillion-dollar donation

PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY | Dallas couple Trish Houck, left, and Lyssa Jenkens have donated $1million to the Dallas Women’s Foundation.

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Officials say Robert Ragan waskilled when he came in contact witha downed power line followingTuesday’s storm

JOHN WRIGHT | Online [email protected]

A man identified as 35-year-old Robert Ragandied Tuesday night, May 24, after he apparentlycrossing crime-scene tape surrounding a downedpower line and was electrocuted, according toDallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans.

Evans said Fire Rescue crews responded to areport of a downed power line at the SycamoreTree Apartments, at 5051 Lahoma St., at 10:08p.m. Tuesday following severe storms, includingsome reported tornados, that lashed North Texasearlier that evening. They cordoned off the areaaround the power line and waited for crews from

Oncor to arrive.Evans said that Ragan, who lived in the apart-

ment complex, apparently wandered into thearea while it was cordoned off. He was foundshortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday by someone fromthe apartment complex’s management.

“Based on statements that we’ve gatheredfrom one lady that claimed she heard a scream,and the alleged roommate who claims that theycame home after drinking … that puts him insidethe perimeter after we had already establishedit,” Evans said.

Ragan was been active in the local bear andleather communities, as well as the United Courtsystem, according to reports. He had also workedas a gay porn actor/model who went by the nameRobert Elephante. According to his Facebook pro-file, Ragan graduated from Mesquite High Schoolin 1994 and the University of Texas at Dallas in2006, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in ac-counting. A man listed as Ragan’s boyfriend onFacebook couldn’t be reached for comment. •

Oak Lawn man electrocuted

ON THE SCENE | Dallas Fire Rescue workers stand outside yellow tape cordoning off a downed power lineat the Sycamore Tree Apartments in Oak Lawn Wednesday. Resident Robert Ragan was killed at the scene.(John Wright/Dallas Voice.)

from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the FortWorth Business Press and, generally, speaking hasthe backing of the city’s business community.Lane, on the other hand, is backed by the city’sfirefighter and police officers associations, as wellas the Retired Firefighters Association, the AfricanAmerican Firefighters association, former firechief Larry McMillen, former police chief RalphMendoza and District Attorney Joe Shannon.

This week, Lane announced that he has alsobeen endorsed by two of the other three candi-dates from the general election: Cathy Hirt, whowas third in the general election with 21 percentand Nicholas Zebrun, who won less than 1 per-cent of the vote.

The fifth general election candidate, former

state Rep. Dan Barrett, has not backed either can-didate in the runoff. He garnered 8 percent of thegeneral election vote.

Turnout in Fort Worth’s general election barelytopped 10 percent of the city’s 326,623 registeredvoters. And both Price and Lane said that gettingtheir supporters back to the polls on June 18 forthe runoff will be the key to victory.

“We obviously had, far and away, the most vot-ers on Election Day,” Price said. “What we have todo now is reach and touch our voters again and getthem back to the polls for the runoff. We’re goingto send out mailers, call people, knock doors, domeet-and-greet events. I’m going to get out thereand shake hands and get to know people.”

Price said she would also be sticking to hersame message that put her in the lead in May.

“Our message is about bringing good businesssense to City Hall, about cutting taxes and build-

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Kunkle says warning not accurateportrayal of his runoff opponent;both candidates agree on mostLGBT-specific issues


During an LGBT mayoral runoff forum heldTuesday night, candidate Mike Rawlings ad-dressed the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance’swarning, in which the group suggested that the

former Pizza Hut CEO’s “passion for commerceand business interests supremely outweighs hisappreciation for the civil rights of all people.”

The warning was based, according to DGLA,on Rawlings’ responses to a question during aninterview with the group’s PAC about whether hewould support requiring major city contractors tohave LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policies.

“If you want to believe what they said, believeit. It’s not true. It’s not the way I’ve lived my life.But it’s OK if you want to believe that,” Rawlingssaid after being asked why the LGBT communityshould disregard DGLA’s warning.

The city already requires contractors to have

LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policies, butDGLA reportedly was unaware of the require-ment when the group posed the question to Rawl-ings, who responded at the time that he wouldnot support adding the requirement. Rawlingshas since said that he supports maintaining the re-quirement given that it’s already in place.

Rawlings also said Tuesday that he now sup-ports requiring major city contractors to offer do-mestic partner benefits. Rawlings previously saidhe was opposed to requiring contractors to offerDP benefits.

During Tuesday’s forum, DGLA President PattiFink asked Rawlings for clarification about his

stances, leading into her question by saying: “Idon’t think anyone at DGLA or anyone in thisroom believes you support or condone discrimi-nation of any kind. We did not mean that by ourwarning at all.”

Rawlings reminded Fink that he called her afterDGLA issued the warning to apologize for “notclearly understanding the facts that were in place.I made a mistake. … This dichotomy that there’shuman rights and economic rights is bogus. …Human rights and civil rights, it must start thereand the economy is built on it. … I believe wemust do what’s right by the economy and by the

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Rawlings responds to DGLA warning during mayoral forum

David Kunkle Mike Rawlings

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civil rights of each individual at the same time. Ijust don’t believe this argument that one musttake place over the other.”

Damien Duckett, political director for theDGLA PAC, said Wednesday, May 25, that thereason behind DGLA’s warning against Rawlings“has been consistently mischaracterized,” andthat it was based on a lengthy discussion with thecandidate, not the single question about Dallas’spolicy on requiring contractors to have LGBT-in-clusive nondiscrimination policies.

Duckett said the discussion began with thequestion of whether Rawlings would supportsuch a policy, to which he answered no, and thencontinued at some length, with DGLA memberspresenting the candidate with numerous scenar-ios. They even went so far, Duckett said, as to pro-pose a situation set in 1957 in which citizens askedRawlings, as mayor, to support a policy in whichthe city would not do business with contractorswho did not have policies in place to prevent em-ployment discrimination based on gender andrace.

“We asked him, would you support that, andhe said, flat out, no. He said he would not supportanything that would get in the way of com-merce,” Duckett said. “We issued the warning be-cause of his unwillingness to come to any sort ofbalance between human rights and commerce.

There was no way we could have not issued awarning after that.”

Kunkle said while he disagrees with Rawlingson some issues, he doesn’t think the DGLA warn-ing is “a fair characterization of Mr. Rawlings … Ithink Mr. Rawlings is a very honorable and nobleman.”

Tuesday’s forum, sponsored by Dallas Voiceand 12 partner organizations, was held at Cathe-dral of Hope and was only the second of the may-oral runoff. More than 100 people attended.

Both candidates reiterated their support for theLGBT community, and both appeared to agree, ingeneral, in their responses to questions on LGBT-specific issues.

Kunkle and Rawlings both stressed that publicsafety must be a top priority and pledged to ded-icate the necessary resources to address the crimerate in Oak Lawn and other neighborhoods.

They also agreed that city government mustfind a way to equitably balance the needs of theneighborhoods and the needs of commerce in en-tertainment districts such as Cedar Springs.

Rawlings and Kunkle also both pledged to finda way to reinstate city funding for AIDS servicesthat was cut two years ago, but said that the coun-cil has to balance the budget and make up fund-ing shortfalls before that can happen.

They also both said they would lend their au-thority as mayor, if elected, to efforts to educatethe public on HIV/AIDS issues.

But when asked about creating a Dallas humanrights commission, the two candidates divergedslightly in their responses.

While Kunkle said he continues to fully backthe creation of a human rights commission, Rawl-ings stepped back a bit from his previously statedsupport, saying that members of CouncilwomanDelia Jasso’s LGBT task force had told him theypreferred a task force to a commission, becausethey would have more flexibility as a task force toaddress problems.

Rawlings said he had a meeting planned withJasso for later in the week to specifically discussthat issue, and that he would defer to her expert-ise.

But Kunkle said he believes the city needs astanding commission to address human rights is-sues and complaints related to the city’s nondis-crimination ordinance because “a task forcewould just fade away once those issues are per-ceived to have been settled.”

Both Kunkle and Rawlings agreed that ongo-ing diversity training for city employees is essen-tial, but both appeared to be caught short whenasked where they stand on expanding health ben-efits for transgender city employees.

Kunkle said the prospect of expanding benefitswould be based on cost effectiveness, and both heand Rawlings said they were not familiar enoughwith the issue to comment further.

The two candidates also seemed to be caught

off guard when asked whether they would sup-port efforts to eliminate the need for entertain-ment venues in Dallas to maintain a dance-halllicense.

“I have often wondered why we had our dancehall rules in Dallas, and how a bar could be en-gaged in all sorts of inappropriate behavior, butwhat we’re chiding them for is something stand-ing up off their chair and acting like they’re danc-ing,” Kunkle said. “For somebody my age, I don’tknow how anybody can tell if I’m moving or I’mdancing.

“I think that’s something that probably needsto be looked at,” he continued. “It was created tobe a tool to help regular bars. But I don’t know ifit accomplishes the intended purpose. And itseems a little bit silly in today’s world that wehave these dance hall requirements.”

Rawlings drew a laugh from the audiencewhen he responded, “Through this campaign, Ilearn a lot … I have no clue. I don’t. Are we goingto have fun there? If we’re going to have fun, I amall for it. Fun and safety — those are my twothings. I have no clue on this.”

In answer to non-LGBT specific questions,Kunkle and Rawlings both said they oppose statelaws requiring local police officers to question thecitizenship status of those they encounter in theirduties, and both said they oppose oil and gasdrilling within the city limits without furtherstudy. •

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32 years ago, a group of friendscreated a party to celebrate Pride;now 2 of those original organizersare thrilled to see the party return


They might not have realized it, but when or-ganizers started planning the rebirth this year ofRazzle Dazzle Dallas, they were taking the once-annual Gay Pride Month party back to its roots.

In it’s later years, Razzle Dazzle was a CedarSprings street party intended to raise money forAIDS service organizations. But at the beginning,it was a party, intended to celebrate the gay com-munity and the gay Pride. Any money left overthat could be donated to a worthy cause, saidoriginal board members Dick Weaver andStephen Arnn, was just icing on the cake.

“Several years into it, the idea of raising moneybecame paramount, and candidly, it did bothersome of us on the original board,” Weaver saidthis week. “It wasn’t that we weren’t charitable,and we sure didn’t want to keep the money our-selves. But in those early years, the goal was justto put on an event that the community could beproud of and have a really good time at.”

In fact, the idea of having a good time and beingout and proudly gay was the whole impetus be-hind Razzle Dazzle in the first place, Arnn said.

Arnn said in 1979, he and Bill Nelson, TerryTebedo, Michael Ray Blackstock and TonyWilliams were members of what was then calledthe Dallas Gay Political Caucus where plans wereunderway to have a Gay Pride Month event thatJune in Dallas. And those plans included a can-dlelight march from Cedar Springs to Lee Park,where they would have speakers, prayer andmaybe some poetry.

“It was to be a ‘quiet’ evening,” Arnn recalled.“I remember that Bill and I were both staggeredthat a Pride weekend was centered around a can-dlelight march, and I'll never forget the image ofthe hysterical outrage Bill had, the faux confusionabout what ‘Pride’ and ‘candlelight march’ had todo with one another. The four of us immediatelywanted to change the aura of ‘Pride Weekend.’”

And so they decided to begin planning an “un-official” Pride event, he said.

“All four of us agreed that showing Pride in-cluded being happy — more than sad, a victim ofour station in society — and experiencing an in-credible ‘bigger than life’ evening as a communitytogether at a party — Bill loved that word —where we'd dance, have a blast, be outrageousand show the local world that we weren't rele-gated to the Cedar Springs corridor,” Arnn said.“Razzle Dazzle was born that moment, and Ithink that the name was thrown out that verynight, although it probably became solid once thelarger group evolved.”

Once the decision was made, things started

happening very fast. Weaver said he was quicklypulled into the original group of about 15 organ-izers — a group that, Arnn said, included HowieDaire, “someone who grew up in Tyler and camefrom a family with oil money and a guy namedDavid who grew up in Amarillo and owned arestaurant on McKinney,” along with FrankCaven.

Weaver said, “They [the original group of four]came to me and several others and said, ‘Hey, let’sdo something.’ Each of us put up, I think it was$100 at first and then later we decided to make it$150 each. “We weren’t incorporated or anythinglike that. We were just a bunch of guys having aparty. Today, of that original 15 or so of us, onlyfour of us are still alive. That’s kind of scary.”

The group reserved the Hall of State at FairPark as the party site, and they knew they neededa way to promote the event and sell tickets, just topay expenses. So Arnn came up with a logo, theyhad t-shirts made up and headed down to theCedar Springs strip to sell tickets.

Arnn said that pre-event ticket sales went okay,nothing spectacular but enough that the organiz-ers would at least break even on their investment.

“We knew we weren't going to lose money, butwe were concerned about there being enoughpeople in the Hall to make it a crowd, to create theexcitement we were after,” Arnn said. “As Dickpointed out, no one really knew what they werebuying a ticket for. It was an unknown.”

And so the time came for the party, and organ-izers got Weaver to park his bright blue MG outin front of the hall, Arnn said, with balloons tiedall over to give those arriving a signal as to whereto go.

“There were assignments for everything,”Arnn said, including rotating assignments for or-ganizers to be standing on the steps of the Hall,taking tickets or selling additional tickets.

“It was an unbelievable, amazing scene asthrongs of people arrived on the shuttles, orwalked from their cars — huge crowds!” Arnn

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said. “It was hard to keep up. It was thrilling, andscary from the point of keeping the money re-layed away from those selling tickets and put it ina safe place.”

Weaver added, “The front door was crazy. Wewere taking money hand over fist. We had no ideahow many would show and could not believehow many did!”

Arnn continued, “We were mesmerized stand-ing on those steps. The image of that, of knowingthat this group of guys had, in fact, tapped intoGay Pride, is an image I'll be able to see in myhead forever.”

Weaver said one of his most vivid memories ofthat night is of “Bill Nelson throwing glitter allover people in pure celebration. We had quite atime of it trying to get that glitter up off the floorthe next day. And you know, I was at the Hall ofState a year or two later, and I swear I could stillsee some of that glitter on the floor!

“I guess my greatest memory of that night isjust of people having such a ball. This was some-thing unique and different, just a great opportu-nity for the whole community to get together anddo something together that was about having funand celebrating who we were,” Weaver said.

The party to celebrate Pride had exceededeveryone’s expectations, the men said. And whileprofits weren’t huge, there was money left over.

“I think we had about $1,200 left when it wasall over. We didn’t want to keep it ourselves, andwe were all in the DGPC, and so we decided todonate the money to them,” Weaver said.

That first Razzle Dazzle was so successful, thatthe organizers decided to do it again the next year,and then the next, and the next — and so on, rightup until 2003. The group eventually incorporated,elected a board and officers.

They took the party all over the city, holding itin various buildings at Fair Park, in the West Endbefore it was really even the West End, at MarketHall — even at the City Auto Pound one year.

But as years passed, the specter of AIDS beganto grow over Dallas, and the celebratory atmos-phere of Razzle Dazzle began to change. TheLGBT community was at war, and even the an-nual Pride party had to be geared toward fightingthe battle.

“I think, honestly, that it got away from itselftoward the end. I’m not making any accusationshere, but maybe the people involved then didn’thave that pure love of the event. They didn’t havethat spirit of celebration,” Weaver said. “But I surecan’t say it died because it wasn’t needed.

“We did go through that period when AIDSovershadowed everything,” he continued. “Itwasn’t that we quit celebrating, really, but it suretook on a different tone.”

He continued, “These 25-year-olds today don’treally understand that war. They don’t under-stand the ’80s and the ’90s when you were seeingyour best friends dying all around you. I knowwe still have a lot of work today, on things likemarriage and ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ a lot of issues.But we have a lot of good things going on too, alot to celebrate.

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in their own cars or park in one place and ride theparty bus.

Four Oak Lawn bars will offer a variety of en-tertainment, contests, dancers and more. Theparty runs from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and participatingclubs include BJ’s NXS, Zippers, the Brick/Joe’sand Kaliente.

Metro Ball begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 3,and is the weekend’s major AIDS fundraiser.

The party will be held at Station 4 until mid-night and includes dancing, raffles, a silent auc-tion and entertainment by Deborah Cox. Ticketsare $25 in advance and available at GDMAF.orgor at Skivvies or $30 at the door.

The event benefits the Greg Dollgener Memo-rial AIDS Fund, which provides financial assis-tance to people with HIV and AIDS for criticalneeds when resources are exhausted throughother local organizations.

Two additional events have been scheduled forVIP ticket holders. The Melrose Hotel will host areception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. featuring Pinnacleflavored vodkas. The original founders of RazzleDazzle Dallas will be honored at that reception.

The Round-Up Saloon will hold a late-nightprivate party with hors d’ouevres on the upstairsdeck for VIP ticket holders.

VIP tickets are $100 and include five days offree reserved parking at ilume, a $100 merchantcoupon book for the Wednesday Wine Walk andmore.

Each VIP ticket holder will be entered into adrawing to win dinner, a one-night stay at theWorthington Hotel in Fort Worth and tickets tothe musical Chicago at Bass Hall.

Whittall said producers of the show contactedCSMA to offer the giveaway as a promotion forthe tour coming because one of the songs in themusical is called Razzle Dazzle.

About 50 autos from Classic Chassis Car Clubwill be parked along Cedar Springs Road on Sat-urday until 4 p.m. for an antique and classic carshow. Many of the street’s merchants will be of-fering discounts during the day at a sidewalksale.

The street closes to vehicular traffic at 4 p.m.

for the main event that begins at 7 p.m. Cazwell will appear on the main stage with

Cheer Dallas, Billy Halliday, The Bright, UptownPlayers, Chaz Marie, the Gary Floyd Trio, AntonShaw and the drag-based performance groupSomething Fabulous!!!

A female impersonator stage will be set up onthe deck at Woody’s Sports and Video Bar begin-ning at 10 p.m.

DJ/VJ Mickey Briggs of Dallas and the dancesounds of DJ Tim Pfleuger from OZ in New Or-leans will alternate on a dance stage at CedarSprings Road at Knight Street.

About 40 community groups will have boothswith information and activities. A late addition tothe Razzle Dazzle line up is a Midway with car-nival games, dunking booths, a mechanical bulland an obstacle course.

Admission to the street is free but Whittall saidthat this is a fundraiser. Beer sales from boothswill go toward the donation to charities. Midwaysales and collections from participating vendorsand organizations will benefit agencies.

A closing party and tea dance will be held atTMC: The Mining Company on Sunday, June 5.Miss and Mr. Razzle Dazzle Dallas will becrowned at the Brick on Sunday, with the contestbeginning at 10 p.m.

Whittall said they are hoping to attract 20,000to 30,000 people for the street party. He said thelast time Razzle Dazzle was staged in 2003, an es-timated 35,000 people attended.

The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau hasbeen promoting the week nationally.

Veronica Torres of the DCVB said, “We’re mar-keting Razzle Dazzle Dallas as a destinationevent.”

She said that they’ve been promoting weekendstays in Dallas through Facebook and Twitter andon their GLBT Dallas site. The DCVB featured theevent at trade shows nationally including at a re-cent International Gay and Lesbian Travel Asso-ciation convention.

Whittall said the event has been entirely under-written so all proceeds will go to the beneficiaries— Youth First Texas, Resource Center Dallas,AIDS Interfaith Network, Cedar Springs Mer-chants Association Beautification Fund, AIDSArms, Legacy Counseling/Founders Cottage,Lone Star Ride and Legal Hospice •

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ing a stronger economy. We have to have an open,friendly, diverse and receptive city to do thatwell,” Price said.

Lane said this week he knows he has someground to make up, based on the numbers fromthe general election. But he said he believes Hirt’sendorsement this week gives him a head start.

“I think that is a really wonderful endorsementto have. She is extremely bright and well thoughtof, and she got 21 percent of the vote on May 14,”Lane said. “Nicholas Zebrun has endorsed me,and that helps too. And I am going to try and meetwith Dan Barrett to ask for his endorsement too.

“We’ve seen a lot of motivation from our voters,and Cathy Hirt has a very avid support group,”Lane added. “I think they will all be enthusiasticabout coming back out to vote.”

Some political watchers in Fort Worth have sug-gested that the runoff between Dennis Shingletonand Jon Perry for the District 7 City Council seatcould help swing turnout in Price’s favor, sincethat district is located in the city’s more conserva-tive northwest area. But Lane noted this week thathe is from that area of the city, and that he has sig-nificant support there, too.

Lane also questioned Price’s pledge to “bringgood business sense to City Hall,” saying that his

12 years on the Council give him insights into howcity government operates that Price doesn’t have.

“The way our government is set up, you haveto build coalitions to get things done. You have totalk to each council member about the issues intheir district, work with them to determine whatwill be the best policy for the city manager to im-plement. These are all going to be seasoned coun-cil members — except in District 7 — and themayor is going to be the one who’s the new kid onthe block,” Lane said. “I’m the one who has the ex-perience to do those things.”

With turnout being such a key issue in whowins, Fort Worth’s LGBT community has the op-portunity to have significant impact on the out-come. Both Price and Lane know that, and bothhave voiced their support on issues of equality.

Both have also committed to participate in aforum on Wednesday, June 1, sponsored by Fair-ness Fort Worth and the North Texas GLBT Cham-ber of Commerce.

Since Tarrant County officials have never dealtdirectly with LGBT issues, Price’s stance there issomething of an unknown. However, her repliespublished in a “voters guide” issued by right-wing minister Richard Clough’s Texans for Faithand Family, gave many in the community pause.

According to Clough’s voters guide, Priceagreed that marriage should be defined as be-tween a man and a woman, and “strongly agreed”that the city should not spend money to advertise

in LGBT publications.Price did not respond in the voters guide to a

question on whether the city’s ordinance protect-ing transgenders from discrimination is necessary.

But Price said Clough’s voters guide misrepre-sented her reply on the issue of spending moneyin LGBT publications: “That whole thing with theFaith and Family brochure — they didn’t print theexplanations with the answers,” Price said. “WhatI said was that the city doesn’t need to be adver-tising anywhere right now. It’s just too expensive.But if we are advertising in one [minority] publi-cation, we should be advertising with ya’ll [theLGBT press], too. If we are advertising for job can-didates, then we need to be advertising every-where that there will be good candidates.”

When asked about the transgender anti-dis-crimination ordinance, Price — who was callingfrom her cell while traveling between locations —apparently misunderstood the question and in-stead spoke to the issue of trans health benefits.

“The question was about paying for [gender re-assignment] surgery, I believe, and that’s a costissue. At this point I would have to spend moretime studying it before I could say one way or an-other,” Price said. “I don’t think the city’s insur-ance pays for fertility surgery either.”

The bottom line, Price said, is that “We shouldnever discriminate, not against anyone. We’re allGod’s kids. I know that’s rhetoric, but that’s the wayit is. That’s what I believe. Treat everyone fairly.”

On the question of health benefits for trans em-ployees, Lane said that he, too, needed to studythe issue further before taking a stand, noting thathe has asked Fairness Fort Worth Tom Anable helphim understand “what sexual reassignment is.”

Both Lane and Price, when asked about otherspecial health needs short of reassignment surgerythat transgender face, said they were not aware ofsuch issues and would have to study the questionsfurther before answering.

Lane, however, compared the issue to his wife’srecent bout with breast cancer.

“If it’s an issue for someone, it should be cov-ered,” Lane said. “We [the city of Fort Worth] areself insured, and we should be covering our em-ployees’ health needs.”

Lane also noted that he has a proven publicrecord on LGBT issues that voters can rely on. Hewas on the City Council in 2001 when sexual ori-entation was added to Fort Worth’s nondiscrimi-nation ordinance, a move he supported.

“We did all that before,” Lane said, “and those19 proposals the City Manager’s Diversity TaskForce came up with, if I had been on the councilthen [in 2009] I would have supported every oneof them. These [LGBTs] are citizens just like any-body else, as far as I am concerned. It’s a prettypractical issue. Discrimination is discrimination,no matter how you look at it, we shouldn’t dis-criminate against anybody. Everyone deserves tobe treated fairly and equally.”

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Governor signs state legislationthat could gut some local nondiscrimination ordinances

LISA KEEN | Keen News [email protected]

Gay legal activists are already working on alegal challenge to a new state law in Tennessee,signed into law Monday, May 23, by RepublicanGov. Bill Haslam, which prevents local govern-ments from requiring their contractors to abide bylocal human rights ordinances.

The legislation, entitled the “Equal Access to In-trastate Commerce Act,” was aimed at undermin-ing a new Nashville metro area ordinance, signedinto law in April. The ordinance prohibited citycontractors from discriminating based on sexualorientation and gender identity.

It was passed by the Nashville/DavidsonCounty Metro Council.

Abby Rubenfeld, a Nashville attorney and aformer legal director of Lambda Legal Defenseand Education Fund, said Tuesday, May 24, thatthe new state law will “definitely be challenged— we are working on it right now.”

Gov. Haslam, who took office Jan. 15, pitchedhis support for the law as a pro-business act, say-ing it relieved businesses of the necessity of navi-gating differing non-discrimination regulationsfrom city to city.

The Family Action Council of Tennessee ar-gued that it does not target LGBT people, andnoted that the law does not affect the NashvilleMetropolitan Government ordinance prohibitingdiscrimination by the government against LGBTpeople.

But no attempt was made prior to passage ofthe Nashville ordinance to relieve businesses af-fected by a Nashville ordinance that prohibitedcontractors from discriminating based on age,race, sex or disability.

Greg Nevins of Lambda Legal’s Atlanta office

said Lambda is not involved in mounting a legalchallenge against the Tennessee law, but he calledit “a terrible piece of legislation.”

The Human Rights Campaign said Haslamwas trying to score “cheap political points” bygiving a “green light” to anti-LGBT discrimina-tion. HRC noted that a number of large corpora-tions — including FedEx, AT&T, Comcast and theTennessee Chamber of Commerce — opposed thenew state law.

FedEx issued a statement May 20 saying it “val-ues and promotes the unique contributions, per-spectives and differences” of all its employees andis “committed to diversity and inclusion in theworkplace.”

State Rep. Glen Casada, a Republican fromWilliamson County, introduced the “Equal Ac-cess” bill after the Nashville Metro Council passeda law requiring city contractors to sign an affidavitpromising not to discriminate based on sexual ori-entation or gender identity.

Specifically, the bill prohibits local ordinancesfrom having non-discrimination laws broaderthan that of the state. According to Lambda Legal,Tennessee has no statewide laws prohibiting dis-crimination based on sexual orientation or genderidentity in either public or private employment.

Casada told local television NewsChannel 5that the Nashville ordinance amounted to havingthe city “dictating moral policy.”

Another anti-gay bill — one that sought to pro-hibit teachers from providing any informationabout homosexuality to public school students ingrades K through 8 — passed the Tennessee Sen-ate 19-to-11 on May 20 but did not get a vote inthe House before the General Assembly ad-journed May 21.

The original bill — dubbed the “Don’t Say GayBill” — was amended to limit sex education cur-ricula “to natural reproduction science.”

The Tennessee Equality Project said the bill “re-mains a threat to safe schools for all students inTennessee,” even though the bill no longer refer-ences homosexuality specifically. •

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DICTATING MORAL POLICY | Tennessee Republican State Rep. Glen Casada told a Nashville television station he introduced legislation preventing local gov-ernments from requiring their contractors to abide by local human rights ordinances because such ordinances dictate moral policy. Gov. Bill Haslam signedCasada’s bill into law this week.


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Gay court nominee says argumentsin brief he wrote for Lawrence v.Texas expressed his client’s views,not necessarily his

LISA KEEN | Keen News [email protected]

When openly gay federal district court nomi-nee Paul Oetken went before the U.S. Senate Ju-diciary Committee in March, Sen. CharlesGrassley was the only Republican who showedup.

He introduced Oetken, who was born in hishome state of Iowa, but had no questions.

But not all questioning takes place in front ofcameras. Some takes place on paper, and that’swhere Grassley grilled Oetken over his positionson gay-related issues, and Oetken responded in away that might make some LGBT activists cringe.

“Do you personally believe that governmentclassifications based on sexual orientation deservea heightened level of scrutiny?” asked Grassley,in one of 17 questions to Oetken.

Grassley’s question concerned a brief Oetkenwrote for the National Gay and Lesbian Bar As-sociation and submitted to the U.S. SupremeCourt in support of overturning laws prohibitingsame-sex sexual relations.

The case was Lawrence v. Texas and, in 2003, amajority of the Supreme Court did overturn suchlaws. Oetken’s brief argued that the courts shoulduse the strictest form of scrutiny when examininglaws that treat gay people differently.

In responding to Grassley, Oetken put somedistance between himself and the brief, saying, “Ihave not expressed a personal view on this sub-ject. The arguments in the amicus brief that I co-authored in Lawrence v. Texas were argumentsmade on behalf of clients.”

“Although I believed that there was a goodfaith basis in Supreme Court precedent for mak-ing those arguments [in the brief], they do not nec-essarily reflect how I would approach these issuesas a district judge,” wrote Oetken.

Oetken also put some distance between hisbrief and the Supreme Court’s decision, notingthat, “The Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texasdid not decide that case under the Equal Protec-tion Clause, but rather under the Due ProcessClause, and it therefore did not decide the issuesaddressed in my amicus brief in that case.”

Oetken also said, “If confirmed as a districtjudge, I would apply the applicable precedents ofthe Supreme Court and the Second Circuit.”

Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions also submittedwritten questions about Oetken’s brief inLawrence. Sessions noted that Oetken had argued

that the issue of physician-assisted suicide shouldbe decided by each state legislature.

He quoted Oetken saying, the issue of physi-cian-assisted suicide “should stay where it be-longs, in the legislatures” because the states’“varied approaches to the issue may, over time,aid in forming a national consensus, making itpossible for Congress to resolve it through na-tional legislation.”

But Sessions was interested in how Oetkencould argue, in 2002, to leave the suicide issue tothe states and then argue, in 2003, “that Texas’anti-sodomy law was something that warrantedfederal intervention. …”

Oetken, again, noted that the Lawrence brief in-cluded “arguments made on behalf of clients.”

His argument to leave the suicide issue to thestates, he said, was appropriate given that therewas no federal legislation addressing it.

Oetken’s nomination was reported out of com-mittee on April 7 and is awaiting a vote by the fullSenate. •

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HOPWA program will administer$9.1 million in competitive grants todevelop, improve housing options

DANA RUDOLPH | Keen News [email protected]

The U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment on Monday, May 23 announced upto $9.1 million in grants to address the housingneeds of people with low-incomes living withHIV/AIDS.

The competitive grants, offered through theHousing Opportunities for Persons with AIDSProgram, are intended for states and local com-munities to create more integrated strategies andpartnerships between housing programs andother health and human services.

David Vos, director of HUD’s Office ofHIV/AIDS Housing, said in a statement on theHUD website that the partnerships will helpshow “how to take holistic approaches to servingsome of the nation’s most vulnerable, persons liv-ing with chronic health challenges and risks ofhomelessness.”

At the end of the three-year grants, HUD willevaluate and publish the results of grantees’ ef-forts in an Integrated HIV/AIDS Housing Plan.The IHHP will be an online resource to help com-munities “integrate the delivery of housing alongwith medical and other supportive services,” saidVos.

The grants and IHHP are intended to supportboth President Obama’s National HIV/AIDSStrategy and his Federal Strategic Plan to Preventand End Homelessness.

President Obama released a NationalHIV/AIDS Strategy in July 2010 with specific,measurable targets to be achieved by 2015. One ofthe strategy’s goals is to help people living withHIV “who have challenges meeting their basicneeds, such as housing.”

The strategy says that “non-medical supportiveservices, such as housing, food, and transporta-tion, are “critical elements of an effective HIV caresystem.”

The strategy calls for increasing from 434,000 to455,800 the number of people receiving HIV-re-lated services under the Ryan White Care Act whohave permanent housing. The Ryan White Pro-gram, the largest federally funded program forpeople with AIDS, provides services for thosewho do not have sufficient health care coverageor financial resources.

According to the strategy, “Individuals livingwith HIV who lack stable housing are more likelyto delay HIV care, have poorer access to regular

care, are less likely toreceive optimal anti-retroviral therapy, andare less likely to adhereto therapy.”

One 12-year studyof people living withHIV in New York City,cited in the strategy,found that “housingassistance had a direct

impact on improved medical care, regardless ofdemographics, drug use, health and mentalhealth status, or receipt of other services.”

But HUD’s announcement comes only weeksafter the U.S. House passed a budget for FiscalYear 2012 that AIDS activists believe will diminishHIV programs and services.

The proposed budget, authored chiefly by Rep.Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, calls for dra-matic cuts in Medicaid, which provides health in-surance coverage for people with low incomes.

And it calls for dramatic cuts in Medicare,which provides health insurance coverage forAmericans 65 and older and for people with dis-abilities, including AIDS.

In a letter to members of the House in April, alarge coalition of groups serving people with HIVhad urged a “no” vote on the plan, saying it “willdo irreparable harm to people living with HIVdisease as well as those at risk for HIV infection.”

In addition to addressing the housing needs ofpeople living with AIDS, HUD has also taken sev-eral significant steps towards addressing housingdiscrimination in the LGBT community.

It has issued proposed new regulations in-tended to ban discrimination on the basis of sex-ual orientation or gender identity in its corehousing programs.

It also clarified that, although the Fair HousingAct — a pivotal civil rights act that prohibits dis-crimination based on race, color, religion, nationalorigin, sex, disability and familial status, does notspecifically cover sexual orientation- or genderidentity-based discrimination, it may still providethem with protection in other ways.

For example, discrimination against a gay manbecause of fear he will spread HIV/AIDS mayconstitute illegal discrimination on the basis of aperceived disability, HIV/AIDS.

HUD has also instructed staff to inform indi-viduals about state and local LGBT protectionsthat may apply to them. And HUD has told all itsgrant applicants they must comply with suchlaws, where they exist.

Applications for the new grants should be sub-mitted at grants.gov by Aug. 2. Winners are ex-pected to be announced by Sept. 20. •

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Advocates say state’s ban onadoption by same-sex couples willfall in the courts eventually

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BATON ROUGE, La. — A House committeehas rejected a New Orleans lawmaker’s bill thatwould allow two unmarried, same-sex adults toadopt a child together.

Democrat Helena Moreno said that publicopinion has warmed to the idea of gay adoptionsince the bill failed last year, but the House CivilLaw and Procedure Committee disagreed andshelved the proposal Monday, May 23.

Louisiana law allows for adoption by a legalrelative, but the House bill would add “secondparents” to the list of people who can petition forsuch adoptions. The bill doesn’t specify whetherthe second parent would be male or female, so itwould allow both members of a same-sex coupleto adopt a child for the first time.

Currently, if a same-sex couple in Louisianaadopts a child, only one parent can be recognizedas the legal guardian. Lesbian mothers at the hear-ing testified that their children face the risk of nothaving both parents recognized in the event of adivorce, the death of the primary guardian or amedical emergency involving the child.

“This really is something that’s in the best in-terest of a child, to have two parents and twonames on the adoption papers,” said Moreno.

New Orleans City Councilman Arnie Fielkowtestified in support of the bill, arguing that chil-dren need a loving home, regardless of the par-ents’ sexual orientation.

“We have so many kids out there that are in fos-ter care, that are in orphanages here in the UnitedStates and around the world, that simply do nothave parents, do not have people around themthat can love them, support them and sustainthem,” said Fielkow.

He said that current adoption law doesn’t rec-ognize that concepts of a “traditional family” areoutdated, and that expanding the ability of par-ents to adopt would be compassionate.

But Rob Tasman, assistant director of theLouisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, saysthe church doesn’t sanction adoption to unmar-ried couples, homosexual or heterosexual.

“The best interest of the child extends beyondpurely the physical and the material, and what italso pulls in is the spiritual and the moral,” saidTasman.

And Gene Mills, who leads the conservative

Louisiana Family Forum, said the bill would goagainst a 2004 amendment to the state constitu-tion that defines marriage as between one womanand one man.

“We think it’s fraught with the possibility of in-stability in the life of the child, and would respect-fully request that you vote no,” said Mills.

Rep. John Schroder, a Republican, proposed todefer the bill. No committee members objected.

Marjorie Esman, who leads the Louisiana chap-

ter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said thecourts will likely overturn the state’s prohibitionagainst gay parents adopting if the legislaturedoesn’t take action.

“What is happening nationwide is that as thesediscriminatory laws are challenged, they arefalling,” said Esman. She said that courts are strik-ing bans down in order to protect children, butshe said there isn’t currently any active litigationthat could overturn Louisiana’s law.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ona related issue in April.

A gay couple who wanted both their names toappear on the birth certificate of the Louisianachild they adopted in New York has lost their lat-est round in federal court.

In Louisiana, adopted children get new birthcertificates with their new parents’ names onthem, but the state contends that putting bothmen’s names on the birth certificate would violatethe state ban against adoption by unmarried cou-ples.

The court said that a Louisiana registrar’s insis-tence that only one father’s name can go on thecertificate does not violate the child’s right toequal protection under the law; nor does it denylegal recognition of the New York adoption byboth men. •

Lambda Legal, which represented the petitioners,was not immediately available for comment on whetherthe case will be appealed.

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Louisiana House committeerejects gay adoption bill

We have so manykids out there that

are in foster care, that are inorphanages that simply donot have parents, do nothave people around themthat can love them.

—Arnie FielkowNew Orleans City Council member

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Pet Airways, which plans to addDallas as a destination this summer,treats pawsengers better than someairlines treat people


Zoe, a Jack Russell terrier, came up with theidea for Pet Airways — at least according to com-pany founder Alysa Binder.

This summer, Pet Airways is coming to Dallas,Austin and Houston. Exact dates and which air-ports will be announced later, airline officials said.

Rather than try to get people airlines to treatpets better, Binder, Dan Weisel and Zoe decidedto start their own airline just for dogs and cats —and a hermit crab, some gerbils, mice and mayberabbits soon.

On Pet Airways, all of the pawsengers fly firstclass. Pets even walk down a red carpet. And un-like most people airlines, meals are included inthe price of a ticket, although some picky pawsen-gers prefer to pack their own.

Binder said drinks are also included. No needfor your pet to carry a credit card to purchasethose amenities.

And, of course, Pet Airways has a generous fre-quent flier program — fly five times and get oneflight free.

The airline already flies to nine cities includingNew York, Los Angeles and Chicago. This sum-mer they will add Austin, Houston and Dallas.

The fares run from $99 to $249 each way on PetAirways. On traditional carriers, pets fly as cargoor, when available, under the seat.

The least expensive carry-on is offered bySouthwest Airlines for $75. The carrier must besmall enough to fit under a seat.

In cargo, Delta Airlines is the most expensive at$275.

But on Pet Airways, an animal would never betreated as cargo. Binder said that a cargo hold isdark and the flight is loud and not always fullypressurized. The pet is normally alone and oftenscared.

Compare that to Pet Airways where, in someways, Binder said, pets get better treatment thanpeople do on those people airlines.

While security measures are tight, pets are notscanned or x-rayed and no one touches their junk.

No need for any of that, said Binder. Each ani-mal is visually examined before boarding.

“We won’t take a sedated pet,” she said.She said that no animal should be sedated be-

fore flying because it can affect their breathing.And a recent health certificate is required from

a vet for each animal.On-board pet attendants understand the differ-

ent needs of dogs and cats of different ages.Puppies and kittens are fed on a frequent

schedule. Medications for older dogs and cats areappropriately administered as well.

Pet attendants check the comfort of theirpawsengers every 15 minutes and the flights takelonger than people flights, partially to give everyanimal a potty break — the longest breaks are inOmaha and Baltimore/Washington airportswhere there’s a several-hour layover.

Attendants are well-trained specialists. Bindersaid her employees include vets and even a for-mer lion trainer (although Pet Airways doesn’ttransport lions).

The cabin is well lit, pressurized and tempera-ture controlled. Pets do not sit out on the tarmacfacing extreme heat and cold, where most airlinemishaps with pets take place.

Cages are arranged side-by-side along thecabin walls. Although no pet gets a window seat,each one faces the aisle.

Check in is required two hours before flighttime. Pawsengers are picked up at the Pet Loungeabout 30 minutes after arrival because a pottybreak is given between the plane and the lounge.

Sometimes people are flying the same day astheir pets and the people airline bumps or delaysa flight. If that happens, just call Pet Airways andthey’ll arrange for the dog or cat to spend thenight at a Pet Airways Affiliated Pet Resort.

Safety, care and comfort are the company’s mis-sion, Binder said.

And what does the airline do with their unsoldseats? Space is used to transport rescued animalsto their new, permanent homes.

Now that’s something special in the air. •Reservations can be made on line at PetAirways.com

or call 888-PET-AIRWAYS.

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Bone voyage

Fly the pet-friendly skies | Dan Weisel, Zoe andAlysa Binder founded the first airline for pets.


Adopting inclusive policies is thetrend but LGBT employees must stillprotect their personal finances


Out & Equal DFW and Resource Center Dallaspresented a forum on May 24 on the economicsof equality.

Panelists included Rebecca Solomon of Bank ofAmerica, Roger Poindexter of Lambda Legal andattorney Rebecca Covell. RCD President and CEOCece Cox moderated.

Solomon had advice for coming out at work.“The trend of business is adopting more inclu-

sive policies,” she said, offering suggestions onhow to decide how safe it was to come out at aparticular company.

“Look at the policies,” Solomon said. “Take apulse of the workplace and speak to others.”

She said that just because policies are in place,look at how they are translated into practice. Is

there diversity training for management?Do policies have any teeth?

As an example, Solomon said that atBank of America, someone who made theworkplace uncomfortable for an LGBTemployee because of that person’s sexualorientation or gender identity would beescorted out the door that day.

Covell said that a company’s affinitygroups are an indication of its commit-ment to diversity.

Poindexter addressed the issue of com-ing out as HIV at work.

“Unless you need accommodation,there’s no need to disclose,” he said.

Covell suggested that it was never tooearly for a same-sex couple to begin estateplanning. Since Texas offers no protec-tions or benefits for domestic partnersthat married opposite sex couples receive,she suggested reviewing all documentswith an attorney. Covell said that benefi-ciaries should be designated for all policies be-cause Texas courts would assign those assets torelatives.

Solomon suggested that a trust is a way forsomeone to designate assets when an employeeis afraid to name a same-sex partner at work. •

Out & Equal will host a national convention at theAnatole Hotel, Oct. 25–28. Register atOutAndEqual.org.

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Rebecca Solomon, left, Roger Poindexter and Rebecca Covell


Merrill Lynch portfolio manager findsher niche serving LGBT community


A program to help LGBT investors with taxminimization and other challenges faced by thecommunity has led one investment firm to de-velop a variety of products for people who don’tfit into traditional roles, said Carol Meyer, firstvice president and private investment portfoliomanager at Merrill Lynch’s Galleria office.

Meyer said that includes products that addressher needs as a single woman.

She said that eight years ago, the company in-vited her to participate as one of 18 members oftheir diversity council. Two members were openlygay.

“I didn’t know the issues faced by the gay com-munity,” she said.

But she quickly immersed herself.“I learned of the brutality and harassment they

faced,” she said, and she learned that there wereno workplace protections for LGBT people.

As she shifted her specialty to the LGBT com-

munity, Meyer’s managerasked her why she was doingthis, since she already had asuccessful practice. But Meyersaid serving the LGBT com-munity was something sheand her sister, a partner in herpractice, were committed todo.

“Some estates are verycomplicated and more in-volved,” she said. “One clientwas 29, a doctor who becamea new mom.”

Meyer said they devised aprogram that protected thedoctor’s partner, who becamethe stay-at-home mom, andincluded coverage to put their son through col-lege.

Meyer said that she employs the expertise ofvarious divisions of the company. She has devisedstrategies for gay couples selling businesseswhom she introduced to a business specialist.

U.S. Trust is now a part of the company. Meyersaid that the trust specialists from that divisioncan help manage anything from art collections to

oil and gas royalties to realestate. She said she has seenexperts from that field ne-gotiate taxes and keep prop-erty leased.

Working with tax special-ists or retirement specialists,she makes sure her LGBTclients find the investmentthat will benefit their situa-tion.

“The rights are differentfrom heterosexual couples,”Meyer said. “But there are alot of things you can do.”

She suggested one strat-egy is to rollover invest-ments from a 401K to an

IRA. While an opposite-sex married couple cancontinue drawing from a 401K account after thedeath of one spouse, a same-sex couple has totreat the account as income.

An IRA would allow the surviving spouse towithdraw the money as needed, which for taxpurposes is better than taking a lump sum. Meyersaid that in an IRA, investors can better controltheir own investments. •

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Carol Meyer

Vedda attends conferenceThe National Gay

and Lesbian Chamberof Commerce cele-brated National SmallBusiness Week lastweek by gatheringLGBT chamber leadersfrom Dallas, Philadel-phia, Chicago, Miami,Spokane and Min-neapolis in Washington D.C.

Tony Vedda of the North Texas GLBTChamber of Commerce was among thosethat met.

“My leadership role in NGLCC allows meto be an advocate, not only for people in myregion, but for LGBT chambers around thecountry,” said Vedda

Chamber members strategized new waysto strengthen affiliate LGBT chambers anddrive small business growth among the or-ganization’s 29,000 members.

NGLCC has been a vocal proponent forPresident Obama’s Small Business Agenda,which calls for “improved access to govern-ment contracts [for small business] as wellas avoid contract bundling,” according to astatement released by NGLCC.

NGLCC also signed a memorandum ofunderstanding with U.S. Department ofCommerce in January to “promote coopera-tion and collaborative action” and “to identifyLGBT-owned businesses for the Depart-ment’s outreach and contracting require-ments.”

— David Taffet

Advisor offers strategies for LGBT investors

In his book The Tipping Point, Malcom Glad-well writes about what he calls “social epi-demics.” Just like a disease epidemic can

blow up and spread very quickly, ideas can sud-denly become embraced by the public at largeand spread at a rapid pace.

That point when something goes from beingjust a few people who embrace the idea to thecritical mass needed to flood the mainstreamconsciousness of the country is the “tippingpoint.”

At its most fundamental level, the LGBTmovement begins with opening the closet door.That coming out process is almost always diffi-cult and sometimes it takes years, but it is the be-ginnings of genuine liberation.

Well, on the coming out front, we may be atthe tipping point and for the LGBT rights move-ment that could trigger a big change

Today I read a story about JaredMax, a sportscaster for ESPN Radiowho said this in his morning show:

“Are we ready to have our sportsinformation delivered by someonewho is gay? Well we are gonna findout. Because for the last 16 years, I’vebeen living a free life among myclose friends and family, and I’vehidden behind what is a gargan-tuan-sized secret here in the sportsworld: I am gay.

“Yeah. Jared Max. The sports guywho is one of the most familiar facesin New York sports isn’t quite like the majority.And while you already knew I was a little differ-ent, this might help make sense of it. But moreso, I’m taking this courageous jump into the un-known having no idea how I will be perceived.…”

This is pretty big news, but even bigger whenyou consider the other folks who came out in thejust the past few weeks:

• Don Lemon, weekend anchor for CNN

Newsroom announced last week that he is gay.He did so in advance of the release of his new

book, Transparent, in which he dis-cusses his life as an African-Ameri-can newscaster and as a gay man.

• Look to sports again as theCEO of the Phoenix Suns, RickWelts, came out in a story in theNew York Times. Why? He saidthat he wanted to do something tohelp youth struggling with theirown sexual identity issues, to as-sure them they could come out andstill have a successful career.

• Former Villanova basketballstar, Will Sheridan, kicked open his

closet door coming out publicly on ESPN just aday after Rick Welts.

• And all this after former NFL player WadeDavis came out as part of a GLSEN (Gay, Lesbianand Straight Education Network) Sports Projecta couple of months ago.

Perhaps I am the only one to see a trend here,but when broadcasters and, more specifically,sports figures start feeling it’s OK to come out,we might be nearing that tipping point.

This trend is not that new either. In the pastfew years dozens of high-profile people havemade their sexual orientation known. My hopeis that the cumulative effect will push things overthe edge.

What would that look like? Well, it would besomewhat of a continuation of what we see now:more and more people publicly coming out untilthe mere act of announcing one’s sexual orienta-tion or gender identity will become so common-place that it is no longer news.

That would signal that LGBT people had re-ally taken a major step toward full equality. Theday when a celebrity or sports figure comes outand is no longer headline material, or more im-portantly no longer feels the need to hold a pressconference to do it, will be a great day for LGBTrights.

So to all those celebrities, sports figures, actors,politicians who are still in the closet: Come out!You may be the nudge that pushes things pastthe tipping point — and that is something thatwill benefit everyone. •

Hardy Haberman is a longtime local LGBT activistand a member of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas. Hisblog is at http://dungeondiary.blogspot.com.

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Stonewall Dems still relevant

Stonewall Democrats continues to be an im-portant and relevant voice in the civic life ofGLBT Dallas. In fact, most candidates seek outthe opportunity to interview and screen withStonewall in election years.

If Stonewall were irrelevant, as some seem toimply from recent comments via Instant Tea andelsewhere, these candidates would not take thetime to seek out the endorsement.

Whenever there is a hotly contested election,invariably one side gets upset and calls the or-ganization “irrelevant.” That is a natural re-sponse.

Stonewall Democrats of Dallas has a fair, andopen endorsement process, and any member ingood standing is welcome to participate in thatprocess.

With that said, however, I think I need to saythat we don’t automatically endorse a candidatejust because he or she happens to be gay. We con-

sider each candidate in his or her entirety.We certainly consider whether a candidate is

a member of the GLBT community, but that isn’tthe only thing we consider when making en-dorsements.

As a longtime member and former officer ofStonewall, I have seen and participated in manyendorsement and candidate screenings over theyears. This time it is fair and accurate to say thatour Membership and Endorsement Committeewas split right down the middle with regard toAngela Hunt and James Nowlin in the race forDallas City Council District 14.

I couldn’t help but notice what seemed to be agenerational divide in this particular race. WhatI noticed was that younger Stonewall members— under 40 — tended to back Nowlin. Thosewho are more mature (ok, call us old if you must)Stonewall members — over 40 — tended to backHunt.

There were exceptions of course. But I thinkthis is, overall, a fair and accurate statement.

While the vote on the Endorsement Commit-tee was razor-thin, at the end of the day Nowlinreceived the most votes and, hence, he receivedthe Stonewall endorsement. I personally sup-ported Angela Hunt because I think she has done

a superb job as a member of the City Council. Shedoes her homework and knows the issues facingthis city inside and out.

Another reason I personally chose to back An-gela Hunt is because she’s not afraid to buck theestablishment when necessary. I think it’s impor-tant to have people on the Dallas City Councilwho are fighters, and won’t just be a rubberstamp.

At the end of the day, Hunt won almost everysingle precinct in District 14, so the voters notonly in the M Streets and Lakewood area, butalso in Turtle Creek/Uptown, Oak Lawn, all theway up to Greenway Parks and Bluffview clearlyfeel like Ms. Hunt is doing a good job represent-ing them.

I applaud Mr. Nowlin’s enthusiasm. He’s abright and articulate young man, and I think helearned an important lesson by running, namelythat it’s difficult to beat a very popular incum-bent.Jay NareyDallas

Reaction to Nikki Araguz case

The law is the law and she still is a man and

never will become a full woman. Until Texaschanges the law Nikki is just like everyone inTexas. We have to follow the law. Just because sheis a transgender she is not special. Nothingagainst transgenders but if you want to get mar-ried do it in a state that allows it so we do nothave to put families in a longterm trial.Vicky, via the Web

Gender is more than genitals or chromosomes.Nikki is a woman, heart and soul. Maybe if Texaswould step up to the 21st century, cases like thiswould not have to happen. It all comes down tothe fact that Araguz’s ex-wife is greedy, pure andsimple.Janet, via the Web

Yes, the law is the law, and the law allowscourts to issue orders changing a person’slegally-recognized sex. The law also allows peo-ple who have such orders to use them to provetheir identity when obtaining marriage licenses.The law is in Mrs. Araguz’s favor. It’s her in-lawswho are attempting to to ignore the law for theirown personal gain, and it looks like they mayhave found an activist judge willing to ignore thelaw and rule in their favor. In the end this caseboils down to a question of who is ThomasAraguz’s widow, the woman he chose to divorceor the woman he chose to marry.Daniel Williams, via the Web

Nikki is a woman in every way that is mean-ingful, but I can’t help but thinking that a WISEjudge would rule that the money be dividedthree ways. Oh for the days of Solomanic wis-dom!

As for Texas, we better wake up: Transgenderpeople are a fact of life, and if Texas doesn’t startrecognizing their fundamental human rights,businesses will go elsewhere. Prejudice and big-otry is bad for business, bad for Texas and badfor the people of Texas. Marriages don’t need“defending” by restricting others from the bless-ings of monogamous wedded bliss.

As for Nikki, if she wins, a real woman wouldoffer to help defray costs for the ex-wife’s son, theson of her dead hero fireman. I am sure shewould make such an offer if she won.Alison, via the Web

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Going Down in LA-LA Land OK, let’s be honest: A lot of gay cinema falls in

too-easy pigeonholes and familiar clichés.Twinks getting shirtless. Over-the-top, homo-hating bad guys (who often turn out to be in thecloset). Romantic encounters, both cheesy andpredictable. Sitcom-y jokes — or else, torturedmelodramatic emoting.

But we watch them, and even like them, be-cause they have shirtless twinks. And romanticencounters. And bad guys who turn out to becloset cases.

So sue us. We like our mindless, lightweightfantasies as much as straight folks.

So, when Going Down in LA-LA Land startswith new kid Adam (Matthew Ludwinski) mov-ing to Los Angeles only to be put off by back-stabbing, dating trouble and career misfires, itlooks like it’ll be another of its genre: The sappy,silly, easy comedy.

And then something happens: It gets good.Sure, you can see some of the plot turns easier

than at the Texas Motor Speedway, but there’salso a canny, insider quality that adds some heftand authenticity to it all — largely with not-so-subtle references to real Hollywood (includingBruce Vilanch as a Chi Chi LaRue-esque porn di-rector). Writer-director Casper Andreas hascrafted a sexy but also funny and wise squinty-eyed look at Tinseltown, from the seductive sideto the seedy (often one and the same), from theglamour to the pitfalls.

Andreas gets good performances from Lud-winski and Allison Lane (and himself as amethed-up photographer), but it’s the wholepackage of nudity, humor and pathos that makesit come together.

— Arnold Wayne Jones

eCupid Marshall (Houston Rhines) and Gabe (Noah

Schuffman) are both cute, young and sevenyears into their relationship — and, to Marshallat least, it feels as if that’s as long as it has beensince they had sex. Hoping to spice up his lovelife, Marshall downloads an app called eCupid,which promises to match him with the love ofhis life. But, in traditional genie fashion, youneed to be careful what you ask for.

The biggest problem with the film eCupid isthat it’s a silly, supernatural romantic fantasy, butMarshall never seems weirded out that hisphone seems to be sending text messages on itsown, or that everything going wrong could befixed with a system reboot.

Still, that’s also about the worst thing you cansay about this breezy, sexy rom-com, filled withhalf-naked boys, familiar couples problems andeasy-to-digest complications.

— A.W.J.

Trigger A bad breakup will leave major scars, whether

it’s the failure of a band or a couple. In the caseof Trigger, it’s both.

Kat (Molly Parker) and Vic (Tracy Wright) re-unite over dinner 10 years after their girl bandTrigger suffered an onstage blowout. Vic isharder edged, battling her demons, while Kathas moved on to a glossier, pretentious life inLos Angeles. Both are different people; the toughpart for them is figuring out if they are betterpeople.

The movie is mostly a series of conversationalvignettes between the two but director BruceMcDonald treats the scenes carefully, so as not to

R ll ’em!For its lucky 13th, Cowtown’s annual gay and lesbian international film festival, Q Cinema, has love in its heart

QCinema is bringing sexy back.Its 13th annual festival, which begins on Thursday and runs over next weekend, is

flush with sexy, fun and campy films, as well as smattering of dramas (gay, lesbian,trans and bi) through shorts and features. And, for a festival of its size, it manages to attractloads of talent, from stars like Bruce Vilanch and Charlie David to filmmakers like CasperAndreas.

And, in true Cowtown fashion, it finds a way to make it all yee-haw fun, with a bowlingparty and dishy programs.

Here’s a preview of some of the programs. •

•Q CINEMA, Page 38 NOTICE A COMMON THEME HERE? | Q Cinema is bringing sexy back with its 13th queer film festival,

with gay rom-coms like ‘eCupid,’ top, ‘Judas Kiss,’ center, and the lesbian drama ‘Bloomington,’ bottom.

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turn them into a gimmick. We learn about their backgrounds apartand relationships with each other: They were bandmates, theywere lovers, they both got fucked up by drugs and alcohol.

Parker gets the flashier role as the bitchy but loveable Kat, butthis is Wright’s show. As Vic, she delivers depths of frustration andhope while still eking out flashes of exhilaration. Her voice isheartbreaking and genuine. (The role was her last — Wright diedof cancer shortly after filming.)

McDonald and screenwriter Daniel McIvor have churned out avery feminine film without pandering to clichés. There is no un-necessary delicacy added here. Minus some kitschy touches thatmissed the mark (an after-party at a high school?), Trigger ends upbeing a surprising reality check that isn’t about a rock ‘n’ roll band,but how getting older is inevitable.

— Rich Lopez

BloomingtonBloomington is about a student-teacher lesbian relationship,

which falls under the still-lingering taboo of May-December ro-mance with a strong sense of sexual exploitation. Jackie (SarahStouffer) is a 22-year-old college student; Prof. Catherine Stark (Al-lison McAtee) bears an almost creepy resemblance to Jackie’s

mother, who was virtually absent dur-ing her daughter’s teen years.

Jackie spent those years as an actressin a TV series, Neptune 26, which endedfour years earlier. Now Jackie’s in col-lege, and although her fellow studentsare awed by her celebrity, her problemsfitting in stem more from her ownstandoffishness. She hears rumorsabout the notorious Prof. Stark, whobeds her female students, only to havethem disappear. So when the two meetat a student-faculty mixer, they wasteno time hooking up. The power dy-namics change when Jackie is asked toreprise her role in a feature version ofNeptune 26 and it becomes Catherine’sturn to worry about being discarded.

Perhaps out of fear of the creep fac-tor, none of the displays of affection be-tween the women even approach soft-core porn. They kiss a lotbut when they take their clothes off, Brazilian-born writer-directorFernanda Cardoso gets coy about camera placement. Even Jackie’s

bathtub scene has her well covered in bubbles.Cardoso has supplied a lot of surprisingly intelligent dialogue

about psychology, show business and academia, to shore up a plot

ACTION! | An aspiring actor (Matthew Ludwinski) gets talked into making a film with a notoriousporn director (Bruce Vilanch) in Q Cinema’s opening night film ‘Going Down in LA-LA Land.’

The ScheduleAll programs at the Rose Marine Theater,1440 Main St., Fort Worth, except asnoted

Going Down in LA-LA Land. A gay newcomerfind his way in Los Angeles, from porn to clos-eted movie stars. Filmmaker/stars in atten-dance. Preceded by the short On the Bus.

June 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Going Down in Cowtown Opening NightParty

At the T&P Tavern, June 2 at 9:30 p.m.

Our Shorts Are Showing 1. Program includes:The Colonelʼs Outing, Nothing Happened,Freak, Slip Away, I was a Teenage Werebear,plus a sneak peek at the new project from Is-rael Luna and Toni Miller, The Zombie Project.

June 3 at 6:30 p.m.

eCupid. An app takes over the romantic life of a30-year-old gay man suffering from the seven-year itch. Filmmaker/stars in attendance. Pre-ceded by the short Waiting for Goliath.

June 3 at 8:45 p.m.

Thereʼs an App for That Party.At The Usual, June 3 at 10 p.m.

Our Shorts Are Showing 2. Program includes:Amen, Tools 4 Fools, Stay, The Defenders,Under Pressure, Bedfellows, and Itʼs Just aCommunity Place.

June 4 at noon.

The Cost of Love. A gay escort craves gen-uine love.

June 4 a 2 p.m.

Trigger. Former lovers from a girl band reunite

•Q CINEMA, From Page 34


that’s purely emotional. The ending may not be what you expect, but it’s inline with Cardoso’s constant clash between intellect and emotion. A couple ofAni DiFranco songs are well used to boost the film’s lez appeal, but your over-all reaction will depend on whether you buy the central relationship. I didn’t.

— Steve Warren

Judas KissIt’s been fun to watch Charlie David mature as both an actor and a pro-

ducer. He first shot to prominence in the supernatural gay soap Dante’s Cove,where being hot and naked were the primary criteria. He parlayed that giginto hosting duties for the Logo travelog Bump! and the gay romance Mulli-gans.

Now, in Judas Kiss, David gets to show off his strongest acting chops yet. Heplays Zach Wells, a once-promising filmmaker who pissed away his potentialon drugs and bad decisions. When he returns to his alma mater for a film fes-tival, Zach meets his younger self, and gets the chance to fix the errors of hisyouth.

The supernatural element is more subtle here than Dante’s, which allowsthe idea behind it to come through: How difficult it is to be someone youaren’t, no matter how much information you have.

The production values are as slick and sophisticated as gay cinema gets,and there’s a deliberative, smart style to it.

— A.W.J.

ROCKER CHICKS | In ‘Trigger,’ Vic (Tracey Wright,left) and Kat (Molly Parker) recall themselves in theirprime, before life took a turn a decade later.

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A pastiche of ʼ50s-era teenangst films, Elvis musicals,ʼ60s beach comedies andgorefests, the tone of I Was aTeenage Werebear, pictured,is so inconsistent as to makeyour brain hurt. For a musical,the singers arenʼt great atsinging and the (intentionally)cheese makeup (and double-casting once the teens go from twink to bear) ismore a distraction than a campy delight. Still, the combination of all these ele-ments creates a quirky sense of surprise, such as when a blow job goes horri-bly wrong. And thereʼs more than a little beefcake to help numb you a bit. Hey,whatever works.

Itʼs a Community Place When this documentary starts, you sense it will be a story of adversity, a

profile of how one small lesbian-owned café changed a town, or the sad/em-powering/meaningful legacy of a controversy born in homophobia. But the filmnever delivers. There are elements about locals in New Yorkʼs gay-friendlyHawley Green turning hostile, but the end product is basically little more thanan episode of This Old House, as two women try to turn a building into a busi-ness. It ends suddenly and unsatisfyingly, and leaves you wanting more.

— A.W.J.

after a decade. Preceded by the short AllisonMy Love.

June 4 at 4 p.m.

2 Frogs in the West. A French-Canadian hitch-hiker finds herself attracted to a man and awoman at the same time. Preceded by theshort Refuge.

June 4 at 6 p.m.

An Evening with Bruce Vilanch. The LA-LA

Land co-star dishes (followed by a bowlingafter-party with Vilanch at Lucky Strike).

June 4 at 8 p.m.

We Were Here. Documentary about the earlydays of the AIDS crisis in San Francisco. Pre-ceded by the short Fucked.

June 5 at noon.

AIDS at 30: Panel Discussion. June 5 at 2 p.m.

Bloomington. A college professor engages in aromance with her female student, a child star.

June 5 a 3 p.m.

Gun Hill Road. A Latinoman, newly out ofprison, discovers his sonis now transgender. Pre-ceded by the short Pro-fessor Godoy.

June 4 at 4 p.m.

Judas Kiss. Charlie David stars as a time-trav-eling filmmaker given a second chance. Film-maker/stars in attendance. Preceded by thevideo Like It Rough.

June 4 at 6 p.m.

The Q Awards/Closing Night PartyJune 4 at 9 p.m.


L ately, reality TV is all about the ladies. Thedrama of a real housewife is addictive towatch. Bridezillas make for the most

bizarre entertainment. Even the lives of police-women are on display.

Lesbians have entered the fray with The Real LWord, but one show expects to take the cattydrama away to portray the true life of everydayTexas lesbians.

“Most GLBT television exposure and media

coverage do not portray us or even come close toour family dynamic,” says Debbie Forth, creatorof the web series Lez Be Proud. “We also knowthat our lives do not reflect the norm that is pro-moted in the media. Our lives include home-work, soccer practice and work. I tossed this ideaaround in my head for some time.”

Instead of the sensationalism portrayed bynetwork shows, Lez Be Proud hopes instead toeducate and bring awareness to issues faced notjust by lesbians but the entire LGBT community,and to highlight local charities and life in Texas.

Lez Be Proud show follows business owner

Forth and three other women: Dawn, a commu-nications and telecom specialist, and Forth’spartner; and another couple, Kristi, a vice presi-dent of a business management firm; and Lau-ren, a senior loan officer in a bank. One of theemphases is on Dawn and Forth’s family unit:With two children and a baby daddy in the mix,they truly depict a modern family.

“People we meet are always intrigued by ourrelationship and the dynamic we share as a fam-ily,” Forth says. “Meanwhile, the idea of same-sex marriage and the opposition to our lifestylewas constantly in the media. This negative press

left me questioning, ‘Where’s my voice? Whowould understand my family and view?’ I likedthe idea of promoting our positive alternativefamily to give others in the community hope fortheir families.”

Lauren and Kristi have unique stories of theirown. Kristi comes from a Southern Baptist back-ground and was a youth minister; Lauren findsthe importance of equality for all people throughher personal trek.

“I came to America with my family to escapecommunism in Vietnam in order to live in a freecountry,” she says. “Many Americans take their

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The women of the new web series ‘Lez Be Proud’ put real life on display

PRIDE OF LESBIANS | Debbie Forth, left, co-created the new web show ‘Lez Be Proud,’ depicting the everyday lives of her and fellow cast members, left to right, Dawn, Lauren and Kristi. The show debuts Friday.

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freedom for granted while others still try to takeaway the freedoms of those who are different. Ihope my story makes people more aware of theprejudice and persecution that homosexuals ex-perience in pursuit of the rights and respect wedeserve.”

Dawn’s military background kept her in thecloset for much of her adult life. She plans to re-late that experience as well for people whostruggled during their service — and are per-haps still struggling.

“I was always feeling I had to keep my per-sonal and professional lives segregated. I’mready to live a life that allows me to be totallytrue to my family and myself. I hope to sharethe inner sanctuary of my home with others sothat they can see that it is possible to be out,proud and professional,” she says.

The show may sound like something heavyPBS might run, taking itself very seriously, butthe teaser trailer on the website has polish and alight tone. It hints at the packaging of those pre-viously mentioned network shows but with anadded wholesomeness. Being that they do havehopes for a network pick up, it would seem onlyminor adjustments would needed to be made tograduate up to TV.

This first season is expected to consist of aminimum of eight episodes running about 20minutes each, with plans to expand as it growsin sponsorships. The show debuts May 27 onLezBeProud.com. Future episodes will bearchived on the site and can also be seen onOneMoreLesbian.com.

What it definitely is not, is the Real L Word —even if this is a reality show about lesbians andtheir daily lives. Kristi sees humor in the com-parison, but works to dissolve the idea that thesewomen have lives centered solely around sex —or rather, reality TV sex lives.

“Our show is more about educating peopleand having them not see us as second-class citi-zens,” Kristi says. “We have families, we’reCEOs, we have houses. We represent all levels ofsociety and for people to know us as human be-ings instead of lesbian. That’s what’s gonnachange the world. That’s our goal.”

The cast talks with good energy about theshow, but interestingly has already received flak.There have been complaints that they are “toopretty to be lesbians.” Three of the four are alsoAnglo, leading to criticism the show doesn’t rep-resent the diversity of the community. But, theydefend, it is still a work in progress.

“We’re only here to start this not finish it,”Kristi says. “We want to see more culture and welove the butch community. This show is for allshapes sizes colors and cultures. Too pretty to belesbians? Really?”

If their goal is network, there are some tem-plates that most shows have to have. Of the LezBe Proud cast, one has to be the bitch of the show.

“Ha! We’re told if a network picks us up thatwe need to have some strong personalities,”Kristi laughs. “We don’t have a bitch character,but if you ask any of us on a day we might be ar-guing, we’ll certainly throw them under thebus.”

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Show me the money: Bravo’sgrab for glamour glory

In order to get a show on Bravo, itdoesnʼt hurt to have one of three wordsin your title: “Top” (as in Top Chef andits spinoffs), “Housewives” (as in one ofthe seven iterations of that franchise —“real” is also acceptable) and now, itseems, “Million.” From Million DollarListing to Millionaire Matchmaker, Bravoseems to be selling glamour: hence, thereality show Million Dollar Decoratorsdebuts the same week as Platinum Hit(platinum, million — same diff). Neitherreality series is as compelling as the networkʼs biggest hits.

Platinum at least has the somewhat tarnished pedigree of host Kara DioGuardi. You may call a cableshow slumming for the former American Idol judge, but based on this Idol season, I say she was thrown offa sinking ship. Not that thereʼs much to keep this one afloat. A dozen budding songwriters compete to com-pose the next pop hit, but listening to writers (most without instruments or strong voices) croak through theirR&B isnʼt the best way to showcase talent (though several shine). And DioGuardi, paired with host Jewel,doesnʼt show any better judgment than she did on Idol. There are some cute contestants (none clearly gaybased on the premiere), but we have enough pretty-boys in the music biz. We need more substance than

Platinum Hit manages. Yeah, cuz substance is what reality TV does best.The uber-gay non-competition Decorators trots out familiar tropes — so familiar as

to be ho-hum. This type of show rises and falls on the personalities of the cast mem-bers, above; sadly, “bitchy drama queen” has become a description meant to

apply to most people in every reality show — which basically means none ofthese stand out (well, maybe former boy model Ross). Pretentious, egotisticaleven self-deluded claims to influence (“Sometimes I think my job is more im-portant than the president,” one says; “That goes without saying,” agrees hisfriend) define most of the men and women here, even as they deal with arti-ficial crises (“Sharon Osborne needs it three weeks early!? I guess Iʼll haveto make my magic again!!!”). Been there, decorated that.

— Arnold Wayne JonesPlatinum Hit premieres May 30 at 10 p.m.; Million Dollar Decorators pre-mieres May 31 at 10 p.m., both on Bravo.


One of the most attention-grabbing commer-cials during this year’s Super Bowl was aChrysler 200 spot that featured Eminem with thetagline, “Imported from Detroit.” Both the pitch-man and car are Detroit natives — the former fa-mously, the latter materially. It was all part of thecreative re-branding of Chrysler as an uber-American purveyor of urban conveyances forthe trendsetters … and all coming from MotorCity. The question is this, “Will that strategy getpeople to buy a face-lifted Sebring that was notexactly one of Chrysler’s block-busters?”

When designers whipped upthe last-generation Sebring for2007, they tried their best to cre-ate a roomy sedan with the clas-sic style of a Crossfire coupe. Aneggcrate grille, arching roofline, wrap-aroundtaillamps and stylish Mercedes-inspired interiorall worked together well, even if the themedidn’t translate perfectly from spankin’ sportscar to buff sedan. If only the chassis, engine andtransmission had lived up to the exterior’spromise.

Now under Fiat control, the less-successfulChrysler products are undergoing a thoroughmakeover.

Of all things the Chrysler 200 imports, style isits best asset. The body shell remains, but every-thing attached to it is new. Chrysler’s stylizedchrome grille with revised winged logo domi-nates the front, 18-in. chrome alloys fill the fend-ers and wrap taillights grace the rear. Look closerand you’ll notice LED light pipes around thefront projector beam headlamps and additionalcrisp LEDs in the center brake lights. A new

hood is more delicately formed. All of this addsup to a design that is more cohesive, precise andupscale.

The drama continues inside. Our test car camewith heated black leather seats, beefy steeringwheel with the best-feeling leather outside of aBMW, piano black finish around the center con-trols, and the results of a determined effort tomake the cabin seem as expensive as the exterior.I’m glad the Mercedes-inspired instrument clus-ter and gated gear selector remained; a small

analog clock is appropriate in anaspiring luxury tourer.

In-dash navigation, dual-zoneclimate control and thumpin’audio system with XM SatelliteRadio and USB input for iPods sat-isfies everybody. It’s a place where

you want to be and is no longer polluted bycheap materials that seem as though they wereprocured from a goat.

It’s also quiet. Forty-five new sound deaden-ing treatments were added, like acoustic glassusually found in much more expensive vehicles.Vibrations throughout the vehicle were scruti-nized and eliminated while a new three-pointengine mount was adapted to the four-cylinderengine to tame its transgressions.

The Sebring had a willing chassis, but itclunked and bunked over rough pavement andonly begrudgingly hit the curves. Engineerstouched virtually every part. The track is an inchwider and the car has been lowered several mil-limeters for more stable handling. There’s lessbody roll, noticeably reduced suspension jitterover rough pavement, more precise-feelingsteering. I wish engineers would have tuned in a

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Chrysler. 283 horsepower, 3.6 liter V6 19/29-MPG city/hwy.

As-tested price: $27,160

CHANNELING STYLE | The Sebring 200 Limited goes from meh to marvelous. The body looks the same,but the nips and tucks include chrome for bling and LED lights to give it some high-tech glow.

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Chrysler’s Sebring redo, the 200 Limited, melds style with speed

little more weight to the steering, especially atspeed, but it is pleasant enough for a near-luxurysedan.

Drivers will really appreciate the new power-trains. They could choose the base 173-HP 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine for the best fueleconomy, but I’d cruise right on by that and optfor the 283-HP 3.6-liter Pentastar V6. Both en-gines are available with six-speed automatictransmissions, but to save a few bucks, a four-speed transmission can be matched with thesmaller engine. Four-cylinders achieve 20/31-MPG city/hwy, while the powerful V6 delivers19/29-MPG.

I liked the Sebring before, even if it wasn’t par-ticularly exciting. Designers gave it their all andengineers tried their best, but the bean countersapparently had their way and insisted on usdriving around with an interior that never quitemade the cut. That’s all fixed — from the divinesteering wheel to the quieter interior, improvedpowertrains and revised chassis. We’ll have tosee if buyers respond, but this is one car that De-troit should be proud to export.

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Razzle dazzle ’em with cakeGym rats may have to lighten up on their

carb restrictions. Once they taste Virginia Tid-wellʼs offering of Razzle Dazzle cupcakes,they might just go into sugar shock.

“Iʼm happiest when Iʼm in the kitchen bak-ing and I thought this would be a nice offer-ing,” she says.

Her company, Mostly Cupcakes, has intro-duced a special edition cupcake to celebratethis yearʼs return of Razzle Dazzle.

Tidwellʼs rainbow buttercream frosted cup-pies come in flavors such as root beer float,banana split and cherry limeade along withthe usual. Then they are topped with a whitechocolate Pegasus wing.

The cupcakes can be ordered now for $36a dozen standard size or two dozen minis.

— Rich LopezTo order call 214-718-58714 or email [email protected].

DRIVER ON BOARD | Chrysler upped the gameon its Sebring revamp with slickness and power.


“There are two seasons in Colorado,” asserts Cartman on SouthPark. “Winter and July.”

That’s not really true, anymore than the cliché that Dallas is al-ways hot. (Remember three snowstorms this year?) In fact, it’s notall that unusual to see folks walking around in shorts or withoutwinter coats, albeit in weather that would chill most Texans.

With summer on the horizon, the already highly livable MileHigh City is ideal for warmth-seekers who want to enjoy the out-doors — or the many sophisticated options Denver offers.

Some cities are tweedy; some are silky or denimy or flannely or,God bless ’em, polyester’d; Denver is a hybrid of Gor-Tex andburlap — in the best possible way.

What is it about hilly college towns with capitols that breed acertain crunchy, alternative-lifestyle vibe? Dallas doesn’t have it,unless you count Deep Ellum, which you can’t (at least not since1996). With its comfortable, old condos and warehouses, an easy-going pace, overcast skies and small-city atmosphere, Denver re-sembles a Rocky Mountain version of Austin or Seattle.

But there’s more to the appeal of Denver than just the environ-ment. Colorado is the state with the fittest population in the

Union, and many of the men here exude an unpretentious,earthy masculinity — one local woman told me the unofficialnickname of the city is “Menver.” Scruffy guys are common here,hot in a granola-hiker-outdoorsy way. (Grindr, though, is a lotmore popular that Scruff; go figure.)

Maybe what attracts them to this city of 600,000 is the diversityof options, from fine dining to museums to history.

It’s easiest to stay downtown, where tons of options — from aperforming arts center to an urban mall with moviehouse to afull-fledged convention center — provide a hub of activity. TheHyatt Regency, a skyscraper of a hotel with an upper floor baroverlooking the Rockies, an extensive in-house gym and refresh-ing spa (complete with expert massages), provides a comfortable,mainstream and centrally located hotel option. Clean, well-ap-pointed and easy to spot, it fits the bill nicely.

Denver was founded in 1858, and has long remained the hubof culture and industry in the mountainous part of the westernplains. Cowboy culture exists, of course, just like in Texas, butthere’s an urbane sensibility as well.

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Hot men, a funky vibe, a thriving downtown scene and easy acess tothe mountains add up to make Denver the Austin of the Rockies

SUN AND SNOW | Even in winter, Denver isn’t a snowbound out-post but an outdoorsy city of breathtaking urban vistas nestled in theshadow of the Rockies. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

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Consider the Tattered Cover, a cavernoushardwood-and-exposed-beam-and-brickbookstore and café in a former warehouseon 16th Street in LoDo (Lower Downtown).While bookstores across America are closing,Tattered Cover is a destination for localswho line up for their scones and to read apaper. Then, you can stroll around the cor-ner and visit Rockmount Ranch Wear. Thestorefront for the company that invented thesawtooth pocket design and snap short but-tons is a friendly place where you can see adisplay of their most famous shirt: The oneworn by Jake Gyllenhaal (and rescued byHeath Ledger) in Brokeback Mountain. (It soldat auction for $101,000.)

Both are in the LoDo district, near the ter-minus of the 16th Street Mall. This mile-longplaza, designed by I.M. Pei, is served by afast, convenient and free shuttle that makesgetting from one part of town to the other abreeze. While in LoDo, visit the old UnionStation, now undergoing a facelift but stilloperational. Across from the station, duckinto the historic Oxford Hotel, a charmingboutique property with an enchanting foyer(much refinished after years of disrepair fol-lowing its stint as a brothel.)

In addition to accommodations, the Oxford of-fers food and drink worth your time. The CruiseRoom Bar is a reproduction of the interior of theQueen Mary cruise ship, complete with art mod-erne accents and classic cocktails. Across the hall,McCormick’s prepares mouthwatering fresh-off-the-boat seafood. The clam chowder here isamong the best I’ve tasted, and the crab andmango tower was heavenly.

In general, Denver is a great city to enjoy ex-quisite food, including seafood (unexpected for alandlocked state). I arrived during RestaurantWeek, a nationwide event held in many citiesthroughout the year; but I have never encoun-tered a town where diners take it so seriously.

ChoLon may be the hottest place in town, aspacious, Asian-inspired bistro from chef LonSymensma that recalls New York’s Buddakan orLas Vegas’ Tao, both in décor and in clever twistson Vietnamese and other Asian dishes. A sesamerice cake the size of an hibiscus bloom, servedwith tomato chile jam, replaced the traditionalbread basket, while the peanut and tamarindglaze on the lamb shank perfectly balanced itssavory and sweetness.

Not far from LoDo is Larimer Square, a fash-ionable pocket of fine dining and high end shop-ping a la Highland Park (stop in at GoorinBrothers Hat Shop not just for the novelty of ahat shop, but for exquisite toppers). Local cele-brichefs predominate here, including JenniferJasinski, chef/co-owner of Rioja, a Mediter-ranean restaurant of intimate charm and intense,flavorful dishes, like sturgeon with grilled arti-choke and tomato tart mousse and sea scallopswith a tower of potato and carrot medallions.For a quick drink, Corridor 44 is unique: Achampagne bar serving flights of sparkling wine.

You can get drinks and more at the Corner Of-fice Martini Bar and Restaurant inside the dis-tinctly boutique-y Curtis Hotel. The food is ahodgepodge that includes yummy shishito pep-

pers, excellent mac and cheese and delicious fishtacos, plus on Sundays a disco brunch that giveslife to the campy retro character of place.

History buffs will enjoy exploring the DenverMuseum of Nature and Science, which currentlyhas a massive exhibit called Real Pirates: TheUntold Story of the Whydah, a slave ship thatbecame a privateer. (The collection includes anauthentic reproduction of the gally — completewith creaky floorboards and a rocking motion —as well as countless artifacts from gold coins toiron cannons to the ship’s bell, unearthed from asandy grave after 300 years underwater.) Closerin town the Denver Art Museum houses an im-pressive collection of Western art as well as theMuseum of Contemporary Art Denver.

You can buy some of your own art from localartisans at the First Friday art walks in culturalneighborhoods across the city. The Santa Fe Dis-trict boasts an eclectic array of galleries display-ing everything from abstract paintings tohandmade jewelry and sculpture to Warhol-esque, ultra modern art. North Denver’s Ten-nyson neighborhood features a different style ofgalleries, including bookstores, glass blowersand antique dealers. The Pattern Shop, a beauti-ful home and gallery in the RiNo (River North)area, is worth the trip.

Like most cities in North America, Denver cel-ebrates its Gay Pride Week in June (PrideFest2011 is June 18 and 19). The community in thisregion is sizeable, with the gayborhood in Den-ver concentrated on the opposite end of the mallfrom LoDo. It’s a refreshing walk off the shuttleto the Denver Wrangler, a neighborhood leather-and-Levis bar with pool tables and videos. OnSundays, the patio turns into brunch central, re-sembling a corral of beefy gay men penned forbranding. Close by are JR’s Denver and Ham-burger Mary’s, which are hubs of gay life here.You’ll have to take a car to get to one of therougher clubs, Compound, but like most thingsin Denver, it’s worth the hike.

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DESTINATION DOWNTOWN | Public art, thriving busi-nesses and a free shuttle makes Denver accessible andpacked with options. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)


Name and age: Fidel Cabrera-Pineda, 23

Spotted: Taco Bell at North Central Expressway and Lemmon

Occupation: Hip-hop instructor/choreographer

This native of Laredo, Mexico, has resided in Dallas since age 2. Born under the sign of Cancer, tall, hand-some Fidel is a self-taught dancer who began moving his feet to music almost from the time he firstlearned to walk. His mother showed him how to Cumbia at an impressionable age, and that inspired hislifelong interest in dance.

With a natural grace, an instinctive rhythm and a lot of hard work, Fidel has turned his love into a career,burning up dance floors all over Texas, both solo and as part of the FLS Dance Crew. His talent has gar-nered him three consecutive salsa championships. He is also sought after as a choreographer and cre-ative director in the DFW area. His musical interests include jazz, soul and R&B.

You can watch him bust a move on his YouTube page, FID3LC, and follow him on Twitter @Sopadefide0.

Fidel Cabrera-Pinedahas gotta dance

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Dallas Pride Cheer gets its razzle dazzling — for Dallas and San Francisco

As anyone who’s ever played a team sport cantell you, even the bleakest of losing streaks hasbeen brightened by the erratic pom-poms andendless effervescence of a cheerleading squad.But the perkiest of cheerleaders still needs theirown support system from time to time.

That’s the case with Dallas Pride Cheer, alocal, mostly gay group who use their powers ofpep not for sports but by performing at paradesand other events to raise money for charitablecauses, including Make-A-Wish, Bryan’s Houseand AIDS Arms.

On June 25 and 26, the all-volunteer squadwill boost not a team, but our city by taking theirtalents to San Francisco for Pride Parade week-end. There, they will join other teams fromaround the world for a series of performancesbenefiting the Cheer for Life Foundation, a nonprofit that supports agencies around the

globe that provide services to people living withHIV/AIDS, cancer and other ailments.

“We currently have 14 people from our 24-per-son squad going to represent Dallas,” says teamcaptain Bobby Bridgwater, a former UNT cheer-leader who parlayed his love of the sport into thenonprofit organization. “Everyone’s been work-ing very hard to create the perfect routine and toraise money to travel to California.”

To help fund travel expenses, Dallas PrideCheer is hosting a car wash on Saturday in theCaven parking lot, behind Zini’s Pizza Throck-morton.

In preparation for San Francisco and the manyother local events they participate in, the grouppractices every Sunday at Pride All-Star Gym inCarrollton. Members range in age from 20 to 51,with a variety of backgrounds as current and for-mer cheerleaders, athletes and coaches. And theyare always looking for more.

“We are always looking for new talent to addto our group,” says Bridgwater. “Depending onthe person’s experience we can plug [someone]

into a routine. It’s best if we find someone withknowledge of technique, tumbling and stunting.As a group, we are always pushing new stunts,new basket tosses and so on. It’s a whole year oflearning as a group.”

The routine Dallas Cheer Pride performs inSan Francisco will be repeated in Dallas in Sep-tember during the Alan Ross Freedom Parade.

But those interested in seeing the squad soonercan check them out during this year’s RazzleDazzle Dallas, which kicks off June 1.

“Razzle Dazzle is what we have been puttingtogether for the past year,” says Bridgwater. “Inaddition to our cheer portion is a new, fun danceroutine. You won’t see it anywhere else. It’s justsomething for us to shake it and have fun.”

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DANCING IN THE STREETS | Dallas Pride Cheer marchesin last year’s Texas Freedom Parade, but will debut a new actat Razzle Dazzle, before moving to a national showcase inSan Francisco next month. (Gregory Hayes/Dallas Voice)


The plot of 9 to 5: The Mu-sical hews closely to the film:Three working girls (we calledthem “girls” back then) — ex-perienced professional secre-tary Violet (Dee Hoty), typingpool bombshell Doralee(Diana DeGarmo) and a workforce newcomer,recent divorcee Judy (Mamie Parris) — endurethe butt slaps, passed-by promotions and officegossip endemic to the “man’s world” of big busi-ness. They were stooped over from touching theglass ceiling before we had thatterm.

When lowlife CEO Mr. Hart(Joseph Mahowald) threatens tohave them all fired, they kidnaphim and stage a coup-d’etat, run-ning the company via memo the way they wantit run. Of course it is a smashing success, withemployees and shareholders. Of course theykeep their jobs and Mr. Hart gets his. Of course,of course, of course.

That’s actually kind of a good thing. Manystage adaptations of movies swing wildly awayfrom the source material, so this is a comforting,surprisingly tight rendering of a well-worn plot,interspersed with a variety of Dolly Parton-penned songs, several with distinct country flair

(but not all). Dolly even makes a video appear-ance as the narrator. 9 to 5 is a perfectly palatable,even enjoyable musical comedy, a lightweightfeminist screed against big business that would-n’t offend anyone who doesn’t have a talk show

or Fox News or who is not namedTrump.

What the show isn’t is a stand-out in any measurable way. Itcould be an office version of The

Producers, but it lacks memorablehooks and enough punch to hit a home run.

DeGarmo flexed some acting muscle, affectinga Betty Boopish voice that sounds more like But-ters from South Park than Dolly clone, and asAmerican Idol loyalists know, she can sing. It’sParris, though, who gets the 11-o’clock number,“Get Out and Stay Out,” an anthemic power bal-lad that rivals “I Will Survive” for sheer defiance.

But Hoty, a Broadway star, underwhelms inwhat is the de facto leading role. She’s all glumsarcasm and self-pitying, long-suffering smug-ness. She and the other leads have a ball on theAct 1 closer, “Shine Like the Sun,” but alongwith Mahowald as the overdrawn villain, she’s adisappointment.

So is the set. “It takes a lot of money to lookthis cheap,” Dolly Parton is fond of saying abouther signature trailer-trash-won-the-Lotto look ofboobs, bleach and bangles. On that basis, I canonly imagine that the scenery — mostly com-prised of rotating-paneled columns that look likeport-a-potties on rollers — must have cost a for-tune.

For Dolly fans, hearing an album’s worth ofnew songs (even sung by someone other thanher) and the recorded cameo may be worth italone, but, like the company dental plan, itleaved you wanting more for what you’re pay-ing.

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Office politics andcountry music combinefor ‘9 to 5,’ a Dolly’d-upwomen’s lib throwback

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Opening this weekKitchen Dog

Theater kicks off itsannual New WorksFestival with itsmainstage produc-tion, the world pre-miere of ElaineRomeroʼs Ponzi,

where a young woman conspires to steal anotherwomanʼs husband, but finds sheʼs not the onlygreedy one in the bunch. Opens May 27. Kitchen-DogTheater.org.

Broken Gears Project Theatre closes out itsseason as well with another premiere, The Hand,pictured, with Joey Folsom and Jeff Swearingen ina gruesome tale — also of greed. Opens May 31. BrokenGearsProjectTheatre.com.

WE WILL SURVIVE | Doralee (Diana DeGarmo), Violet (Dee Hoty) andJudy (Mamie Parris) take on the boss in ‘9 to 5: The Musical.’

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ARNOLD WAYNE JONES Life+Style [email protected]

9 TO 5: THE MUSICALFair Park Music Hall,

901 First Ave. Through May 29. DallasSummerMusicals.org


L ady Gaga’s Born This Way can be looked at intwo different ways: Either as a second chapter,or as a third. Where The Fame Monster was an-

nounced as a companion piece to her debut, TheFame, I saw it as a stand-alone album, with enoughstrength on its own not to rely on a predecessor. Nowwith her third full-length CD (yeah, third) we see themusic phenomenon dabbling with her formula …but not without encountering a few bumps.

As Gaga has blitzed herself into the stratosphere ofstardom, she’s finding her role as aself-help guru for the disenfranchised— “the freaks,” as she’s called herselfand her “little monster” fans. Theplan has worked. And while her firstreleases were abstract perspectives oncelebrity, love and partying, here she’sdirect in her message not only to herfans, but to the world. She’s on a mis-sion to change prejudices and dis-crimination and she’ll do it one mediaonslaught at a time.

Where here sound has beenstraightforward dance music, Gaga has begun ven-turing into new territory. With touches of rock andblues, she’s resisting pigeonholing as a club diva.Gaga shows such growth in “You and I” and “Elec-tric Chapel.” The subtlety of electric guitar punctu-ates the still dance-y edge of “Chapel,” but “You andI” is solid bluesy despite its Mutt Lange tendencies.That signature background chorus of Lange, mostlyheard in his Def Leppard tracks, detracts from thesoul of the song, but plays with its gravitas.

With the buzz of her pre-release singles — “Judas”and the title track — Gaga might have known thatthrowing in a few obvious hits she could get awaywith some textures she hasn’t pursued before. “Gov-ernment Hooker” delves in darker territory, but it’salso off-putting, though as it unfolds, we hear hervoice in a political stance. The song is not her great-est, but the girl obsessed with fame is developinginto a woman with eyes opening into substance.

Even with its techno-sheen, Gaga does somethinglovely with “Bloody Mary.” Co-writ-ten with DJ White Shadow (as areseveral tracks on the CD), she showsrestraint with visually intense lyricsminus a turbo-charged beat. Wordslike We are not just art for Michelangelo/ To carve he can’t rewrite the agro / Ofmy furied heart are degrees abovewhat other popsters are doing andrefreshing to see her developing thisway.

Lots of Gaga’s appeal is in herhooks and the ease of her repetitive

chants. They get stuck in your head and perhapsthat’s been her plan all along. Some songs still have it(“Judas” most famously), but maybe she’s movingbeyond such tricks.

While she generally succeeds lyrically and musi-cally, she does misstep on occasion. She goes Latinagain with “Americano,” but not with the sophistica-tion demonstrated on “Alejandro.” The fast beatsounds like a throbbing headache and the chorus is

“Born This Way”Lady Gaga

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RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected]

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too abrasive to embrace. “HeavyMetal Lover” has an earwormaccompaniment, but the songmostly hangs with a 3 a.m. clubbeat that just drones on and on.

Gaga also gets too simplesometimes, which has its prosand cons, especially in her moreempowering songs. “TheQueen”(from the 22-track deluxeedition) has anthemic lyrics suchas I can be the queen you need me tobe / This is my chance to be thedance/ I’ve dreamed it’s happeningand the beat works, but thestructure lacks excitement. Eventhe guitar touches can’t save it.The song is really an echo ofGaga’s more popular “Edge ofGlory,” another simple song, butone that works much better, evenif it does recall an ‘80s confi-dence-inducing power trackcomplete with, of all things, asaxophone solo by ClarenceClemons.

Gaga likely has a few more hits to come fromthis CD. “Bad Kids” and “Highway Unicorn(Road to Love)” stand out as enjoyable treatsthat could score on the charts, but add little tothe album’s overall package.

Artistically, she falls short of Monster, but thisalbum is more a gateway to potentially betterthings. Born This Way may not be easy to swal-low immediately, but time should be spent withit to explore some of its hidden parts — goodand bad.

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Sunny and sharing: Chaz Bono is a new manTransition by Chaz Bono (with Billie Fitzpatrick), (2011, Dutton),$26; 245 pp.

The face in the mirror is instantly recognizable: The chin, the eyesthat droop when fatigued, the mouth thatʼs etched parentheses arounditself. The hair, they eyes, the nose. But what the little girl America knewas Chastity Bono saw on the outside was not what she felt inside.

In Transition, the biological daughter of pop icons Sonny and Cherexplains what itʼs like to feel like youʼre in the wrong body, and how atiny Hollywood darling went from daughter to son.

On the wall of his home, Chaz Bono has a picture of himself and hisparents, taken when he was a toddler. They all look happy, thoughChaz says he doesnʼt remember the day it was taken —or much elseof his childhood, for that matter. What he does remember is that he al-ways felt like a boy.

As a kid, he dressed in boy duds as often as possible and answered to a male nickname. He played withboys at school, including his best friend. Nobody thought much about it, he says — thatʼs just how it was.

Puberty was rough; eventually, Bono came out as lesbian, but something still wasnʼt quite right. He didnʼtidentify with women, gay or otherwise, and distant feelings of masculinity colored his relationships withthem and with his family. Still, he lived his life as a woman: falling in love, starting a band, buying a houseand trying to stay out of the public eye.

Bonoʼs father seemed supportive of his lesbianism; his mother had trouble with it. Happiness eludedBono so he turned to drugs to cope with the frustration. By then, though, he thought he knew what heneeded to do.

On March 20, 2009, he “drove myself to the doctorʼs office… I felt only confident that what I was doingwas right. … After all the years of fear, ambivalence, doubts and emotional torture, the day had finallycome. I was on testosterone, and I have never looked back — not once.”

Chaz says he was never very good at transitions, though he did a pretty good job at this one (with a fewbumps along the way).

Transition is filled with angst, anger, sadness and pain, but topped off with wonderment and joy. Itʼs alsorepetitious, contains a few delicately squirmy moments, and its occasional bogginess is a challenge forwandering minds.

For wondering minds, however, Chaz is quick to defend and explain away his familyʼs reluctance to ac-cept his gender reassignment, but heʼs also willing to admit to being hurt by it. Still, contentment and aweshine forth at the end of this book, and readers will breathe a sigh of relief for it.

— Terri Schlichenmeyer

PAWS THEN PLAY | Even with some growing pains, Lady Gaga ex-pands her artistic vision into some nice maturity in ‘Born This Way.’

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Saturday 05.28So you think you can dance?Youʼll have the opportunity to show off those dancemoves at the star-studded Memorial Weekend partywith DJs Seth Cooper, pictured, and Roland Bel-mares spinning out the night at the old Club Onespot. Itʼll be just like old times. The two will deliverthe beats, while you boogie on down.

DEETS: 3025 Main St. 10 p.m. PaulKraftProduc-tions.com

Friday 05.27Donʼt cry for herOK, letʼs admit it, dancey divas are a dime a dozen.But without them, we might never have known LadyGaga or Ke$ha. Now we have Eva who is navigat-ing the club scene waters. Sheʼs made a good startby hitting up the gays, especially with her debut sin-gle “Not My Daddy.,” What gay boy couldnʼt relate?Plus, you can always say you saw her when.

DEETS: The Rose Room at Station 4, 3911 CedarSprings Road. Doors at 9 p.m. PartyAtTheBlock.com.

Sunday 05.29Hanging out with the jocksAlthough we donʼt mind sitting through the Beat theHeat softball tourney all weekend long, we canʼt helpbut swoon over the athletes all washed up for theawards finale. Besides, itʼs air conditioned inside.

DEETS: Woodyʼs Sports & Video Bar, 4011 CedarSprings Road. 7 p.m. DallasPSSA.org.

LIFE+STYLEbest bets

FRIDAY 05.27COMMUNITYQueerly Speaking, Fahari ArtInstitute’s monthly spoken wordevent. South Dallas CulturalCenter, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Road.8 p.m. $5.FahariArtsInstitute.org.

City Arts Festival at Fair Park.Family-friendly festival featuresfireworks, free museum admis-sion, film screenings, culinaryshowcase, live music and more.Fair Park, 1300 Robert B. CullumBlvd. Friday at 6 p.m., Saturdayat 11 a.m., Sunday at noon.Free. CityArtsFestival.com

Congregation Beth El BinahShabbat service. Resource Cen-ter Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. 7:30p.m. 214-521-5342 ext. 1784.

Lambda Pride Toastmasters. Regular meeting forimproving communication and leadership skills.Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:30p.m. Lambdapride.freetoasthost.us.

FUSE drop-in weekdays for gay and bi guys up to29. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. Tues-days–Fridays at 2 p.m. DFWFuse.com.

Youth First Texas groups for ages 14 to 22. 3918Harry Hines Blvd. Fridays –Saturdays and Tues-days–Wednesdays at 6 p.m., Thursdays at 4 p.m.YouthFirstTexas.org.

Unwired Dallas. Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)meets for those wishing to quit using meth. Alsomeets on Mondays and Wednesdays at the sametime. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St.7:30pm. Free. CrystalMeth.org.

Stonewall Group of Narcotics Anonymous.Meets daily at noon and 7:30 p.m., Maple Plaza,5353 Maple Ave, #130 (Entry in rear of building).

CODA, codependents support group at Cathedralof Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. Cathe-dralofhope.com.

THEATERbare. Ohlook Performing Arts’ pop opera focuseson two gay high school students and their strugglesat their private, Catholic boarding school. OhlookBlack Box Theater, 316 S. Barton St., Grapevine.Through June 4. OhlookPerform.com.

Late Night Double Feature: Psycho Beach Partyand Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Ohlook pres-ents this campy doubleheader of Charles Buschplays on Fridays and Saturdays only. Ohlook BlackBox Theater, 316 S. Barton St., Grapevine. ThroughJune 3. 10:30 p.m. OhlookPerform.com.

Rock of Ages featuring popular hard rock andheavy metal tunes stars American Idol alum Con-stantine Mouralis. Winspear Opera House, 2403Flora St. Through Saturday. $25–$150. ATTPAC.org.

FILMSilkwood screening. The Muller Film and TelevisionEducation Foundation hosts this special screening

of the Oscar nominated film starring Meryl Streepand Cher. The event benefits the foundation. TheStudios at Las Colinas, 6301 Riverside Drive, Irving.6:30 p.m. $10. 214-649-4017. FilmTVEducation.org.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s outdoor screening. As partof the CityArts Festival, a screening of the AudreyHepburn film will be held on the grassy lawn at FairPark. Guests may bring blankets and small chairs,but no outside food or drink. Fair Park, 1300 RobertB. Cullum Blvd. 9 p.m. Free. CityArtsFestival.com.

ARTA Magnolia Retrospective featuring works by localartists including Frank Campagna, Clint Scism,Erica Felicella, Robb Conover, Cathey Miller andRichard Ross. Ross Akard Gallery, 1717 N. AkardSt. RossAkard.com.

SATURDAY 05.28COMMUNITYKhush Dallas support group for LGBT SouthAsians meets. Meeting location will only be dis-closed to those attending in order to protect the pri-vacy of our members. 7 p.m. 469-454-8741.KhushTexas.org.

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EYES ON YOU | Cathey Miller’s work is on display at the ‘MagnoliaRetrospective’ show this weekend at the Ross Akard gallery.


D.A.M.N., Dallas Area Men’s Naturists monthly Bareas You Dare event at Dallas Eagle, 2515 InwoodRoad, # 117. Texas does mandate a minimum ofclothing around the groin!

Rainbow Ministries International. Meets weekly.Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. 2 p.m.469-222-3400.

BROADCASTCathedral of Hope worship service. Ch. 8 at 12:35a.m. (Friday after midnight).

SUNDAY 05.29COMMUNITYGaymsters bridge club. Cathedral of Hope, 5910Cedar Springs Road. 2 p.m.

Awakening Heart Community of Mindful Living.LGBT-Friendly “meditation & more” event. All faithswelcome. Sign language interpretation available.Dallas Meditation Center, 727 S. Floyd Road,Richardson. 5 p.m. AwakeningHeart.org

30/40Something social group meets weekly.Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 10a.m. CathedralOfHope.com.

Interweave meets for lunch. Community UnitarianUniversalist Church, 2875 E. Parker Road, Plano.Noon. 972-248-9343.

ARTStatuesque, a collective exhibition of contempo-rary sculpture by six artists. Nasher Sculpture Cen-ter, 2001 Flora St. Through Aug. 21. 11 a.m.NasherSculptureCenter.org.

MONDAY 05.30COMMUNITYF.A.C.E., support group for those impacted byHIV/AIDS in any capacity. Cathedral of Hope, 5910Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. Cathedralofhope.com.

Self esteem support group provided by AIDS Out-reach Center meets weekly. AIDS Outreach Center,400 N. Beach St., Fort Worth. 1:30 p.m. AOC.org.

DFW Prime Timers play bridge every week at 1p.m. Call 972-504-8866 for details.

Stonewall Group of Narcotics Anonymous.Meets daily at noon and 7:30 p.m., Maple Plaza,5353 Maple Ave, #130 (Entry in rear of building).

BROADCASTThe Rick Vanderslice Show streams Monday–Fri-day from noon–2 p.m. on RationalRadio.org.

CABARETMama’s Party. Amy Stevenson hosts the weeklycabaret featuring local stage actors and musicians.Contemporary Theater of Dallas, 5601 Sears St. 7p.m. MamasParty.com.

TUESDAY 05.31COMMUNITYQLive! Open Mic. Theweekly event is for would-be comics only. Percus-sions Lounge, 426 S.Jennings Ave., Fort Worth.9 p.m. QCinema.org.

Sista to Sista supportgroup provided by AIDSOutreach Center. Meetsevery first, second andthird Tuesday. AIDS Out-reach Center, 400 N.Beach St., Fort Worth.11:30 a.m. 817-335-1994ext. 204. AOC.org.

Positive Recovery Auric-ular Acupuncture meetsTuesdays and Wednes-days. AIDS Outreach Cen-ter, 400 N. Beach St., FortWorth. AOC.org.

Miracle Workers (for-merly Peace Builder Lead-ership Team) meets inFellowship Hall. Cathedralof Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:30 p.m.Cathedalofhope.com.

FUSE Movie Night every week. For gay and bi

guys up to 29. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Rea-gan St. 7 p.m. GetYourFuseOn.com.

Tuesday Night Fellowship with The ONE Church.

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EAT FEST | Not your usual State Fair food, but the CityArts Festival at FairPark will offer an assortment of cuisines.

Buffalo Wild Wings, 4140 Lemmon Ave. 7 p.m.OneChurchTX.org.

Q’s-Day Potluck. All are welcome to this friendly,casual LGBT gathering every Tuesday evening. TheCorporate Image, 5418 Brentwood Stair Road, FortWorth, 817-446-3395.

Stop Smoking psycho-educational group by theAIDS Outreach Center, 400 N. Beach St., FortWorth. 2 p.m.

BROADCASTThe 10% with Israel Luna and Richard Curtinstreams every Tuesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. onRationalBroadcasting.com.

WEDNESDAY 06.01COMMUNITYRazzle Dazzle Dallas opens with the CedarSprings Wine and Dog Walk. At the Crossroads onThrockmorton Street and Cedar Springs Road. 5:30p.m. RazzleDazzleDallas.org.

DFW Prime Timers play bridge every week at 7p.m. Call 972-504-8866 for details.

Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Publicmeeting to discuss plans to provide resources topeople in Denton who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, or ally. 1111 Cordell St.Denton. 7 p.m. Contact Rev. Pam Wat at 940-566-1286 or at [email protected].

Youth First Texas Collin County. This group givesLGBT and questioning youth in the North Dallasarea a chance to socialize and meet other youthwho live in north Dallas and the surrounding ruralareas. Led by youth and topics discussed are se-lected by those that attend. Open to ages 14 to 22.Sundays at 6 p.m. [email protected].

Youth First Texas groups for ages 14 to 22. 3918Harry Hines Blvd. 4–10 p.m. 214-879-0400.

Dallas PUMP, rehearsal for the chorus for LGBT

youth. Youth First Texas, 5415 MapleAve. Suite 225. 6:30 p.m. Dal-laspump.org.

FUSE drop-in weekdays (except Tues-days). For gay and bi guys up to 29.Resource Center Dallas, 2701 ReaganSt. 3–8 p.m. 214-540-4435.

Gay Teen Project. 909 W. MagnoliaSt., Suite 2, Fort Worth. 7 p.m. 817-332-7722.

BROADCASTLambda Weekly. LGBT radio for NorthTexas. This week’s guest is Alice Mur-ray, director of the Dallas HolocaustMuseum, discussing the new exhibitNazi Persecution of Homosexuals1933-1945. 89.3 KNON-FM at 7 a.m.LambdaWeekly.com.

THURSDAY 06.02COMMUNITYRazzle Dazzle Dallas Oak Lawn Pub

Crawl. Jump on the party bus to Dallas-area night-clubs for cocktails, dancing and fun. 8 p.m. VisitRazzleDazzleDallas.com for more information.

First Thursday Gallery Walk where all showroomsand galleries along Dragon Street in the Design Dis-trict will remain open until 8 p.m. each month.

PFLAG Fort Worth (Parents, Friends and Family ofLesbians and Gays) meets first Thursdays of eachmonth. First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church,1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth. 7 p.m. 817-428-2329. Pflagfortworth.org.

BROADCASTThe Jesse Garcia Show. News talk and entertain-ment by the prominent gay and Latino local activist.Airs on KNON 89.3 FM Thursdays at 7 a.m.JesseGarciaShow.com.

Reckless After Dark. LGBT radio show hosted byChase Brooks.Airs on FishBowlRadioNetwork.comevery week at 5 p.m. ChaseBrooks.com.

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PSSA STANDINGSThe top three teams after May 22 games.

Wins Losses TiesA/B DivisonTKO 3 1 0X-plosion 3 2 0Eagle Assault 1 4 0C DivisionFuse 10 0 1Drillers 10 1 0Wreckin ̓Crew 8 2 0D DivisionDiesel 9 1 0Demolition Crew 10 2 0Teddyʼs Terriers 7 2 1

For complete results, visit DallasPSSA.org.


starvoice amusements

By Jack Fertig

GEMINI May 21-Jun 20 Get creative. You have big challenges in the next year. Your intu-ition is now unusually sharp to see how you can turn those intoopportunities. Spiritual guidance can be especially helpful now.

CANCER Jun 21-Jul 22 Dreams lure you too easily into never-never-lands of fantasy andescape. Sharing some of those phantasmagorical reveries withfriends can help you find some practical outlet for them.

LEO Jul 23-Aug 22 Remember the difference between dreams and goals. Friendsencouraging you to chase after your dreams offer helpful inspira-tion, but don’t let them distract you from practical aims.

VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22Your brain is buzzing with schemes for success. Your partner en-courages all your wildest ideas. Not. You need a leveler headwith a bit of critical distance to give you pragmatic advice.

LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22 Expansive, fortunate Jupiter is starting a year in your house ofsex. The deeper you go the greater the rewards. Don’t be shy.Neither is without risks, but Jupiter is good to have on your side.

SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21 You and your sweetie are due for some frolic. That could openup some questions and confusion. Keeping communicationsclear is a small challenge. The rewards are well worth it.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 20 Job opportunities open up for you. Have faith in yourself. If famil-ial encouragement is unrealistic, don’t worry about letting themdown for what’s in the real world. If you’re happy, they are too.

CAPRICORN Dec 21-Jan 19 You’re way too open to distractions and thus, accidents. Media-tion, poetry, music or art will get you back in balance. Takeclasses in any of those . You need new ways of seeing the world.

AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18 Struggle between your deepest desires and economic necessityfeels brutal. A light, playful conversation with your partner canhelp you find a way to afford your dreams, or find reconciliation.

PISCES Feb 19-Mar 19 Whatever you have to offer, make it heard and known. Your fam-ily will back you up in your endeavors, but you really need to bevery clear on who you are and what it is you’ve got.

ARIES Mar 20-Apr 19 Your recent lucky spree will focus more on financial fortune. Maddreams and inspirations offer some clues. Talk out your crazynotions with friends and find a way to bring them to the bank.

TAURUS Apr 20-May 20 Recent hard times turn around. Cash in on your good fortune.Turn your friends’ suggestions into practical ideas. Inspirationsnow point the way to future fulfillment of your dreams.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY

Heidi Klum turns 38 on Wednesday. Themodel turned TV host and producerchanged the way we look at the fashionworld with her very popular Project Run-way. Because of the show, some gay de-signers have gone to be stars of their ownlike Austin Scarlett, Santino Rice and sea-son four winner Christian Siriano. A Run-way all-stars is apparently in the works.

Mercury squaring Neptune in Pisces while entering Gemini in-flates wonderfully imaginative notions. Jupiter entering Tauruscould ground them and find profitable applications. Jupiter inTaurus for the next year should_ be good for the economy. Itwill be good for bankers at least.

Jack Fertig can be reached at 415-864-8302 or Starjack.com

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Across1 Two foursomes, to Lorca5 Exclusion of gays from the military, and more9 Denmark coastal feature14 One may be proper15 Morales in movies16 Milk, when it plays in Mexico?17 Top18 Teutonic turndown19 Anesthesia of old20 Gang member of interest?22 City in the Ruhr valley23 Martin of Ed Wood24 Religious splinter group26 Mardi ___29 For skin33 Instrument strummed in Mame37 Comfy and cozy39 Jane of fiction40 Place for Proust41 West Side ___ (Laurents musical

about gangs)42 Field of expertise43 Cukor’s rib donor44 Crew tools45 Overhand stroke, for Mauresmo46 Menotti’s man

48 “Forbidden” perfume brand50 Alternative to butter52 Arousing sounds57 Cinema canine60 Sexy underage gang member?63 Covered with climbers64 Fruit center65 La Douce role of Shirley66 Davis of The Virgin Queen67 Like a thermometer that tastes funny68 Bucks, for example69 Billie Holiday’s “God ___ the Child”70 Trust (with “on”)71 Tongue of Wilde’s land

Down1 ___ fours (doggy-style)2 Brown beverage3 Homo sapiens4 Erect5 Charlton Heston classic6 “... against ___ of troubles” (Shakespeare)7 “Neet” rival8 Goes to the bottom9 Rip off10 Sign of a gang member doing

golden showers?11 Singer Phil12 South Korea’s Syngman13 Laura of Recount21 Food thickener25 Like Cho’s comedy27 Nick and Nora’s dog28 Stallion’s sound30 Vidal’s Breckinridge31 Xena deity32 Remini of The King of Queens33 Let out a secret34 Elton John Broadway musical35 At hand36 Huge gang members?38 Bear up there41 In need of a massage45 Mope around47 Passes over in pronouncing49 How a male stripper makes a living?51 Kidman’s award for The Hours53 Bear54 Like pinker meat55 They don’t use their mouths for talking56 Gawk like a chicken hawk57 Type of leaf found on a head58 Big name in stunt riding59 Dark time, in ads61 Cutting edge creator62 Asian inland sea

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Gabe, Mark and Dan at the Hidden Door.

Toyla and Adele at Station 4.Tracy and Megan at Grapevine Bar.David, Jesse and Robert at Havana.

Craig and Eric on the Strip.

Alyson, Carla and Martha at Sue Ellenʼs. Pig Pen at Klub Wet.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, Razzle Dazzle is upon us. The five-day event gets started Wednesday with the Cedar Springs Wine andDog Walk. We apologize now if we stumble on Fido’s tail. Thursday theJagermeister Oak Lawn Pub Crawl hits a slew of bars in the hood.Pubs? Bars? Who cares? Give us a drink stat .... Sunday at Woody’s,groove the night away with DJ Fierce. Head to the back patio onThursday and get your ears tickled as Denise Lee sings. Trust, it’s atreat .... Wanna see Britney Spears? Station 4 is giving away tickets toher July 12 concert at American Airlines Friday night .... All the wayfrom Mexico comes DJ Alex Acosta to turn it out Saturday night at theBrick. The club adds extra sounds and lasers to the Sunday night Spinshow with DJ Bryan Konrad from Austin and DJ Adam Metts. TeamDallas Voice and Pocket Rockets host the second week of the P-P-P-Poker Tournament benefiting the Lone Star Ride on Wednesday ....Sue Ellen’s mixes it up with a nice combination of Comedy and Bur-lesque on Friday. Kickback plays Saturday night and Anton Shaw,fresh off her audtion for The X-Factor performs Sunday night with Trou-ble .... Klub Wet features Gary Poe playing the late show on Saturdayand Sunday. Paul Allen and Rik DeRose perform the afternoon showsright before .... now go bedazzle your outfits for the week. •

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*ALEXANDRE’S — 4026 Cedar Springs Rd.; 214-559-0720.*1851 ARLINGTON — 1851 W. Division, Arlington; 817-801-9303.*BEST FRIENDS — 2620 E. Lancaster, Ft. Worth; 817-534-2280.BJ’S NXS — 3215 N. Fitzhugh; 214-526-9510; bjsnxs.com.*THE BRICK/JOE’S — 2525 Wycliff Ave.; Ste. 120; 214-521-3154;

brickdallas.com.CHANGES — 2637 E. Lancaster; 817-413-2332.CHERRIES — 2506 Knight St.; 214-520-8251.CLUB KALIENTE — 4350 Maple Ave; 214-520-6676; kaliente.cc.*CLUB REFLECTION — 604 S. Jennings; 817-870-8867.*CROSSROADS LOUNGE — 515 S. Jennings, Ft. Worth;

817-332-0071.*DALLAS EAGLE — 5740 Maple Ave.; 214-357-4375; dallaseagle.com.*DRAMA ROOM — 3581 Cedar Springs; 75219; 214-557-1094*EXKLUSIVE — 4207 Maple Ave.; 214-432-2826.*HAVANA — 4006 Cedar Springs; 214-526-9494.*HIDDEN DOOR — 5025 Bowser; 214-526-0620.*J.R.’s —3923 Cedar Springs; 214-528-1004, caven.com.*JACK’S BACKYARD — 2303 Pittman, Dallas 75208;

214-741-3131; jacksbackyarddallas.com.KLUB WET —4100 Maple Ave; 214-559-3005.LAKEWOOD BAR & GRILL — 6340 Gatson; 214-826-3888.LEVEL — 3903 Lemmon Ave.; 214-498-5815; levelbarandgrill.com.*PEKERS — 2615 Oak Lawn; 214-528-3333. *PUB PEGASUS — 3326 N. Fitzhugh; 214-559-4663.*RAINBOW LOUNGE — 651 S. Jennings, Ft. Worth, 817-870-2466.*ROUND-UP SALOON — 3912 Cedar Springs; 214-522-9611;

roundupsaloon.com.*STAMPEDE FT. WORTH — 621 Hemphill; 817-335-0196;

stampedeftworth.com.*STATION 4 — 3911 Cedar Springs; 214-526-7171; caven.com.*SUE ELLEN’S — 3014 Throckmorton; 214-559-0707, caven.com*THE MINING COMPANY — 3903 Cedar Springs; 214.521.4205.*TIN ROOM — 2514 Hudnall; 214-526-6365; tinroom.net.WOODY’S SPORTS AND VIDEO BAR — 4011 Cedar Springs;

214-520-6629.*ZIPPERS — 3333 N. Fitzhugh; 214-526-9519.

•entertainment, adult

ADULT NEW RELEASES — 9109 John Carpenter Fwy.; 214-905-0500; dallasadultvideostore.com.

*ALTERNATIVES OF NEW FINE ARTS — 1720 W. Mockingbird Ln.; 214-630-7071.

*MOCKINGBIRD VIDEO — 708 W. Mockingbird Ln.; 214-631-3003.*NEW FINE ARTS WEST —1966 W. Northwest Hwy.;

972-869-1097.*ODYSSEY ADULT VIDEO — 2600 Forest at Denton Dr.,

972-484-4999; 950 W. Mockingbird Ln., 214-634-3077.

*PARIS ADULT BOOKS & VIDEO WAREHOUSE — 1118 Harry Hines; 972-263-0774.

*THE VIDEO STORE — 3015 Arapaho at Galaxie; Garland 75044; 972-495-1460. 214-528-6500; robwiley.com.

ZONE D’EROTICA — 2600 Forest, Dallas. 972-241-7055, zonederotica.com.

•entertainment, general

*ARLINGTON MUSEUM OF ART — 201 W. Main St., Arlington;817-275-4600; arlingtonmuseum.org.

ARTES DE LA ROSS — 1440 N. Main St; Ft. Worth; 76164; 817-624-8333.

BASS HALL — 330 E. 4th St.; Ft. Worth; 817-212-4280.CASA MANANA — 3101 W. Lancaster Ave.; Fort Worth;

817-321-5030; casamanana.org.CITY PERFORMANCE HALL — 2700 Flora St.; 75201;

214-880-0202; dallasperformaingarts.org.DALLAS ARBORETUM — 8525 Garland Rd.; 214-515-6500;

dallasarboretum.org.*DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART — 1717 N. Harwood; 214-922-1204.DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS — 5959 Royal Ln., #542;

214-421-5678; dallassummermusicals.org.DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — 2301 Flora St.; 75201;

214-871-4038; dallassymphony.com.DALLAS OPERA — 214-443-1000; dallasopera.org, DALLAS THEATER CENTER — 2400 Flora St..;

214-252-3927; dallastheatercenter.org.

DIAMOND JACKS CASINO RESORT— 711 Diamond Jacks Blvd.,Bossier City, LA.; 866-5JAXMAX, diamondjacks.com.

FT. WORTH OPERA — 31-877-FWOPERA; fwopera.org.*INWOOD THEATRE — 5458 W. Lovers Ln.; 214-352-6040.*LAKEWOOD THEATRE — 825 Abrams Rd.; 214-827-LAKE.*MAGNOLIA THEATER — 3699 McKinney Ave.; 214-520-0025.MBS PRODUCTIONS — 214-951-9550; mbsproductions.com.McKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — 111 N Tennessee;

McKinney; 75069; 972-547-2650.MODERN ART MUSEUM — 3200 Darnell, Ft. Worth; 817-738-9215.SAMMONS PARK — (Annette Strauss Artist Square);

2100 Ross Ave.; 75201; dallaspeerformingarts.org.*THEATRE THREE — 2800 Routh, #168; 214-871-2933;

theatre3dallas.com.TITAS — 2403 Flora St.; 75201; 214-880-0202; titas.org.UPTOWN PLAYERS — P.O. Box 192264; 214-219-2718;

uptownplayers.org.WATERTOWER THEATRE — 15650 Addison Rd.; 972-450-6232;

watertowertheatre.org.WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE — (Margaret McDermott Performance

Hall & Nancy Hamon Recital Hall); 2403 Flora St.; 75201; 214-880-0202; dallasperformingarts.org.

WYLY THEATRE — (Potter Rose Perofrmance Hall); 2400 Flora St.;75201; 214-880-0202; dallasperformingarts.org.

•healthcare

ADVANCED FOOT CARE — Dr. Michael Saginaw, DPM; Dr. RichardSwails, DPM; 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., Ste. 850; 214-366-4600.

ADVANCED SKIN FITNESS — 2928 Oak Lawn Ave.; 214-521-5277; advancedskinfitness.com.

ALLEN, DR. BRADY — 2929 Carlisle, Ste. 260; 214-303-1033, uptownphysiciansgroup.com.

AUERBACH, DR. LYNNE — (Uptown Chiropractic); 2909 Cole Ave., #205; 214-979-9013.

AUTUMN JOUNREY HOSPICE — 5347 Spring Valley Rd.; Dallas 75254; 972-233-0525; autumnjourneyhospice.com.

BELLOS, NICHOLAS C., M.D. — (Infectious Disease); 2909 Lemmon Ave.; 214-828-4702.

BECKMAN, DEBORAH, M.S., LP.C., N.C.C — 214-824-2009;uptownpsychotherapy.com.

BOYD, CAROLE ANN, D.D.S. — 4514 Cole, #905;214-521-6261; drboyd.net.

CITY DOC — 5301 W. Lovers Ln., 214-352-78002909 McKinney Ave., 214-871-7000, citydoc.net.

CORE HEALTH WELLNESS CENTER— Eric Peay, D.C.; 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., #820; 214-219-3300; corehealthwellness.com.

DALLAS DENTAL CARE — 4323 Lemmon Ave; 214-522-4444 ; ddcsmile.com

DALY, PATRICK, M.D. — 3629 Fairmount St., 214-526-3566.DERM AESTHETICS & LASER CENTER — Dr. Anthony Caglia;

670 W. Campbell Rd., #150; 972-690-7070.DENTAL IMPLANT CENTER — 5301 W. Lovers, #102; 214-956-9100.DIAMOND, SUSAN, M.D. — 8210 Walnut Hill Ln., #911;

214-378-5515.DISHMAN, KEITH; OPTOMETRIST — 4311 Oak Lawn, #125;

214-521-0929; idrdishman.com.FLOSS — 3131 Lemmon Ave.; 214-978-0101; flossdental.com.GRAGERT, AMY (PSYCHOTHERAPY) — 2610 State St.;

6015 Berkshire; 214-740-1600.HANDY, WILL — 214-824-2009; uptownpsychotherapy.com.*HEALTH E. LOOKS — 1201 W. Airport Frwy, Suite 330, Euless.

817-684-1860, healthelooks.com.

*HERZOG, DR. CLINT — (Dentist); 2828 Routh, #310;214-969-1000.

*HENDERSON, ROBERT W., M.D. — (General Practice/HIVMedicine); 2929 Carlisle, #260; 214-303-1033, uptownphysiciansgroup.com

HUPERT, MARK J., M.D. — (Infectious Disease);3801 Gaston Ave., #300; 214-828-4702.

INTERVENTIONAL SPINCE & PAIN — 8440 Walnut Hill, #400;214-345-1476; spincedallas.com.

KINDLEY, DR. GARY — (Pastoral Counselor); 3906 Lemmon, #207; 817-312-9919; drgk.org.

LEE, DAVID M., M.D. — (Internal Medicine/HIV Medicine); 2929 Carlisle; #260; 214-303-1033,uptownphysiciansgroup.com.

LEOPARD, RICHARD, D.D.S. — 4514 Travis, Ste. 117; 214-295-9354.

LOVELL, CYNTHIA, M.E.D, L.P.C. — Counselor; 3710 Rawlins, #1370; 214-520-7575.

*MARCUM, CANDY, MED. — (Psychotherapy); 3626 N. Hall, #723; 214-521-1278.

MARTIN, DAVID, MD; — (Plastic Surgeon); 7777 Forest Ln., Ste. C-625; 972-566-6988.

MARTIN, RANDY, L.P.C. — (Psychotherapy); 214-520-7575.*MELROSE PHARMACY — 2506 Oak Lawn; 214-521-2133.MYRICK, TIM, M.E.D., L.P.C., N.C.C. — 214-824-2009;

uptownpsychotherapy.com.NEIGHBORHOOD CLINIC UPTOWN — 2909 Lemmon Ave.;

214-941-4000.NORTH TEXAS INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONSULTANTS, P.A. —

3409 Worth; 214-823-2533; infectiousdiseases.com.OAK LAWN EYE ASSOCIATES — Dr. Randy Atwood;

3525 Lemmon; 214-219-3393.OAK LAWN DERMATOLOGY— 3500 Oak Lawn, Ave., Ste. 650;

214-520-8100; oaklawndermatology.com.*OAK LAWN PHYSICIANS GROUP — 3514 Cedar Springs Rd.;

214-520-1810.PALETTI, ALFRED J., DDS — 5510 Abrams Rd., #102;

214-691-2969.PARMAHEALTH SPECIALTY PHARMACY — 817-968-4668;

pharmahealthspecialty.com.*POUNDERS, STEVEN M., M.D. —

3500 Oak Lawn Ave., #600; 214-520-8833.PHILIPS, KAY, M.D. — (Baylor); 9101 N. Central, #300:

214-363-2305.PRIDE PHARMACY GROUP — 2929 Carlisle St., #115;

214-954-7389; pridepharmacygroup.com.RICHARDS, EDWARD, MA, LPC — (Psychotherapist);

214-766-9200.RIHA, KENNETH E., DDS — 3102 Oak Lawn Ave., #204;

214-521-5900; dallasdentalsolutions.com.SAFIR, DR. ALLEN — (Doctor Eyecare); 4414 Lemmon Ave.

doctoreyecare.com; 214-522-3937.SPECTRUM CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNTURE — 3906 Lemmon,

#214; 214-520-0092; spectrumchiropractic.com.*STONEWALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC. — 3626 N. Hall,

#723; 214-521-1278; 1-888-828-TALK; stonewall-inc.com.TERRELL, KEVIN, DDS, PC — (Dentist); 2603 Oak Lawn Ave., #100;

214-329-1818; terrelldental.com.TRIBBLE, DR. MARC A. — 2929 Carlisle St., #260; 214.303.1033,

uptownphysiciansgroup.com.TSENG, EUGENE, D.D.S. — 3300 Douglas, Ste. A; 214-855-0789.TURTLE CREEK PAIN MANAGEMENT — 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd.;

214-526-1133; turtlecreekpain.com.*UPTOWN PHYSICIANS GROUP — 2929 Carlisle St., #260;

214-303-1033, uptownphysiciansgroup.com.UPTOWN PSYCHOTHERAPY — 4144 N. Central Expwy., #520;

214-824-2009; uptownpsychotherapy.com.UPTOWN VISION — 2504 Cedar Springs; 214-953-EYES;

uptownvisiondallas.com.VASQUEZ CLINIC — 2929 Welborn; 214-528-1083;

vasquesclinic.com.VOSKUHL, DR. GENE — 2929 Carlisle, Ste. 260; 214-303-1033.WHITWORTH, BRENT, MD — (Dallas Medical); 8210 Walnut Hill;

214-306-4030; dallas-medical.com.

•insurance

*A-AFFORDABLE INSURANCE — 4003 Lemmon Ave.; 214-522-1702.

*ALLSTATE — (Alex Long); 2700 N. O’Conner, Irving; 972-570-7000; alexlongagency.com.

ALLSTATE — (Karen Sandelin); 2717 Wind River; 940-381-5363.*BILL PRIEST INSURANCE — 1402 Corinth St.; 214-860-5700.IRVIN INSURANCE SERVICES — (Farmers);

14651 Dallas Pkwy., # 110; 972-367-6200.NEW YORK LIFE— (Brian Walker);

12201 Merit, Ste. 1000; 214-629-8558 .STEVEN GRAVES INSURANCE AGENCY — 2919 Welborn, Suite 100

214-599-0808; stevengravesinsurance.com.

*CLUB BABYLON— 11311 Harry Hines; 972-247-0073; clubbabylondallas.com.

*CLUB DALLAS — 2616 Swiss; 214-821-1990; the-clubs.com.*MIDTOWNE SPA — 2509 Pacific; 214-821-8989; midtowne.com.

•real estate

BOB MCCRANIE & TEXAS PRIDE REALTY — 1614 S. Broadway,#108; 972-754-0582; texaspriderealty.com.

DYLAN, THE — 4533 Cedar Springs, 75219; 214-520-5945;dylanliving.com.

HENRY, JOSEPH — (Keller Williams); 214-520-4122;[email protected].

HEWITT & HABGOOD — (Dave Perry Miller); 2828 Routh, #100:214-752-7070; hewitthabgood.com.

HICKMAN & WEBER — 6441 E. Mockingbird Ln., 214-355-3122, hickmanweber.ebby.com.

KB HOMES — 3546 Melinda Hills Drive; 214-920-9090.M STREET LOFTS— 5800 McCommas Blvd.; 214-708-5363;

3brec.com. MARTIN, KEN — (David Griffin); 214-293-5218.NALL, STEVE — (Virginia Cook); 972-248-5429;

texashomeguy.com.NESSEL DEVELOPMENT — 6603 E. Lovers Ln.;888-836-8234;

nesselinc.com.ORAM, MARK— (Keller Williams); 214-850-1674;

gayrealestateagent.comPARKER, BRIAN — (Ebby’s Urban Alliance); 214-443-4909;

wcondosdallas.com.PARKSIDE CONDOS — 4777 Cedar Springs; 214-377-2233;

parksidecedarsprings.com.PARTNERS HOME LENDING — (Sharon Bellh); 972-692-0640,

partnershomelending.com.REMAX URBAN — 214-991-1181; remaxurban.com.REPUBLIC TITLE — 3131 Turtle Creek; 214-528-8916.THE GREENS OF KESSLER PARK— 1342 Winding Brook Circle;

214-943-1183; thegreensofkesslerpark.com.UPDIKE, JEFF — (ReMax Urban); 214-943-9400; jeffupdike.com.VIEWOINT MORTGAGE — (Armando Ramirez); 214-263-5507.VIRGINIA COOK REALTORS — 2626 Cole; 214-292-0000;

virginiacook.com.WATERSON, RON — (Prime Lending); 3500 Oak Lawn Ave.;

214-926-9583; primelending.com.WYNN REALTY — (Craig Patton); 18636 Vista Del Sol Dr.;

469-449-9917; wynnrealty.com.

•restaurants

*ALFREDO’S PIZZA — 4043 Trinity Mills, #108; 972-307-1678.*ALL GOOD CAFE — 2934 Main St.; 214-742-5362.*ANGELA’S CAFE —7929 Inwood, #121; 214-904-8122.*BIC’S RESTAURANT — 2245 Midway Rd., Carrolton;

972-233-5819.*BLACK-EYED PEA — 3857 Cedar Springs; 214-521-4580.*BOOGIE BURGER — 3510 E. Lancaster; 817-531-8889.*BREADWINNERS — 33 McKinney Ave.; 214-754-4740.*BUFFALO WILD WINGS — 3636 Frankford Rd.; 972-820-9221.*BULI CAFE — 3908 Cedar Springs Rd.; 214-528-5410;

bulicafe.com.*BURGER ISLAND — 525 Arapaho, Richardson; 972-235-8960.*BUZZBREWS KITCHEN — 4334 Lemmon Ave.; 214-521-4334;

4154 Fitzhugh; 214-826-7100; buzzbrews.com.*CAFÉ BRAZIL — 3847 Cedar Springs; 214-461-8762.*CARIBBEAN GRILL — 3068 Forest Ln.; 972-241-9113.*CASA FRANSISCO — 1001 W. Jefferson; 214-948-1424.*CHICKEN EXPRESS — 5105 Airport Frwy., Haltom City;

817-838-8333.*CHINA SUN — 141 W. Spring Creek, Plano; 972-517-0333.*CHIP’S HAMBURGERS — 4530 Lovers Ln., 214-691-2447.COFFEE HOUSE GALLERY — 609 S. Jennings, Ft. Worth;

817-335-4646.*COSMIC CUP — 2912 Oak Lawn Ave.; 214-521-6157.*DAIRY QUEEN — 508 W. Randol Mill, Arlington; 817-860-2912.*DEEP SUSHI — 2624 Elm St.; 214-651-1177.*DICKEY’S BARBECUE — 2525 Wycliff Ave.; 214-780-0999;

dickeys.com.DUNKIN DONUTS — 13535 Preston Rd.; 972-239-1700;

dunkindonuts.com.*DUNSTON’S HAMBURGERS — 8524 Harry Hines; 214-637-2233.*EINSTEIN BROTHERS BAGELS — 3827 Lemmon Ave., Dallas,

214-526-5221; 3050 University, Ft. Worth, 817-923-3444.*ELROD’S COST PLUS — 1655 New York Ave., Arlington;

817-548-1121.*FIN SUSHI DALLAS— 4123 Cedar Springs @ ilume

214-443-3840, finsushidallas.com*FRESH MARKET RESTAURANT — 6300 Harry Hines #130;

214-352-2296.GOOD EATS GRILL —3888 Oak Lawn #101, 214-522-3287,

goodeatsgrill.com..*GOOD LUCK DRIVE IN — 900 W. Rosedale, Ft. Worth;

817-332-5507.*THE GREAT AMERICAN HERO — 4001 Lemmon Ave.;

214-521-2070.

*HECTORS ON HENDERSON — 2929 W. Henderson Ave.,214-821-0432, hectorsonhenderson.com.

*HONEY MOLASSES CAFÉ — 8204 Elmbrook Dr.; 214-905-6100.

*HUNKY’S — 4000 Cedar Springs and 321 N. Bishop St.; 214-522-1212; hunkys.com.

*IT’S A GRIND — 2901 Indiana, 75226; 214-954-7109.*JACK’S BACKYARD — 2303 Pittman, Dallas 75208;

214-741-3131; jacksbackyarddallas.com.*JERSEY MIKE’S SUBS — 5521 Greenville Ave.; 214-692-6981.*LA CABANA — 1417 W. Davis; 214-941-9292. *LA DOLCE VITA — 1924 Abrams Pkwy. at Gaston; 214-821-2608.*LOMA LINDA — 4810 Maple; 214-526-4749.*LONE STAR BBQ — 6320 Beach St, Halton City; 817-428-7887.*LOVER’S EGGROLL — 3510 McKinney, #D; 214-443-1888.*LUCKY’S CAFÉ — 3531 Oak Lawn; 214-522-3500.*MAMA’S DAUGHTERS’ DINER — 2014 Irving Blvd.;

214-742-8646; mamasdaughtersdiner.com.*MAIN STREET CAFÉ — 2023 S. Cooper, Arlington; 817-801-9099.*MCDONALD’S — 4439 Lemmon Ave.; 214-522-0697.*MONICA ACA Y ALLA — 2914 Main St.; 214-748-7140.*NIKKI’S RESTAURANT — 1401 W. Campbell, Richardson;

972-644-0487.*O’JEDA’S — 4617 Maple; 214-528-8383.*ORIGINAL MARKET DINER — 4434 Harry Hines Blvd.;

214-521-0992.*PANDA’S — 3917 Cedar Springs; 214-528-3818.*PIZZA INN — 5460 Lemmon Ave.; 214-526-2560.*PLATO LOCO — 4810 Maple Ave.; 214-521-3663.*POLLO FIESTA — 4535 Maple Ave., 214-443-9078;

903 S. Hampton, 214-942-6645.*PURPLE ONION DINER — 1838 Irving Blvd. at Turtle Creek;

214-747-0101.*SAL’S PIZZA — 2525 Wycliff; 214-522-1828.*SPIRAL DINER AND BAKERY — 1101 N. Beckley;

214-948-4747.*STANDARD & POURS — 1409 S. Lamar; 214-565-0383.*STARBUCK COFFEE — 3330 Oak Lawn,

214-219-0369; 4101 Lemmon Ave, 214-522-3531.*STRATOS GREEK TAVERNA — 2907 W. Northwest Hwy.;

214-352-3321; clubstratos.com.TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE — 3130 Lemmon Ave.; 214-526-4664;

www.txlc.com.URBAN CAFE & BAR — 1500 Jackson St.; 214-741-3663;

urbancafeandbar.com.*TOMMY’S HAMBURGERS — 5228 Camp Bowie,

Ft. Worth; 817-569-1111.*WINGSTOP — 4411 Lemmon Ave.; 214-219-9464.ZEN SUSHI — 308 W. 7th St.; 75208; 214-946-9699;

zensushidallas.com.

•services

ALLEN, RON, CPA, P.C. — 2909 Cole Ave., #300; 214-954-0042.ALTA MERE TINTING — 4302 Lemmon Ave.; 214-521-7477;

altameredallas.com.ARIA CREAMATION SERVICE — 214-340-8008; cremation.com.*ARIEL’S PEST CONTROL — 5319 Alta Vista Ln.; 866-570-4681*B-TAN — 4113 Lemmon Ave.; 214-219-1833.CRAIN & CRAIG PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS —214-366-2300:

crain-craig.com.CHRISTOVER SANDLIN HOMES AND REMODELING —

817-727-3718; sandlinhr.com.*ENERGY FITNESS — 2901 Cityplace West Blvd.; 214-219-1900.*EXCHANGE PARK MALL — 6300 Harry Hines.FLOWER ROAD — 4123 Cedar Springs Rd.; Suite 1428;

214-987-2766; flowerroad.netGAYDSL.NET — oaklawn.tv.H&R BLOCK — (Skip Stark); 5617 Lemmon Ave.;

214-522-0179; hrblock.com.*HOLLYWOOD STYLE NAILS — 3523 Oak Lawn; 214-526-7133. *IRON PRESS CLEANERS — 3818 Cedar Springs; 214-443-9936.*JESSICA HAIR SALON — 4420 Lemmon; 214-521-9244.*LA BELLE SALON — 4030 Cedar Springs; 214-520-3801.*MR. G’S BEVERAGE — 1453 Coit, Plano; 972-867-2821.THE NAIL SPA DALLAS — 4020 Cedar Springs Rd.; 214-526-6245:

thenailspadallas.com.NAILICIOUS NAILS, MASSAGE AND MORE — 3410 Oak Lawn;

214-559-3997; nailicious.com.*PALM BEACH TAN — 2817 Howell, #190;

214-871-2786; palmbeachtan.com.PET HOME PAL — 214-418-8994; pethomepal.com.*POOCH PATIO — 3811 Fairmount; 214-252-1550.PORTRAIT SKETCHES BY DAVID PHILIPS — 214-498-6273;

drphilips.net.*QUEST — 2160 N. Coit, #151; 972-437-3366.*SIR SPEEDY — 2625 Oak Lawn; 214-522-2679.*SUPERCUTS — 4107 Lemmon Ave.; 214-522-1441;

supercuts.com.TADDY’S PET SERVICES— 214-732-4721; taddyspetservices.com.THE MAKE READY GROUP— 214-599-8757;

themakereadygroup.com.

*TIGGERS TATTOO — 2602 Main St., 214-655-2639.TNS MECHANICAL SEVCIES-A/C — 817-465-1112,

tnsmechanical.com.*TURTLE CREEK ADVISORS — 3100 Carlisle; 800-680-6120;

turtlecreekadvisors.com.TERRY THOMPSON PHOTOGRAPHY — 214-629-7663;

360show.com.*UPS STORE — 3824 Cedar Springs, #101; 214-683-8466.

•shops

ALL OCCASIONS FLORIST — 3428 Oak Lawn; 214-528-0898; alloccasionsdallas.com.

*ART IS ART — 2811 N. Henderson Ave.; 214-823-8222;artisart.biz.

*BACKSTREET GALLERY — 244 Spanish Village; 972-503-4404.*BISHOP ST. MARKET — 419 N. Bishop; 214-941-0907.*BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO — 3911 Lemmon Ave., 214-521-3300.BO CONCEPTS — 1628 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 100; 972-503-1500.BRIAN STREET TRADERS — 4217 Bryan St., ; 214-821-5383;

bryantstreettraders.com.BUD LIGHT — budlight.com.BUILDER’S SURPLUS — 2610 W. Miller Rd., 972-926-0100;

5832 E. Belnap, 817-831-3600.CANTONI — 4800 Alpha Rd.; 972-934-9191; cantoni.com.COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONALS OF DALLAS —

cpofdallas.com.*CONDOM NATION — 17977 Preston Rd. ; 972-818-8400;

www.facebook.com/condomnationdallas.*CONDOM SENSE — 4038 Cedar Springs; 214-552-3141.DULCE INTERIOR CONSIGNMENT — 2914 Oak Lawn;

214-219-5656.FASHION OPTICAL — 3430 Oak Lawn; 214-526-6006;

fashionopticaldallas.com.FREEDOM FURNITURE — 13810 Welch Rd.; 972-385-7368.*GASPIPE — 4420 Maple Ave.; 214-526-5982.*GOODY GOODY LIQUOR — 3316 Oak Lawn, 214-252-0801;

10301 Harry Hines, 214-350-5806.*HALF-PRICE BOOKS — 5803 E. Northwest Hwy;

3401 W. Airport Frwy., #114, Irving; 420 E. FM 3040, #660; Lewisville; 2211 S. Cooper, Arlington; 770 Road to Six Flags, Arlington.

HOME DECOR — 4700 Alpha Rd., 972-387-0508, homedecrdfw.com.

IMAGE EYEWEAR — 4268 Oak Lawn at Wycliff; 214-521-6763; imageeyewear.com.

IOTA GALLERY — 3107 Knox St.; 214-522-2999; iotadallas.com.*JONES WALKER FURNITURE — 3010 N. Henderson,

469-916-5500; joneswalkerfurniture.com.*KIVA DESIGN — 1916 N. Haskell; 214-821-1700.*KROGER — 4142 Cedar Springs; 214-599-9859.*KUNDALINI’S HOLISTIC HERBS & GIFTS —2515 Inwood;

214-357-4272; kundalinis.com.*LEATHER MASTERS — 3000 Main; 214-528-3865.LIGNE ROSET — 4516 McKinney Ave.; 214-526-2220;

ligne-roset-usa.com.*LULA B’S WEST — 1010 N. Riverfront (Industrial); 214-749-1929:

lula-bs.com.*METRO LIQUOR — 5530 SW Loop 820; 817-377-3333.*MODA — 2820 Elm.; 214-747-6632.MOSTLY CUPCAKES — 214-718-5814; mostlycupcakes.com.NORTHAVEN GARDENS NURSERY — 7700 Northaven Rd.;

214-363-6715; nhg.com.*OAK LAWN FOOD MART — 3810 Congress, #100; 214-219-0333.*OBSCURITIES — 4008 Cedar Springs; 214.559.3706;

obscurities.com*OUTLINES ACTIVEWEAR — 3906 Cedar Springs; 214-528-1955.*PETROPOLITAN — 408 S. Harwood; 214-741-4100.*PIPE DREAMS — 1921 Greenville Ave.; 214-827-0519.*PK’S LIQUOR — 4113 Lomo Alto; 214-521-7470.*PRIDE PRODUCTIONS — 4038 Cedar Springs; 214-219-9113.*SKIVVIES — 4001-C Cedar Springs; 214-559-4955.*SMOOTHIE FACTORY — 2126 Harwood; 214-227-5047.*TAPELENDERS — 3926 Cedar Springs; 214-528-6344.*UNION JACK — 3920 Cedar Springs; 214-528-9600.UPTOWN HAIR STUDIO — 2707 Guillot St.; 214-922-9997;

dallasuptownhairstudio.com.UPTOWN VISION — 2504 Cedar Springs; 214-953-EYES;

uptownvisiondallas.com.*WHITE ROCK SPORTS — 718 N Buckner Blvd, #108,

214-321-6979.*WHOLE FOODS MARKET — 2218 Greenville Ave.;

214-824-1744; Lemmon Ave. at Lomo Alto; 801 E. Lamar; Arlington.

*WINE MARKET — 3858 Oak Lawn; 214-219-6758.ZURI FURNITURE — 4880 Alpha Rd., Dallas, 972-716-9874;

7884 State Hwy. 121, Frisco, 469-633-9874.

•travel

AMERICAN AIRLINES — 800-433-7300; aavacations.com/rainbow.

THE PAUER GROUP - CRUISE EXPERTS — 972-241-2000; bestgaycruises.com.

GAYRIBBEAN CRUISES — 214-303-1924; gayribbeancruises.com.

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AIDS HOTLINE — 214-559-AIDS; Sponsored by Resource Center of Dallas.

•aids services

*AIDS ARMS INC. — 219 Sunset, #116-A, Dallas 75208, 214-

521-5191; 1907 Peabody Ave., Dallas 75215, 214-421-7848;aidsarms.org.

AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK — 501 N. Stemmons, #200, Dallas75207; 214-943-4444 (Programs), 214-941-7696 (Adminis-tration); aidsinterfaithnetwork.org.

*AIDS OUTREACH CENTER OF ARLINGTON — 401 W. Sanford,Arlington 76011; 817-275-3311; aoc.org.

AIDS OUTREACH CENTER OF FORT WORTH — 801 W. Cannon,Fort Worth 76104; 817-335-1994; aoc.org.

AIDS PREVENTION PROJECT — 400 S. Zang, Dallas 75208; 214-645-7300, 214-645-7301.

*AIDS RESOURCE CENTER — 2701 Reagan, P.O. Box 190869,Dallas 75219; 214-521-5124; resourcecenter-dallas.org.

*AIDS SERVICES OF DALLAS — P.O. Box 4338, Dallas 75208;214-941-0523; aidsdallas.org.

AIDS SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS — 4210 Mesa, Denton 76207, 940-381-1501; 2540 Ave. K, Ste500, Plano 75074, 972-424-1480; 3506 Texas, Greenville75401, 903-450-4018; 102 S. First, Rockwall 75087,800-974-2437; aidsntx.org.

EXHALE SERVICES — 417 S. Locust, #101, Denton 76201; 940-484-2516.

GREG DOLLGENER MEMORIAL AIDS FUND, INC. —P.O. Box 29091, Dallas 75229; 972-423-9093; gdmaf.org.

*LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER &LEGACY FOUNDERS COTTAGE — 4054 McKinney, #102,Dallas 75204; 214-520-6308; legacycounseling.com.

*LEGAL HOSPICE OF TEXAS — 3626 N. Hall, #820, Dallas 75219;214-521-6622; dlh.org.

*NELSON-TEBEDO HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER —4012 Cedar Springs, P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-528-2336; rcdallas.org/nthrc.html.

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HIV PLANNING COUNCIL —1101 S. Main, #2500; Fort Worth 76104; 817-321-4743 (Of-fice), 817-321-4741 (Fax); notexasaids.com.

POSITIVE VOICES COALITION — 8099 Pennsylvania Ave., Ft.Worth; 817-321-4742; notexasaids.com.

PROJECT ESPERANZA — 5415 Maple, #422, Dallas 75235; 214-630-0114.

TURTLE CREEK CHORALE AIDS FUND — P.O. Box 190409, Dal-las 75219; 214-394-9064; tccaidsfund.org.

WHITE ROCK FRIENDS MINISTRY — 9353 Garland Rd., Dallas75218; 214-324-1193; whiterockchurch.org.

•education

ALLIES — 3116 Fondren Dr., Dallas 75205; 214-768-4796;smu.edu/womenscenter/allies.

*DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY — 1515 Young, Dallas 75201;214-670-1400; dallaslibrary.org.

GAY AND LESBIAN ASSOCIATION OF DENTON — 940-565-2456; [email protected]; orgs.unt.edu/glad.

GLSEN - DALLAS — 2505 Wedglea Dr. #235, Dallas, 817-999-0199; glsen.org/dallas, [email protected].

HOMAGE — P.O. Box 830688, #12, Richardson 75083; 214-415-8495;[email protected].

HOMAGE AT UTA — 817-272-3986; [email protected] @ COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE —

214-991-7851; out.ccccd.edu.SPECTRUM — 3140 Dyer, Dallas 75275; 214-768-4792;

people.smu.edu/spectrum. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ALLY PROGRAM —

940-565-2000; [email protected]; unt.edu/ally/index.htm.

•media

*DALLAS VOICE — 4145 Travis, 3rd Floor, Dallas 75204; 214-754-8710; dallasvoice.com.

DALLAS VOICE YELLOW PAGES — 4145 Travis, 3rd Floor, Dallas75204; 214-754-8710; gayyellow.com.

GAY & LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION — 800-GAY-MEDIA; [email protected]; GLAAD.org.

LAMBDA WEEKLY — GLBT talk-radio show. KNON 89.3FM;Lambda Weekly, KNON FM, P.O. Box 71909, Dallas 75371;[email protected]; geocities.com/lambdaweekly.

PRIDE RADIO — 14001 N. Dallas Parkway, #300, Dallas 75240;214-866-8000; prideradiodfw.com/main.html.

•music

FRONTIER DRUM & BUGLE CORPS — 3630 Harry Hines Blvd.,#18, Dallas 75219; 972-437-6974; frontiercorps.org.

OAK LAWN SYMPHONIC BAND — P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-621-8998; oaklawnband.org.

NEW TEXAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — P.O. Box 190137, Dallas 75219; 214-526-3214 (x101); ntso.org.

TURTLE CREEK CHORALE — P.O. Box 190137, 75219, Dallas 75219; 214-526-3214 (x 101); turtlecreek.org.

WOMEN’S CHORUS OF DALLAS — 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., #210,

Dallas 75219; 214-520-7828; [email protected]; twcd.org.LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF DALLAS COUNTY— P.O. Box 541712;

DALLAS 75354-1719; lpdallas.org.LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS OF DALLAS —

P.O. Box 191033, Dallas 75219; 214-346-2115;[email protected]; dallas.logcabin.org.

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF DALLAS —P.O. Box 192305, Dallas 75219; 214-887-4990;[email protected]; stonewalldemocratsofdallas.org.

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF DENTON COUNTY — P.O. Box 703392, Dallas 75370; 972-890-3834; [email protected];stonewalldemocratsofdentoncounty.org.

TARRANT COUNTY STONEWALL DEMOCRATS —P.O. Box 185363, Fort Worth 76181; 817-913-8743; [email protected]; tarrantcountystonewalldemocrats.org.

•professional

ALLIANCE OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS — 214-526-2085.BUSINESS NETWORK OF COLLIN COUNTY — 972-702-0058;

businessnetworkcc.org.CATHEDRAL BUSINESS NETWORK — 214-351-1901 (x304);

[email protected]; cathedralofhope.com/cbn.DALLAS PRIDE RESOURCE GROUP —

[email protected] GAY AND LESBIAN BAR ASSN. — 214-540-4460;

[email protected]; dglba.org.DALLAS LAMBDA MEDICAL NETWORK — Contact Paul Jentz;

214-820-6930; [email protected] GLOBE — [email protected]. GLEAM — [email protected]; amrgleam.com.GLEE — 972-605-1212; edsu.eds.com/glee/index.html.GLOBE — P.O. Box 50961, Dallas 75250; 972-308-7233;

[email protected]; fedglobe.org.IBM EAGLE — [email protected] PRIDE TOASTMASTERS — 5910 Cedar Springs,

Dallas 75219; [email protected];lambdapride.freetoasthost.us.

LEADERSHIP LAMBDA TOASTMASTERS —[email protected]; leadershiplambda.freetoasthost.com.

LGBT LAW SECTION OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS —www.lgbtlawtx.com, 800-204-2222 x 1420.

NORTH TEXAS GLBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE —3818 Cedar Springs Rd., Suite 101-429, Dallas, 75219, 214-821-GLBT.

OUT & EQUAL DFW — www.outandequal.org/dallas-fort-worth,[email protected].

PRIDE DFW METROPLEX — [email protected] GLBTA — Roland Zuniga, 972-344-5245, [email protected] PRIDE NETWORK —12500 TI Blvd., MS 8683, Dallas, 75243,

214-480-2800, [email protected]’S BUSINESS NETWORK — P.O. Box 190692,

Dallas 75219; 972-949-4355; [email protected]; womensbusinessnetwork.org.

•services

BLACK TIE DINNER, INC. — 3878 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 100-B#321, Dallas 75219; 972-733-9200; blacktie.org.

BOYS4TOYS — 4327 Vandelia, Dallas 75219; 214-522-5200;[email protected]; boys4toys.org.

COLLIN COUNTY GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE —P.O. Box 860030 Plano, TX 75086-0030; 214-521-5342(x1715); [email protected]; ccgla.org.

DALLAS SOUTHERN PRIDE — 3100 Main, #208, Dallas 75226;214-734-8007; dallassouthernpride.com.

DALLAS/FORT WORTH FEDERAL CLUB — P.O. Box 191153, Dal-las 75219; 214-428-3332; dfwfederalclub.org.

DALLAS GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE —P.O. Box 190712, Dallas 75219, 214-528-4233;[email protected]; dgla.com.

DALLAS GENDER SOCIETY — 214-540-4475.DALLAS TAVERN GUILD — 214-571-1073; michaeldough-

[email protected]; dallastavernguild.org.*JOHN THOMAS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER —

2701 Reagan, P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-528-9254;Phil Johnson Historical Archives and Library; 214-540-4451.

GAY AND LESBIAN FUND FOR DALLAS —3818 Cedar Springs Rd. 101, #371, Dallas 75219; 214-421-8177; [email protected].

GAY & LESBIAN SWITCHBOARD — 214-528-0022;rcdallas.org/glcc.html.

HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS —214-855-0520; [email protected]; hrionline.org.

LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, SOUTHWEST REGION — 3500 Oak Lawn, #500, Dallas75219; 214-219-8585; lambdalegal.org.

LEGACY OF SUCCESS FOUNDATION, INC. — P.O. Box 700072,Dallas 75370; heritagecelebrationdfw.org.

NAMES PROJECT DALLAS — P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219;214-520-SEWS (Phone), 214-553-8129 (Fax); dallasname-

sproject@hotmailcom; aidsquiltdallas.org.

NATIONAL COMING OUT PROJECT-DALLAS — P.O. Box 190726,Dallas 75219. 214-261-5610; comeout.org.

TARRANT COUNTY GAY PRIDE WEEK ASSOCIATION — P.O. Box 3459, Fort Worth 76113; [email protected]; tcgpwa.org.

TALK OF THE TOWN TOASTMASTERS CLUB — 214-404-2118; [email protected].

TRIANGLE FOUNDATION — P.O. Box 306, Frisco 75034; 972-200-9411 (Phone), 501-643-0327 (Fax); collinequality.org.

•social

BATTALION MOTORCYCLE CORPS — P.O. Box 190603, Dallas75219; [email protected]; battalionmc.com.

BITCHNBRUNCH — bitchnbrunch.org; [email protected].

CLASSIC CHASSIS CAR CLUB —P.O. Box 225463, Dallas 75222; 214-446-0606;[email protected]; classicchassis.com.

COUPLES METRO DALLAS — P.O. Box 192116, Dallas 75219;214-521-5342 (x1764); couplesmetrodallas.com.

DAMN — DAMNmen.org; P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1739); [email protected].

DALLAS BEARS — P.O. Box 191223, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x2943); dallasbears.org.

DFW BIG MEN’S CLUB — P.O. Box 227262, Dallas 75222; 972-AM-I-BIG9; [email protected]; chubnet.net/dfwbmc.

DISCIPLINE CORPS — P.O. Box 190838, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1731); [email protected];disciplinecorps.com.

FIREDANCERS — [email protected]; firedancers.org.FLYING “W” OF DALLAS — P.O. Box 815485, Dallas 75381;

972-514-0511.FOR MEN ONLY DALLAS (FMO) —

http://socialnetwork.meetup.com/1102/FRISCOPRIDE — P.O. Box 1533, Frisco 75034; 469-324-4123;

friscopride.com.FUSE — 214-540-4435; [email protected];

getyourfuseon.com.GAY AND LESBIAN RESIDENTS OF OAK CLIFF — galroc.org.GAY & LESBIAN SINGLES — 214-328-6749.GAY MEN’S BOOK CLUB — 214-418-3354;

[email protected] OUTDOOR CLUB — 469-387-2530; [email protected];

gayoutdoorclub.org.GAYMSTERS BRIDGE CLUB — P.O. Box 190856, Dallas 75219;

214-946-6464; [email protected]; gaymsters.org.GROUP SOCIAL LATINO — 2701 Reagan; 214-540-4446. IMPERIAL COURT DE FORT WORTH/ARLINGTON —

P.O. Box 365, Fort Worth 76101; 817-897-8612; [email protected]; ic-fwa.org.

JEWEL — 214-540-GIRL; [email protected]; rcdallas.org.KHUSH TEXAS — http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khushtexas.LATE BLOOMERS — La Madeleine, 3906 Lemmon; 903-887-7371.LEATHER KNIGHTS — P.O. Box 190111, Dallas 75219;

214-559-3625; leatherknights.org. LONG YANG CLUB — 214-521-5342 (x428);

[email protected]; longyangclub.org/dallas.LVL/PWA CAMPOUT — John; [email protected] OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER — P.O. Box 190611,

Dallas 75219; 214-521-4765; groups.yahoo.com/group.mactdallas.

NATIONAL LEATHER ASSOCIATION-DALLAS — P.O. Box 190432,Dallas 75219; [email protected]; nla-dallas.org.

NORTH TEXAS RADICAL FAERIES —groups.yahoo.com/group/ntradfae.

OAK LAWN COUPLES — oaklawncouples.com.ONCE IN A BLUE MOON — 10675 East Northwest Hwy., #2600B,

Dallas 75238; 972-264-3381;[email protected]; once-in-a-blue-moon.org.

ORANGE CLUB — groups.yahoo.com/group/orange-club.OUT TAKES DALLAS — 3818 Cedar Springs #101-405 Dallas

75219; 972-988-6333 (Phone), 866-753-9431 (Fax); outtakesdallas.org.

POZ DALLAS — [email protected]; pozdallas.org.PRIME TIMERS OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH — PO Box 191101,

Dallas 75219; 972-504-8866; [email protected]; primetimers-dfw.org.

RAINBOW GARDEN CLUB — P.O. Box 226811, Dallas 75222; 214-941-8114; info@ rainbowgardenclub.com; rainbowgardenclub.com.

SAVVY SINGLES NEWS DFW —http://singles.meetup.com/2049/

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS DALLAS/FORT WORTH —groups.yahoo.com/group/sindallasftworth;[email protected].

TEXAS TWISTERS — P.O. Box 192315, Dallas 75219; [email protected]; texastwisters.org.

UNITED COURT OF THE LONE STAR EMPIRE —PO Box 190865, Dallas 75219; dallascourt.org.

WOMEN’S THEATER GROUP — 972-907-8804;[email protected]; thewomenstheatergroup.com.

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION — dallasfamily.org.PROJECT TAG (TYLER AREA GAYS) — 5701 Old Bullard Rd. #96;

Tyler 75703; 903-372-7753; tylerareagays.comAGAPE MCC — 4615 E. California Pkwy., (SE Loop 820), Fort

Worth 76119; 817-535-5002; agapemcc.com.ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH —

4230 Buckingham Rd., Garland 75042; 972-276-0023;[email protected]; ascensiontexas.org.

BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 4523 Cedar Springs, Dallas 75235; 214-528-4084; [email protected];bethany.presbychurch.org.

*CATHEDRAL OF HOPE — 5910 Cedar Springs, Dallas 75235;214-351-1901 (Local); 800-501-HOPE (Toll free); cathedralofhope.com.

CATHEDRAL OF LIGHT — 2040 N. Denton Dr., Carrollton 75006;972-245-6520; [email protected]; colight.org.

*CELEBRATION COMMUNITY CHURCH —908 Pennsylvania Ave., Fort Worth 76104; 817-335-3222; [email protected]; celebration-community-church.com.

CELEBRATION ON THE LAKE — Hwy. 198; Maybank TX, 75147;903-451-2302; cotlchurch.org.

CHURCH IN THE CLIFF — 711 W. Canty St., PO Box 4403, Dallas, 75208; 214-632-9909; www.churchinthecliff.org.

*COMMUNITY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH —2875 E. Parker Rd., Plano 75074; 972-424-8989; uuplano.org.

CONGREGATION BETH EL BINAH — 2701 Reagan, P.O. Box191188, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1784);[email protected]; bethelbinah.org.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH — 2800 Routh at Howell,Dallas 75201; 214-520-9090; [email protected]; crossroadscommunitychurch.us.

DIGNITY DALLAS — P.O. Box 1901333, 5910 Cedar Springs Rd,Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1732); dignitydallas.org.

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH — P.O. Box 710329, Dallas75371 (Mailing); 629 North Peak, Dallas 75246 (Physical);214-824-8185; [email protected]; edcc.org.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE —6525 Inwood Rd., Dallas 75209; 214-352-0410 (Phone), 214-352-3103 (Fax); [email protected]; thedoubter.org.

FELLOWSHIP OF LOVE OUTREACH CHURCH —901 Bonnie Brae, Fort Worth 76111; 817-921-5683;folochurch.org.

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DALLAS — 5427 Phillips Ave,Dallas, TX 75223; 214-828-1314; faithcommunitydallas.org.

FIRST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DALLAS — 9120 Ferguson Rd.,Dallas 75228; 214-823-2117; [email protected]; firstcommunity-ucc-dallas.org.

*FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS — 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas 75205; 214-528-3990;dallasuu.org.

FRIENDS CHURCH — 3131 North Stemmons #F, Dallas 75247;214-637-2424.

THE GATHERING PLACE — 5415 Maple Ave., #202-A, Dallas;214-819-9411; thegatheringplacechurch.org.

GRACE GATHERING — 5415 Maple Ave., #225, Dallas 75235;972-406-0410; gracegatheringdallas.com.

GRACE FELLOWSHIP IN CHRIST JESUS —411 South Westmoreland, Dallas 75211; 214-333-9779.

GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —4105 Junius at Haskell, Dallas 75246; 214-824-2533 (Phone),214-824-2279 (Fax); [email protected]; graceumc-dallas.org.

GREENLAND HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —5835 Penrose ave., Dallas 75206; 214-826-2020; greenlandhills.org.

HARVEST MCC — 3916 E. McKinney Street, #B, Denton 76208;940-320-6150 (Phone), 940-484-6159 (Fax); [email protected]; harvestmcc.org.

HORIZON UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH —1641 W. Hebron Pkwy, Carrollton 75010; 972-492-4940; [email protected]; horizonuu.org.

INTEGRITY — 214-521-5342 (x1742). INTERFAITH MINDFUL MINISTRIES — P.O. Box 863961,

Plano 75086; [email protected]; intermindful.com/about.htm.

JUBILEE APOSTLIC CHRISTIAN CENTER, INT’L —8513 Bruton Rd., Dallas 75217; 214-724-5658;[email protected]; jubileetx.net.

LESBIAN & GAY UNITARIANS — 214-691-4300.*LIBERTY CHURCH — 4150 North Central Expwy., Dallas 75204

(Physical); P.O. Box 180967, Dallas 75218 (Mailing); 214-770-3184; libertychurchdallas.org.

LIVING FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 2527 W. Colorado Blvd.,Dallas 75211 (Share Building with Promise MCC);214-372-0466; livingfaithdfw.org.

LIFE CENTER, THE — 2835 Galleria Drive, Arlington, TX 76011;817-633-3766; dfwlifecenter.org.

LUTHERANS CONCERNED — 6411 LBJ Fwy; 214-855-4998; [email protected]; lcna.org.

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GREATER DALLAS—1840 Hutton Dr.,#100, Carrollton, TX 75006; 972-243-0761(Phone), 972-243-6024 (Fax). mccgd.org.

MIDWAY HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH —11001 Midway Rd., Dallas 75229; 214-352-4841;[email protected]; midwayhills.org.

MORE LIGHT PRESBYTERIANS — P.O. Box 190869,

Dallas 75219. 214-521-5342 (x1770); mlp.org.NEW HOPE FELLOWSHIP — 1440 Regal Row, Ste. 320;

Dallas 75235; 214-905-8082; nhfcdallas.org.

NORTHAVEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —11211 Preston Rd., Dallas 75230; 214-363-2479;[email protected]; northaven.org.

OAK LAWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 3014 Oak LawnAvenue, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5197 (Phone), 214-521-5050(Fax); [email protected]; [email protected].

PATHWAYS CHURCH - UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST —525 South Nolen Dr., #300, Southlake 76092; 817-251-5555 (Phone), 817-251-5554 (Fax); [email protected]; pathwaysuu.org.

*PROMISE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH —2527 West Colorado Blvd., Dallas 75211; 214-623-8400;[email protected]; promisemcc.org.

RAINBOW COVENANT FELLOWSHIP — Gay fellowship forCharismatics and Pentecostals; 214-559-3380.

RAINBOW MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL — 3818 Cedar SpringsRd., 101-536, Dallas, 75219, 469-222-3400.

ST. MARY, THE HOLY THEOTOKOS ORTHODOX CATHOLICCHURCH — 780 Abrams Rd., #103-224, Dallas 75231; 214-373-8770; [email protected];netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch03022.

ST. FRANCIS ANGLICAN CHURCH — 3617 Abrams Rd., Dallas75214; 927-900-7298 (Phone), 206-339-8127 (Fax); angelfire.com/tx5/holycross.

ST. MYCHAL JUDGE LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH —469-449-0134; mychaljudge.com.

*SANCTUARY OF LOVE — 3917 North Hall, #B; 214-520-9055; sanctuaryoflove.org.

ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2520 Oates Dr.,Mesquite 75150; 972-279-3112; gbgm-umc.org/ststephen.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST KINSHIP — 972-416-1358; [email protected]; sdakinship.org.

*TRINITY MCC — 1846 West Division, #305, Arlington 76103;817-265-5454; trinitymcc.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF OAK CLIFF — 3839West Kiest, Dallas 75203; 214-337-2429;[email protected]; oakcliffuu.com.

UNITY CHURCH OF CHRISTIANITY — 3425 Greenville Ave.,Dallas 75206; 214-826-5683; dallasunity.org.

*WHITE ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH — 9353 Garland Rd., Dallas 75218; 214-320-0043; [email protected];whiterockchurch.org.

WHOSOEVER DALLAS — 807 Fletcher Street, Dallas ;www.whosoeverdallas.org.

•sports

CEDAR SPRINGS FUN BUNCH — 10920 Composite Dr., Dallas 75220; 214-358-1382.

DALLAS DEBUTANTES — 214-366-2585; dallasrugby.com. DALLAS DIABLOS — PO Box 190862, Dallas 75219;

214-540-4505; dallasdiablos.org.DALLAS FRONTRUNNERS — [email protected];

dallasfrontrunners.org.DALLAS INDEPENDENT VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION (DIVA) —

214-521-5342 (x1704); divadallas.org.DALLAS PRIDE COED CHEERLEADING —

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dallas_Pride_CheerDFW LESBIAN CYCLING GROUP —

Looking for participants for a new lesbian cycling group; groups.yahoo.com/group/dfwwomenscycling.

DIFFERENT STROKES GOLF ASSOCIATION — [email protected]; dsgadallas.org.

FRIDAY NIGHT OUT BOWLING — 2101 N. Central Expwy., Dallas 75204; Joe or David at 214-232-6252.

LADIES & MEN BOWLERS OF DALLAS ASSOCIATION (LAMBDA) — 10920 Composite Dr., Dallas 75220; 214-358-1382; [email protected].

METROPLEX RAINBOW BOWLING LEAGUE —Tues. at 7:30 pm; AMF Irving Lanes, 3450 Willow Creek Drive; 972-790-8201.

NORTH TEXAS WOMEN’S SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION — 214-632-8512; ntxwsa.net.

OAK LAWN BOWLING ASSOCIATION —10920 Composite Dr.,Dallas 75220; 214-358-1382; oaklawnbowling.com

OAK LAWN SKI AND SCUBA CLUB — 214-521-5342 (x1769);[email protected]; olssc.org.

OAK LAWN SOCCER CLUB — P.O. Box 190995, Dallas 75219; 214-941-3566; oaklawnsoccerclub.org.

OAK LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION — P.O. Box 191234, Dallas, 75219; oltadallas.org.

PEGASUS SLOWPITCH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION — P.O. Box 191075; Dallas 75219; 972-879-7900; dallaspssa.org.

RAINBOW FLYERS PILOTS ASSOCIATION —P.O. Box 190990, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1740); [email protected]; rfpatexas.com.

RAINBOW ROLLERS BOWLING LEAGUE — 817-540-0303; [email protected]; myspace.com/rainbowrollers.

SPECTRUM MOTORCYCLE CLUB — 214-289-1179; spectrum-mrc.com.TEAM DALLAS — P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-540-4501;

[email protected]; teamdallasusa.com.TEAM DALLAS AQUATICS/TEXAS COWBUOYS —

P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; teamdallasaquatics.com.TEXAS BULLS FLAG FOOTBALL CLUB —

P.O. Box 168592, Irving 75016; 214-770-5373;[email protected]; texasbullsffc.com.

TEXAS GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION, DALLAS CHAPTER —P.O. Box 191168, Dallas 75219; 817-540-2075; tgra.org.

TEXAS GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION, FORT WORTH CHAPTER —P.O. Box 100155, Fort Worth 76185; 214-346-2107; tgra.org.

TEXAS GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION, STATE ORG. — P.O. Box 192097, Dallas 75219; 214-346-2107; tgra.org.

TNL LADIES BOWLING — Wed. 6:30 pm; 214-927-6194; [email protected].

*YMCA — 7301 Gaston Ave., Dallas 75214; 214-328-3849.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS LAMBDA GROUP —2438 Butler, #106, Dallas 75235; 214-267-0222 or 214-887-6699; dallasal-anon.org.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS — 214-766-8939 (Dallas), 817-834-2119 (Fort Worth); [email protected]; codependents.org.

CROSSDRESSERS, LNT — [email protected] METH ANONYMOUS/UNWIRED DALLAS —

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972-558-1600; [email protected]; home.swbell.net/dennisf/gamma/dallasgamma.htm.

GLBT CANCER SUPPORT GROUP — 5910 Cedar Springs, Dallas 75219; 214-351-1901.

LAMBDA GROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS —2438 Butler, Dallas 75235; 214-629-7806; nicadfw.org.

LESBIANS AND CANCER SUPPORT GROUP —Gilda’s Club North Texas, 2710 Oak Lawn, 214-219-8877.

LESBIAN ISSUES SUPPORT AND PERSONAL GROWTH GROUP— Group meetings held on Saturdays at 2 pm; Maria Jairaj at469-328-1980; [email protected].

LGBT FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAM — P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-540-4455; rcdallas.org.

IMMIGRATION EQUALITY — 2501 Oak Lawn Dr., #850, Dallas 75219; 214-855-0520; immigrationequalitydfw.org.

MAN TALK — 801 West Cannon, Fort Worth 76104; Trevor Gates, LCSW at 817-335-1994 (x217).

METROPLEX CROSS-DRESSERS — P.O. Box 141924, Irving75014; 214-367-8500; [email protected]; metrocd.com.

MILITARY EQUALITY ALLIANCE — North Texas chapter;P.O. Box 190869, Dallas 75219; 214-540-4480; militaryequality.org.

OVER THE RAINBOW — 214-358-0517.PFLAG-DALLAS — P.O. Box 190193, Dallas 75219; 972-77-PFLAG

(Phone), 972-701-9331 (Fax); [email protected] WORTH — 817-428-2329; pflagfortworth.org.POSITIVE LIVING SUPPORT GROUP — 401 W. Sanford,

Arlington 76011; 817-275-3311.PRESBYTERIAN PARENTS OF GAYS AND LESBIANS —

214-902-0987.RAINBOW ROLLER SKATING — Dylan, 817-763-0241.SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS — (Oak Lawn Mens Group)

6525 Inwood @ Mockingbird Ln.; 214-476-3404 or214-673-8092.

SLUTS (SOUTHERN LADIES UNDER TREMENDOUS STRESS) —2701 Reagan, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1720).

YOU ARE NOT ALONE — 504 E. Campbell, Dallas 75204; 214-521-5342 (x1734).

YOUTH FIRST TEXAS — DALLAS: 3918 Harry Hines Blvd, 214-879-0400, [email protected]. PLANO: 2201 Avenue K, [email protected].

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The Studios at Las Colinas announces a mixer, screening

"Silkwood" starring Cher on May 27th at 6:30pm.

Proceeds benefit The Muller Film & Television Education Foundation.

Contact Michael Jenney, 214-649-4017.

Classic Chassis Car ClubJoin us the first Tuesday each

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DIVA Volleyball Summer SeasonStarts June 1st.

contact [email protected] for more info or visit :

www.divadallas.org

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