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toc06.22.12 | Volume 29 | Issue 6

• TEXAS NEWS

10 Remembering the Rainbow raid

10 Upgrades proposed for Cedar Springs

18 Couple rescues Siamese sanctuary

• HEALTH

22 Home HIV testing nears approval

• LIFE+STYLE

32 Jonathan Adler opens Knox boutique

36 Sharon Needles heads to Dallas

46 A Pride Month visit to the Castro

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12 Death

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Arlington police arrest 2 suspectsin anti-gay hate crime; 3 others expected to turn themselves in

Arlington police have arrested two teenagers andexpect three more to turn themselves in after videofootage identified them as suspects in a vandalismspree June 10 that included anti-gay slurs spray-painted on a lesbian couple’s SUV.

Sgt. Christopher Cook said Wednesday during apress conference that Fort Worth teen Daniel Sibley,18, was arrested Tuesday, June 19. He was in cus-tody on a $2,500 bond.

Cook explained that two surveillance cameras onresidences captured several teens spray-paintingderogatory images and words on homes and cars ina total of 13 incidents. The second video capturedthe vehicle information and led to the identification offive teens ages 16-18.

As of Thursday, only the female juvenile had turnedherself in so far.

All suspects will be charged with the state jailfelony of criminal mischief for damage ranging from$1,500-$20,000.

The punishment for a state jail felony is 180 daysto two years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine. If theclassification is enhanced by the hate crime statute toa third-degree felony, the teens could face two to 10years behind bars in addition to the fine.

A racial slur was spray-painted on a vehicle, butCook said it’s not being reported as a hate crime be-cause the man who owned the car was Caucasian.

He said based on the statement from Sibley that theteens saw a sticker on the lesbian couple’s SUV —which featured two female caricatures with a childand pet — and made an assumption that they weregay before vandalizing the vehicle.

Acting police Chief Will Johnson said it was clearthat the incident involving the lesbian couple was ahate crime from early on because the words “queers”and “faggot” were spray-painted on their SUV.

“A crime of hatred is not only a crime against anindividual but it is a crime against the community,” hesaid. “Early in this investigation it was clear that hate-ful and biased language was used to damage prop-erty at multiple locations. It was equally clear that atleast one of our 13 victims was targeted specificallybecause of their sexual orientation.”

He said the incident would be reported to the FBIas a hate crime and that authorities would continueto investigate and prosecute hate crimes in Arlingtonin the future.

“We are committed in Arlington to prevent all crimeespecially crime that was committed for no other rea-son than possibly toward hatred,” Johnson said.“This type of behavior will not be tolerated, it will befully investigated — and to the fullest extent of thelaw prosecuted.”

Kim Lovering said she and her partner werewoken up by police early Sunday morning, June 10.Neighbors had already called police but she said herfamily was unaware of the vandalism to their SUV.She said she was grateful her son, not yet 2, was tooyoung to understand what happened.

From the police presence to Johnson calling herlater that day to check on her family, Lovering saidshe was impressed by the support from the commu-nity and police.

“They stood behind us,” she said. “It was really ahuge relief that something like this was handled theright way. And I’m glad it’s our city.”

As for the arrest and suspected capture of the re-maining suspects, she said it will help her sleep atnight and hopes the teens’ arrests will change theirattitudes.

“I’m so thankful for the way this turned out just forour safety and peace of mind,” she said.

Fairness Fort Worth President Tom Anable praisedthe police response, calling it a “textbook” example ofhow police should respond and engage with thecommunity.

Anable said anti-gay slurs are “so offensive and

dehumanizing” and “will never go away,” adding thatthe quick identification and arrest of suspects sendthe message that hate crimes won’t be toleratedanymore.

“It’s nothing new for us. What is new is having a di-alogue with law enforcement and the FBI,” he said. “Ican’t say enough about how well the Arlington PoliceDepartment handled this. … It is absolutely textbookperfect.”

Anable said his organization has reached out tothe Human Rights Campaign to try to bring nationalattention to “how things can go right.”

“The citizens of Arlington should take great pride intheir police department and the quality of their city,”he said. HRC released a statement Wednesday ap-plauding Arlington PD for “responding swiftly andthoroughly.”

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City Councilwoman Angela Hunt has pro-posed adding $1.1 million to the city’s Novemberbond package for improvements to Cedar SpringsRoad.

“There’s a real need to make the area safer andmore inviting for pedestrians,” Hunt said.

Even with recent improvements to the street,she said, pedestrians are taking their lives intotheir hands — or feet, if you will — when theycross the street.

The discussion with area merchants began afterfour accidents involving pedestrians, includingtwo fatalities, occurred within two months lastyear. Since then, new crosswalks and warninglights have been installed. A traffic light at KnightStreet and Cedar Springs Road was scheduled tobe installed in June but that has been delayed untilat least September.

Hunt said her proposal is similar to the one sheadded to the 2006 bond program for improve-ments along Lower Greenville Avenue soon aftershe came into office. She said at the time themoney was added, merchant and neighborhoodgroups knew that something was needed but nospecific plan had been drawn.

“We want the community and business ownersto embrace whatever solution we come up with,”she said. “We need everyone behind it.”

She said the variety of improvements may in-clude wider sidewalks, landscaping that has acalming effect on traffic and benches to make thestreet more pedestrian friendly.

“When we put the money in the ’06 bond pack-age, we didn’t know exactly where the moneywould go,” she said. “But we knew we needed tomake the area safer.”

Lighting on side streets has been a priority, butshe said the funds she’s requesting would only befor improvements to Cedar Springs Road be-tween Oak Lawn and Wycliff avenues. She saidshe’ll continue working with Oncor to increaselighting on cross streets to improve safety forthose who park and live behind the entertainmentdistrict.

“The Cedar Springs corridor is such an impor-tant part of our city,” she said. “This [the bond


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• CEDAR SPRINGS, Page 14

Hunt seeks $1.1 million forCedar Springsimprovements

EMBRACING HISTORY | The Rev. Carol West hugs Chief Jeffrey Halstead at the premiere of ‘Raid of the Rainbow Lounge’ in March. (Chuck Dube/Dallas Voice)

ANNA WAUGH | Staff [email protected]

FORT WORTH — It’s been three years sinceFort Worth police and Texas Alcoholic BeverageCommission officers raided the Rainbow Loungeon the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion,leaving disaster, pain, confusion and an infamousdate for LGBT North Texans behind.

But while the hurt and mistakes from thatnight’s events still linger with the dozens of peoplepresent and with the community as a whole, theimprovements in communication and trust result-

ing from the raid shine brighter now than any neg-ative spotlight that was cast on the city and police.

A ‘perfect storm’

In the early hours of June 28, 2009, officerswould decide to make Rainbow Lounge the thirdstop during a night of bar inspections. The 40 min-utes they spent in the bar led to six arrests and theinjury of a patron who was sent to the intensivecare unit for internal bleeding.

Todd Camp, founder of Fort Worth’s Q Cinema,was at the bar that night, the second weekend itwas open. Amid the protests and the LGBT com-munity’s outcries for an investigation and an-swers, Camp said the event, the date of Stonewalland the group of people in the bar combined tocreate a “perfect storm” of activism — and laterchange.

“I honestly think it was a long night and they’d

been other places where they’d had problems andwhen they got to our bar they were mad and theywere ready for a fight even though there was noreason to expect one,” he said. “It was the wrongtime, it was obviously the wrong day, and they didit in front of the wrong gays.”

Three investigations into the brute force anddisregard for following policy resulted in the FortWorth police department revamping its inspection

Anniversary screeningRaid of the Rainbow Lounge will screen on

the three-year anniversary Thursday, June 28,at Magnolia Theater, 3699 McKinney Ave. Thescreening is at 7:30 p.m. followed by a paneldiscussion. Tickets are $12 and available atRaidoftheRainbowLounge.com.

Upgrades could range from wider

sidewalks to gateway arches

Rainbow redemption3 years after FW bar raid, the city’s

response has become a model —

and an award-winning film is helping

to cement the saga’s place in history

• REDEMPTION, Page 16


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•pet of the week / AILEEN

Aileen and her littermates were transferred from a city shelter. Theywere too young for adoption at that time. All three puppies lookedlike Piglet when they first arrived at Operation Kindness with theirpink skin showing under their white coats. The pups are part SharPei and possibly part Pittie; however, they will not grow to be verybig. They are 12 weeks old now and still small. While they don't lookso much like Piglet anymore, they are still just as adorable.

Aileen and other pets are available for adoption from Operation Kindness, 3201 EarhartDrive, Carrollton. The no-kill shelter is open six days: Monday, 3-8 p.m.; closed Tuesday;Wednesday, 3-8 p.m.; Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. The cost is $110 for cats, $135 for kittens, $150 for dogsover 1 year, and $175 for puppies. The cost includes the spay/neuter surgery, microchip-ping, vaccinations, heartworm test for dogs, leukemia and FIV test for cats, and more.Those who adopt two pets at the same time receive a $20 discount.

Jeffrey W. Muha,53, died of lym-phoma at Parklandhospital on June 10.He was born inEllsworth, Mich.,graduated fromOberlin College andConservatory andlived in Dallas for thepast 32 years.

Muha co-ownedand operated Outer Planets Trading Co., an eBaystore, and also worked part-time as an individualcontractor with Manpower. In 1981, he beganworking for Placid Oil, which became EDS, wherehe was employed for more than 20 years as a soft-ware engineer.

He was a member of Dallas Levi Leather Asso-ciation and played softball with the Pegasus Slow-pitch Softball Association.

He is survived by his partner, Max Falagan ofMesquite; mother, Jean of Ellsworth, Mich.; broth-ers, Michael of Wixom, Mich., and David of Cen-terville, Ohio; and sister, Jesse Ewing of Irvington,N.Y.

A celebration of his life will be held at a privateresidence on June 30 at 6 p.m.

DeathTable captian sales under way for31st annual Black Tie Dinner

Table captain sales have begun for the 31stBlack Tie Dinner that will take place on Nov. 3 atthe Sheraton Dallas Hotel.

The table captain purchases 10 seats at a tableand is responsible for selecting the table, invitingnine others to participate, collecting money for theseats and distributing the tickets.

Black Tie Dinner benefits 19 local organizationsand one national group, the Human Rights Cam-paign.

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2nd annual North Texas Pride Partyset for Saturday in Lewisville

The Second Annual North Texas Pride party isslated for Saturday, June 23, at Tierney’s Tavern,208 E. Main St., Lewisville.

Proceeds will benefit C.U.R.E. and Health Serv-ices of North Texas.

Entertainment will be provided by the DucadoVega Band 6–8 p.m. and DJ Fierce 9 p.m.–mid-night. Tickets are $15 at the door.

An afterparty takes place at the nearby BestWestern Plus, at 330 E. Corporate Drive,Lewisville.



A year after a small group of longtime DallasLGBT residents began piecing together the com-munity’s history, The Dallas Way: The DallasGLBT History Project will present its first publicprogram, Outrageous Oral.

Restaurateur Monica Greene, The Dallas Wayco-founder George Harris and HIV nurse Penny

Pickle Crispin are among the storytellers.Harris and his partner Jack Evans began the

project last year after pulling together informationfor a story about their 50th anniversary.

“Jack had read that there were other cities thathad done this project,” Harris said. “So Jack sentout a mass email and asked, ‘Will it fly?’”

But Harris’ own reaction was a little different.“Lord, not another organization,” he said re-

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The Dallas Way to perform‘Outrageous Oral’ at Sue’sStorytellers at GLBT History Project

event will include Monica Greene,

George Harris, Penny Pickle C rispin,

Michael Doughman, Lori Masters

HAVING A BLAST WITH THE PAST | Members of the Dallas Way’s board and officers, shown earlier this

year, began meeting last summer, writing one-page histories of groups and events. They’ll present their first

public program next week. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

• ORAL, Page 15

Free lessons‘Outrageous Oral’ will take place in the

Vixen Lounge at Sue Ellen’s on June 28 at7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.


money] is a smart investment.”Cedar Springs Merchants Association Presi-

dent Scott Whittall said his group needs to meetwith Hunt and Councilwoman Pauline Medranoto discuss the possibilities. Cedar Springs Roaddivides the two council districts, but Hunt saidthe money would come from her district’s bondallocation.

Whittall said that he would like to see archesannouncing the entertainment district and newsignage. He said cobblestoning has worked wellin Bishop Arts District and seating adds to a re-laxed ambiance.

His organization has been in touch with LowerGreenville merchants who claim that blocked en-trances and parking issues during constructionput several merchants out of business.

“That’s a huge misstep we’ll avoid,” he said.If any street parking is taken, Whittall wants

that to be replaced with alternative off-street park-ing, and he wants to discuss with councilmem-bers the possibility of using some of the bondmoney to acquire land for parking.

Meanwhile, some improvements on the streethave already been funded for work scheduled tobegin in June. In addition to the traffic signal atKnight Street, the turning island at the corner ofCedar Springs and Douglas Avenue was to be re-moved. That would force traffic making a fullright turn onto Douglas to make a stop at the lightor slow to make a sharp right turn.

However, according to Daniel Rydberg of thecity’s Department of Street Services, planners arestill trying to decide on a final design for the in-tersection.

Some merchants would rather see a center is-land installed between Knight Street and WycliffAvenue that would force all traffic from ilume andKnight Street to turn right, according to Whittall.Others objected to an island that would disruptthe annual Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade fromproceeding down the middle of the street.

“There are a number of engineering chal-lenges,” Rydberg said, referring to the jog at theintersection as well as ilume’s driveway.

Right-turn-only may be part of the solution. Ry-dberg blamed the delay on his office being short-staffed.

Another factor is anticipated new constructionon the northeast corner of Cedar Springs andDouglas with the announcement that CroslandGroup has secured financing to build ilume Park.

Rydberg also said that the traffic signal systemat that corner is more than 30 years old. A changeto any component would require new signals forthe entire intersection.

Oak Lawn residents and merchants attendedan Oak Lawn Stakeholders Crime Watch meetingon Wednesday, June 20, to discuss with city plan-ners whether the new lights, signs and crosswalksalong the street have been effective. Most attend-ing from the area at the meeting agreed that theyhave not.

Some wanted speed bumps across CedarSprings, which wouldn’t be legal to install on amain street. Others suggested having the newlights flash only only when someone was in thecrosswalk.

Rydberg noted that since the street improve-ments, no pedestrian accidents have been re-ported. He said that was his department’s goal.

A meeting to discuss Hunt’s portion of the citybond program is set for 6:30 p.m. at Lee Park Ar-lington Hall on June 28. •

ENTERTAINING SAFER STREETS | Dallas City

Councilwoman Angela Hunt, shown at an LGBT

Pride Month kickoff at City Hall recently, says the

Cedar Springs bond proposal is similar to one she

put together for Lower Greenville Avenue in 2006.

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peatedly to anyone Evans approached about theproject.

Nevertheless, a group of about 20 people beganmeeting last summer, writing one-page historiesof Dallas groups and events.

Bruce Monroe served as president of DallasGay and Lesbian Alliance and Resource CenterDallas in the early ’90s and is now on the boardof The Dallas Way. His goal has been to collect oralhistory. Outrageous Oral is the beginning of thateffort.

“It adds color to the dry facts,” he said.For his story, Monroe will talk about “AIDS is

a Drag,” one of the early fundraisers that broughttogether groups from Oak Lawn Counseling Cen-ter and the Resource Center who had neverworked together before then. After the fundraiserin Dallas, 11 of them headed to Love Field andflew to Austin together for a fundraiser there.

“All of us had big hair with tons of hairsprayand the only seats available were in the smokingsection,” Monroe said.

Monroe said he sat between two businessmenwho tried to bury themselves in their newspapers.But before the flight landed, one of those busi-nessmen was helping him with his nails.

“It added some levity to the seriousness of thetimes,” he said.

And they raised about $25,000.Harris plans to talk about Downtown Dallas in

the 1950s with its active nightlife that included avariety of gay bars.

Crispin ran the Pentamidine mist program thatDallas Gay Alliance offered when Parkland Hos-pital refused. The inhalant was used to fight aform of pneumonia that killed many people withAIDS in the ’80s.

“I was on the board of Razzle Dazzle Dallasand my brother had AIDS,” she said. “And one ofmy first patients was Terry Tebedo.”

That program was the beginning of what be-came the Nelson-Tebedo Clinic.

Although Outrageous Oral is free, sponsorshave contributed money that will go toward anarchiving project. The Dallas Way is partneringwith University of North Texas to archive DallasLGBT history. Copies of every Dallas Voice sincethe newspaper’s founding in 1983 have beenmoved to climate-controlled storage at the univer-sity and will be microfilmed and put online insearchable format once funds are raised throughgrants and fundraising events.

Monroe said that The Dallas Way is beginningto work with the One Archive in Los Angeles thathas a similar arrangement with University ofSouthern California. That project has been ongo-ing for about 50 years.

He said he hoped to review contracts that OneArchive has with USC and gain ideas from themto maximize the relationship between The DallasWay and UNT.

Real estate veteran and Women’s MotorcycleClub founder Lori Masters and Tavern Guild Ex-ecutive Director Michael Doughman are the otherstorytellers.

Two more storytelling events are planned forSept. 18 and Jan. 17. •

• ORAL, From Page 13


policy for establishments serving alcohol. TABCwould later reveal that 19 policy violations oc-curred that night.

Fort Worth police Chief Jeff Halstead had onlybeen on the job for about six months when theraid occurred. He immediately drew criticismfrom the community when he stood behind hisofficers’ claims that bar patrons made sexual ad-vances toward them. Over the course of the inves-tigation, he began to admit that mistakes weremade, he said.

“I was speaking from a position of fact, whenit was really partial information that was deliv-ered to me in a different manner,” he said. “Andthat put me in a very, very tough position early onin this incident.”

Halstead said what strained the effort the mostwas a three-week break for City Council duringthe raid and an inability to bring city officials to-gether to discuss the incident. When the councilfinally met, the meeting went well past midnightbecause of the heated and passionate communityresponse.

After the meeting, he said two officers came outto him and told them they were proud to havehim as their chief, a moment he said he’ll alwaysremember as a turning point.

“I knew we were actually turning a big cornerat that point,” he said.

The fight for Fairness

After a dialogue opened, the healing progressbegan. The city created a Diversity Task Force thatmade 21 recommendations for the City Councilto consider in relation to the LGBT community,ranging from sensitivity training for city employ-ees to adding transgender protections to the city’snondiscrimination ordinance, which occurredlater in 2009.

Fairness Fort Worth President Thomas Anablesaid recently that the only item still outstandingfrom the recommendations is comprehensivehealthcare coverage for transgender city employ-ees. To date, about 88 percent of the city’s 6,000employees have participated in the diversitytraining over the last 25 months.

“As far as the city’s concerned, they kept everycommitment they’ve made,” Anable said.

Although Fairness Fort Worth was created as agrassroots organization to help witnesses of theraid come forward and give their statements in aneutral environment, Anable said the organiza-tion has grown into an umbrella group, focusingon healthcare, bullying and directing the LGBTcommunity to the proper resources.

Halstead also turned his attention to healingthe community and building back the public’strust in the police department. He appointed afull-time LGBT liaison and mandated that officersundergo sensitivity training. A few weeks ago, the

department reached a 100 percent completion forthe in-service training, a proud moment for Hal-stead.

But while addressing criticism and later chang-ing policies wasn’t easy, he said the hardest partwas gaining the community’s trust back.

“In this profession, you’re so proud of the jobyou do and the service you deliver and when theservice is delivered in this manner — when it’s sooffensive to members of our community — youreally, really have to pull yourself out of the rankand out of the position to understand how it wasperceived by members of that community,” Hal-stead said.

Camp said the response from the city and po-lice was overwhelming as time went on and a lotof positive change happened when officials lis-tened to the community’s concerns. He said hethinks the LGBT community has healed in theyears since the raid but would still remember itsimpact.

“I think they knew that they’d screwed up andto their credit they did everything they could doto fix it as quickly as possible,” Camp said. “I can’thelp but be anything but impressed and proudwith what we were able to accomplish. I think asa city and as a community, not just the GLBT com-munity, but the community as a whole, we’re allthe better for it.”

Anable echoed those sentiments, highlightingthe channels of communication that opened and

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UNFORGETTABLE IMAGE | In perhaps the most

memorable photo from the raid, officers can be

seen tackling patron Chad Gibson. (Chuck Potter)

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still exist today, helping the LGBT communityfind its voice — and keep it.

“The biggest change is that in Fort Wortheveryone got to get permission to talk aboutLGBT issues and feel safe and not ridiculed or getfired or ostracized,” Anable said. “That attitudewasn’t here before.”

Cowtown’s coming of age story

Robert L. Camina spent 21⁄2 years working onthe documentary Raid of the Rainbow Lounge. Thefilm premiered in Fort Worth in March, followedby a Dallas showing in April and a screening atFort Worth’s June Q Cinema film festival, whereit won Audience Choice Award. The film thenwon Best GLBT Film at the 32nd BreckenridgeFestival of Film in Colorado.

A screening in Dallas on the three-year anniver-sary June 28 will feature a panel discussion after-ward involving several of the parties involved inthe raid’s aftermath.

Camina said he hoped the film would be usedin a training aspect some day — and it alreadyhas. Clips from the film were used in NorthernDistrict of Texas U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldaña’sJune 7 diversity event.

Camina also attended a White House Prideevent June 15, and the White House and the De-partment of Justice have requested copies of thefilm, he said. They were requests he was morethan happy to fill.

“I would love to continue that momentum anduse this in any form possible as an educationaltool,” he said.

Camp, who is featured in the film, said the “in-terviews are so raw that the emotion is all rightthere on the screen.” He said he wasn’t surprisedthat a film festival in Colorado gave it an award,demonstrating the power of the film to impactcomplete strangers.

“It’s really bizarre to think that me and severalof my friends are out there on a big screen in an-other city talking about something in a bar that noone knows about and that they’re able to tap intothat emotion and react to it as much as we did al-most,” Camp said.

Camina called the film a coming of age storyfor Fort Worth, which grew into a stronger andmore progressive city after the raid.

“I think Fort Worth really came into its ownwith the raid,” he said. “With the raid, it united adormant community, and I think Fort Worth is astronger city because of that. I think it’s a strongerLGBT community.”

‘It is an absolute model’

As the months and years passed and businesswent back to usual for the Rainbow Lounge,many people will forever remember the events ofthe raid and it’s powerfully effective aftermath.

Although it’s not as revered as Stonewall,Camp said it ignited the gay rights movement inNorth Texas just as Stonewall did for the nationdecades ago.

“I’d like to hope that we have some place inGLBT history,” Camp said. “We’ll always be apart of that narrative and I think certainly for thepeople that live in this town it will be remem-bered.”

Camina said the raid is “part of our fabric ofour history now” and will forever be “connectedwith the Stonewall raid because of its hauntingparallels,” but hopes that other cities learn fromthe past that history so recently repeated.

Halstead described the first few months of theaftermath as “the hardest thing I had ever facedin 22 years of police work,” but said he’s gratefulfor the experience because it made him a more pa-tient, understanding and detail-oriented chief. Hesees the event and the documentary as a teachingopportunity to prevent similar incidents in the fu-ture.

“We are going to have other incidents in otherparts of the country and we may have them here,but I know now relationships we have beenstrengthened and solidified,” he said, adding thatFort Worth is a model for other cities. “It is an ab-solute model, but the model takes time and ittakes the right leaders in the right areas of ourcommunity to work with us, so hopefully thoseleaders exist in other cities, because they were in-valuable to our success.” •

RALLYING A RESPONSE | Protesters line the sidewalk outside the Rainbow Lounge on Sunday, June 28,

2009 — hours after the raid. (Dallas Voice file photo)


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PURR-FECT PARTNERSHIP | Tami Manning, left, and Alisa Lee, who run the Texas Siamese Rescue in

Corinth, met 15 years ago but did not become a couple until three years ago. “We have always been best

friends,” Lee said. “So I got the best of both worlds.” (Anna Waugh/Dallas Voice)

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CORINTH, Denton County — A year ago, theTexas Siamese Rescue faced possible closure afterits founder died. And the 179 cats still awaitingadoption faced animal control’s arrival — and eu-thanasia.

But Tami Manning, who’d volunteered at therescue for about six years, and her partner, AlisaLee, stepped in and organized the few volunteersto help care for the cats.

Animal lovers, the two moved into the houseto oversee the rescue — and the now 70 cats onsite — full time. Lee now serves as the organiza-tion’s director, while Manning handles kennelmanager duties, with the couple living and work-ing on the ranch.

“We love this place to work, but it wasn’t ourideal of a home,” Lee said, adding that she andManning occasionally have a night of peace awayfrom the ranch to regroup.

But the passion they had for the cats has onlygrown during the challenging year of balancingthe bills between their income and the rescue’s fi-nances.

The rescue began in 1998, and its volunteershave helped rescue and find homes for nearly20,000 cats. But the founder and director becameill in December 2010 and passed away monthslater, leaving behind a massive debt on the prop-erty and 179 cats.

Lee said she and Manning went through all therescue’s finances, discovering that $244,000 wasdue on the 3,500-square-foot house on a ranch inCorinth and that taxes hadn’t been filed since2000. Luckily, she said, the rescue somehow main-tained its 501(c)(3) status.

The owner of the property lives in New Yorkand has agreed to forgive a large portion of thedebt, giving the rescue a year to raise $40,000. Leeand Manning have implemented dozens ofchanges to help meet the deadline, but they said

Rescuing a rescueLesbian pair tries to raise $40K by December to save Siamese sanctuary in

Corinth they took over last year after its owner died, leaving behind 179 cats

SIAMESE DREAM | While only about 20 of the 70 cats at the ranch are Siamese because other cats were

accepted by the previous director, Lee said she wants to shift the attention back to rescuing Siamese cats

exclusively. (Anna Waugh/Dallas Voice)• RESCUE, Next Page


they’re still in need of donations. The two have overseen the re-branding of the

rescue, revamping the logo, reaching out throughsocial media to gain volunteers and adoption in-terest, and cutting the cost of operations by two-thirds by reducing energy use, switching powercompanies and using coupons. They even have avolunteer photographer to take professional pic-tures of the cats, making them look their best forpotential adopters.

But perhaps the biggest change they made wasan open space for the catsto live and socialize. In-stead of cages lining thewalls, the rescue has alarge room filled withclimbing fixtures andcushions so the cats canplay and nap peacefully.A smaller, quieter room off to the side offers acalmer environment for cats with social or med-ical issues, a few of which are caged while otherspurr and play with less vigor than in the roomnext door.

Lee and Manning met 15 years ago at work.The two hit it off and became close friends. Theyremained best friends until three years ago whenLee said they “finally crossed that line” and wentfrom friends to partners.

“We have always been best friends,” she said.“So I got the best of both worlds.”

The couple’s strong foundation in their rela-tionship has helped them overcome the stress ofsaving the rescue and helps them push throughtheir efforts to keep a roof over the cats’ and theirheads.

“This place hasn’t broken us or changed us; it’sjust separated us for a while,” Lee said. “I don’tthink you could pay me to not take this overagain.”

But while the cats seem to keep coming in andthe money running out, Lee said she doesn’t wantjust anyone to adopt. She handles the adoptionapplications, which consist of an online applica-tion, background check, reference checks and vetrecords for other pets owned by potentialadopters before a scheduled visit to see the cats.

Home visits would be ideal, but Lee said therescue doesn’t have the manpower to go to themany homes of interested adopters.

After the application is processed, Lee said sheexplains to adopters that cats will often choose thepeople they like, whereas many people want to

adopt the first cat theythink is pretty.

Manning said in real-ity people return andoften volunteer a fewtimes to get a good feelfor the right cat, espe-cially since they are free-

roaming in a more natural environment versusbeing caged.

“People come in here several times and spendhours here before they choose,” she said.

While only about 20 of the 70 cats at the ranchare Siamese because other cats were accepted bythe previous director, Lee said she wants to shiftthe attention back to rescuing Siamese cats exclu-sively. She also would like to keep the number ofcats on site down to 50.

“It doesn’t matter how many I have in-house,it matters how many I’m adopting. If I’m notadopting, I’m not doing my job,” Lee said. “I’mnot going to push adoption either because any-body who comes through that door I’d rather tellthem not to adopt. I’d rather them spend timehere, get to know my animals, find out what it isthey really want. Don’t be a five-second buyer.”

Ruth Clevenger started volunteering at theranch last year after a co-worker adopted aSiamese from the rescue. She said the cat was so

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FEEDING FRENZY | Lee, above, and Manning, next page, said the biggest change they made was an open

space for the cats to live and socialize. Instead of cages lining the walls, the rescue has a large room filled

with climbing fixtures and cushions so the cats can play and nap peacefully. (Anna Waugh/Dallas Voice)

Giving the ranch a handFor more on the Texas Siamese Rescue —

or to donate, to volunteer or to adopt a cat —visit Tx.SiameseRescue.org.

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“I’ve never seen a Siamese that loveable,” shesaid. “I always thought Siamese were kind ofstuck up, but they’re not.”

Clevenger said the cats’ environment of a play-room and ability to be free unless caged for healthreasons allows them to socialize and grow intotheir personality. The time and care put into thecats by Lee and Manning is what makes themgreat pets later, she said.

“They’re not caged and they can roam free andit really makes a difference on how they react so-cially,” Clevenger said. “That’s what I fell in lovewith, is how they treat the animals.”

Joy Kunkle has also volunteered at the rescuefor the past year. She first discovered the rescuewhen she was looking for a Siamese after hersdied two years ago. After some time passed andshe was ready to adopt, she said she told Lee whatshe wanted and what her home was like with twodogs and another cat, and Lee picked out Sunnyfor her.

Sunny was abandoned and had been at the res-cue a year. While many people often want kittens,she said 3-year-old Sunny was social and fit inflawlessly with her family.

“He turned out to be absolutely perfect,” shesaid.

Kunkle said she was looking for a place to vol-unteer and now helps out at the rescue once aweek. She said she appreciates the time Lee andManning put into training every cat to be adopt-able.

“Each cat is so different. They’re like people,”she said. “I think they see that there, and theywork really hard to find even older cats homes.”

Adoption fees range from $75-200, dependingon age. Lee has also developed a sponsorship pro-gram, starting at $25, for people who want to helpwith the cost of caring for a cat but can’t take onany more pets at home. The option is popularamong children who see the rescue’s cats at adop-tion fairs and can later go online and see theirsponsored cat.

“And they never have to take them home, andwe do all the work,” Lee said.

But once a cat is adopted, Lee and Manning’swork doesn’t end. They offer support, trainingand tips on how to help a new cat adapt — andthey’ll take any cat back for any reason.

“We support them all the way through todeath,” Lee said. “If it’s something I started, I willfinish.” •

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When longtime Fort Worth activist DavidMack Henderson tested positive for HIV, all sortsof things went through his head.

“If I didn’t have people around me when I gotthe news, I don’t know what I would have done,”he said. “That’s not news you need to learnalone.”

But that’s what’s likely to start happening soon,after in-home rapid HIV testing from OraSurewas approved by an advisory panel of the FDAon May 15. Counseling, along with medical infor-mation and referrals, is commonly provided tothose who test positive at an HIV/AIDS agencyor in a doctor’s office.

“Some might unnecessarily commit suicide be-cause they didn’t know they had a life to lead,”

Henderson said. “There is a psychological imper-ative to having someone present.”

Others, like Jeff Strater of Dallas, said while heshares some of the concerns about the missingcounseling component, he believes there’s valuein wider availability of testing.

“It might appeal to some who wouldn’t other-wise get tested,” Strater said, adding that forsomeone who gets tested annually, checking athome six months later would be a good option.“But for the first-time tester, the clinic is the bestplace.”

Local HIV/AIDS experts also said they havemixed feelings about in-home rapid HIV testing.

The test utilizes a mouth swab and returns re-sults in 20 minutes. Other in-home tests for HIVthat have already been approved require taking ablood sample that is sent to a lab.

“The hope would be that the rapid at-home testwould help us identify some of the 1 million HIV-infected people who remain undiagnosed,” saidBret Camp, health services director at ResourceCenter Dallas.

Camp said in-home testing could lead to morepeople knowing their HIV status and, in turn, ear-lier intervention.

The positives, negativesof in-home HIV testing

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RAPID RESULTS | James Lester, a registered nurse at Resource Center Dallas’ Nelson-Tebedo clinic,

demonstrates the OraSure rapid HIV test this week. The test is already being used at Nelson-Tebedo but

has not yet been approved by the FDA for home use. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

Experts say OraSure could lead to

more people knowing their status

but fear those who learn they have

the virus won’t get counseling, care


Dr. Nick Bellos, an Oak Lawn physician with aspecialty in HIV care, called the in-home test a stepforward that will increase accessibility. He saidsome people are more likely to test at home thanat a clinic or a public event like a health fair.

Bellos said he’s seen three or four patientswho’ve done the mail-in blood tests at home, buteven with the new rapid oral version, a positiveresult needs to be confirmed.

“But anything that encourages people to getinto the healthcare system is good,” Bellos said.

Resource Center’s Nelson-Tebedo clinic uses arapid test made by the same company seeking ap-proval for the in-home version. Camp said that theaccuracy rate of the rapid test at the clinic undercontrolled conditions is 99.8 percent.

However, the FDA report indicates an accuracyrate of only 93 percent for in-home tests. In pre-approval studies, the reasons for test failure rangefrom not understanding or fully following the di-rections to mishandling the product.

Even with such a high accuracy rate at theclinic, Camp said all tests are confirmed with ablood test.

“We want to make sure there’s not anotherauto-immune disease such as multiple sclerosis,Lou Gehrig’s disease or lupus going on,” he said.

Camp said he’s worried about people whodon’t understand the need to follow the diagnosiswith medical care before the onset of symptoms.

“There could be a disconnect if they get a diag-nosis and do not seek treatment,” Camp said.

He said that the main reason he hears peoplesay they do not seek medical care is, “I don’t feelbad.”

The test only reveals HIV status. After diagno-sis, testing is necessary to determine viral load andT-cell count, Camp said. Those are importantnumbers to determine when to begin taking med-ication. To remain healthy, the recommendation isto begin medication before the immune system isdestroyed.

The in-home rapid test can detect the virus be-ginning three months after exposure. A nucleicacid amplification test will detect the HIV virus 10days after exposure, but that won’t be availablefor in-home testing.

Camp said a negative result on an in-home testmight give someone a false sense of security.Someone who does an at-home test too soon after

exposure and then continues risky behavior ismore likely to spread the disease than someonewho is positive, on medication and has a negligi-ble viral load count.

Camp said that no matter how good the litera-ture accompanying the test, “one size does not fitall.”

Abounding Prosperity CEO Kirk Myers said healso has concerns about the in-home test, espe-cially for his target constituency in South Dallas.He said couples who come to his agency are al-ways tested and given results separately. Myerssaid he fears possible domestic violence whenpositive results occur from an at-home test and nocounseling is available.

Another concern is people not accessing health-care.

“Will people go underground?” he said.Myers said that he and his staff walk many peo-

ple through the process of testing to accessinghealthcare when they come to his agency. He wor-ried that some people who get a positive result athome would ignore the results until their immunesystems were so compromised that the first con-tact with healthcare was while battling an oppor-tunistic infection.

Myers also noted that for some, the in-hometests won’t be affordable.

“At $50 a pop, a lot of people won’t have accessto it,” he said.

But Bellos said he hopes at that price, most peo-ple purchasing the test will take it seriously, readthe accompanying material and seek medical careif positive.

Those looking for lower-cost alternatives or notwilling or able to read the directions could con-tinue to access reliable, lower-cost or free testingat clinics or HIV/AIDS agencies.

The FDA will decide this year whether to ap-prove the product for sale. If so, in its report on theproduct to the agency, OraSure has promised toblanket media with advertising “to drive con-sumer awareness and testing.” •

•online exclusiveJune 27 is National HIV Testing Day. For a

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TIFFANY AUSTIN | Contributing [email protected]

Following a period of homelessness after leav-ing a marriage, Deneen Robinson decided not tolet the setback determine the course of her life andmoved to Austin with her two daughters to at-tend college.

During her last year of school in 1992, Robinsonbecame ill and was hospitalized. She learned thatshe was HIV positive and was given about sixyears to live.

Despite the devastating news, Robinson stillmanaged to finish school with a 4.0 GPA, and shedecided she would always strive for the same ex-cellence in the remainder of her professional andpersonal endeavors.

“The diagnosis took my life on a differentcourse,” Robinson said. “My course can besummed up in this statement: ‘I want to plantseeds so my daughters will remember me.’ Thisis the statement I made to myself as I heard I hadHIV for the first time. This is the statement thatmarked the journey in living with, understanding,educating and ultimately becoming an advocatefor my and others impacted by HIV.”

Her quest for knowledge about her disease ledto her wanting to share the information with oth-ers. Robinson always had a passion for educating,writing and public speaking, and her HIV diag-nosis gave her an unexpected sense of empower-ment, leading her to devote her life to removingthe stigma associated with HIV and homosexual-ity in the African-American community.

“I wanted to see African-Americans reallywork together as a community and support thework that is necessary to stem the tide of HIV inour community,” Robinson said. “I would like usto respond openly to the internalized homopho-bia that we are dealing with as a community.

“As a community we are gifted in so manyways and we have allowed others to label us,name us, categorize us ... all these things to defeatus,” she said. “We cannot afford that anymore. Weare dying due to our choices, our fears and our si-lence. We must begin to heal and help each otherso we can respond to the devastation that is beingcaused by HIV.”

Robinson began as an educator for South Dal-las Health Access Inc.’s Margaret K. Wright Clinic,now the Peabody Clinic, then moved on to help-

ing individuals in the last stages of life due to con-ditions related to AIDS at the Legacy FoundersCottage, also in Dallas.

Robinson went on to create support and edu-cation groups throughout North Texas, includingAt The Kitchen Table, a woman's group she cre-ated in 1999, and to have her works on HIV edu-cation published in Newsweek and several otherlocal and national publications. She has also madenumerous television appearances on behalf ofHIV/AIDS education, including on The Tavis Smi-ley Show.

But perhaps her most significant contributionto the LGBT community is the work she’s cur-rently doing as an education coordinator forHVTN 505, where she conducts research to findan HIV vaccine, and her work as a patient navi-gator for Project H.O.P.E., a study looking to re-engage hospitalized individuals in HIV care.

Always a spiritual woman, Robinson did notallow her diagnosis or sexuality affect her questfor religious fulfillment in a Christian context. In2004 she became a member of the Living FaithCovenant Church in Dallas and began ministryoutreach, serving as the director of external min-istries for her church.

Twenty years after her diagnosis, Robinson isin an 11-year committed relationship with a

Since HIV diagnosis 20 yearsago, minister has devoted lifeto education about diseaseDeneen Robinson, who’ll receive

DFW Pride Movement’s Icon Award,

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“wonderful woman” and has refused to allow herHIV status to negatively determine the course ofher life.

“I have a very accomplished family includinga spouse who I love deeply and two daughters,”Robinson said. “I am very proud of their respec-tive accomplishments and proud to be theirmother.

“They remind me that toiling and tilling inorder to plant seeds is worth the work,” she said.“Until I die, I will live out the mission to create aworld that I want to live in and work hard to leavemy spot better than I found it. I want individualsliving with HIV to know it is possible to not justdeal with HIV, but have a great life. It ispossible.”

When DFW Pride Movement Executive Direc-tor Derrick Spillman decided that he wanted tothrow a gala honoring those in the African-Amer-ican community who are making a difference inthe DFW LGBT community, Robinson came tomind when he was selecting who to bestow theprestigious Icon Award.

“Deneen was selected for the Icon Award be-cause of her diverse background in HIV preven-tion and education in the Dallas LGBTcommunity. She daily displays her commitmentto helping educate people about the disease andworks for an amazing program that is trying tofind a way to keep the disease from spreading,”Spillman said.

“Deneen walks the walk and talks the talk. Herpassion to help stop the spread of this disease hastaken her across the country seeking knowledgethat she has freely brought back and shared withher community.” •

‘Celebrating Our Own’

The DFW Pride Movement’s 2012 Trailblazer’s

Hall of Fame Awards will be at 8 p.m. June 29

at the Angelika, 5321 East Mockingbird Lane.

The event is slated to be a Red Carpet “White

Tie” Affair with this year’s theme being “Cele-

brating Our Own.” The ceremony will be fol-

lowed by an afterparty at PLUSH Night Club

at 1400 Main St. Tickets are $20 and can be

purchased at DFWPrideMovement.org. For

more info, contact Derrick Spillman at

[email protected] or 214-440-

9300. This year’s honorees are:

• Rising Star Award: Jai Makokha, Harold

Steward, Ivan Nolen, Shemar Collins Dupree.

• Trailblazer’s Award: Roy Murray, Teedee

Davis, C.D. Kirven.

• Pioneer Award: Isiah Payne, Carter Brown,

Angela Amos, Joy Williams.

• Icon Award: Alex Byrd, Felicia Miller,

Auntuan Wiley, Dennis Coleman,

Deneen Robinson.

• Legend Award: Donald Sneed, Garfield

Lee, Jr., Betty Neal, PT Dupree, Kelexis

Davenport, Clinton Blade aka DJ 008.

• Legendary Honorary Recognitions:

Alpha Thomas, Ray Dyer, Glen Hunter,

Rickey Baker.


LISA KEEN | Keen News Service

President Barack Obama has been greeted withthunderous ovations and untold dollars in LGBTcontributions since his May 9 announcement thathe supports allowing same-sex couples to marry.

BuzzFeed.com reported that “a Democrat”claimed $1 million poured into the Obama forAmerica campaign within 90 minutes of Presi-dent Obama’s interview saying he supports therights of same-sex couples to marry. An unidenti-fied campaign spokesman later told NPR thatwasn’t true, but “one source” said the surge incontributions was “astounding.”

Whatever the number of gay dollars tallied, the

money was part of a $60 million haul for the re-election campaign in May. During that samemonth, however, the coffers of Republican MittRomney grew $76 million. It marked the firstmonth in which Romney outraised Obama.

Did Obama’s same-sex marriage support haveany influence on that? Probably not. A variety ofindependent surveys by news and polling groupsshowed the two major party candidates tied sincethe beginning of May — trading the lead but al-most always within the margin of error. And anNBC-Wall Street Journal poll of 1,000 registeredvoters May 16-20 found that 62 percent of regis-tered voters surveyed said the two candidates’positions on same-sex marriage — Obama for,Romney against — made no difference in their ex-pected votes.

“When it comes to your decision to supportBarack Obama, does his position favoring same-sex marriage reinforce the reason to support him,give you concern about supporting him, or reallynot make much difference either way?” asked the

poll of those respondents who said they wereleaning toward Obama. Sixty-two percent said itdidn’t make much difference either way, 31 per-cent said it reinforced their support, and 7 percentsaid it gave them some concern. When the poll-sters asked Romney supporters how the Repub-lican’s position opposing same-sex marriageaffected them, the responses were nearly thesame: 59 percent said it didn’t matter, 32 percentsaid it reinforced their support, 8 percent had con-cerns (and 1 percent was unsure).

An ABC-Washington Post poll of 1,004 adultsMay 17-20 found only 1 percent considered “gaymarriage/gay rights” to be the “most importantissue” in their choice for president. Ditto, a CNNpoll of 1,009 adults May 29-31.

Still, gay money in the campaign has been get-ting a lot of attention. A CNN analysis publishedJune 6 credited gay donors with raising at least $8million for the Obama re-election campaign evenbefore the president’s May 9 announcement. Itsaid its analysis of Obama’s biggest donorsshowed “at least 33 — or about one in every 16bundlers — is openly gay.” A Washington Post ar-ticle May 7 estimated one in six of Obama’s con-tribution bundlers were gay.

OpenSecrets.org, an independent organizationtracking the flow of campaign funding, posted achart of 27 LGBT bundlers — 13 of whom hadraised more than $500,000 each. Among those 13were Sally Susman, an executive vice president at

Obama cashes in onsupport for marriage

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PRESIDENTIAL PRIDE | President Barack Obama speaks Friday, June 15, in the East Room of the White

House during a reception to celebrate National LGBT Pride Month. (Associated Press)

Despite apparent jump in LGBT

contributions after announcement,

president trailed Mitt Romney in

overall fundraising during May

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the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer; Joseph Falk, pastpresident of the National Association of MortgageBrokers; James Costos, a vice president at HBO,and his partner, designer Michael Smith; KathyLevinson, former president of E-Trade; andChicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts.

To put the bundlers’ role in perspective, theHuman Rights Campaign political action com-mittee reported that, through April 30, it had re-ceived contributions totaling $218,816. Thenational gay conservative group GOProud andthe political action committee of Log Cabin Re-publicans show no money raised for campaign fi-nancing.

Obama appeared before several high-profile,big-ticket LGBT fundraisers in the past fewweeks. On June 6, he spoke to a fundraiser spon-sored by the Democratic National Committee’sLGBT Leadership Council in Los Angeles. Then,he spoke to a fundraiser nearby at the privatehome of Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee.

An estimated 600 people attended the DNC-LGBT gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, payingsomewhere between $1,000 and $5,000 each. Ac-cording to a White House pool reporter, the audi-ence there gave President Obama a “prolongedstanding ovation, chanting “Four more years!”

The more private reception at Glee creator Mur-phy’s cost the estimated 70 attendees $38,500each. According to the White House pool reporter,the president spoke for about 12 minutes thentook questions but the reporter was not allowedto stay for the question-and-answer period. Al-though the pool reporter did not recognize any-one in the crowd, he said a campaign official toldhim it included actors Julia Roberts, Reese With-erspoon and Jane Lynch.

It also included Jack Calhoun, the president ofBanana Republic/Gap Inc., and Michael Lom-bardo, another HBO executive.

The two events were expected to raise severalmillion dollars for the president’s re-election cam-paign.

“I could not be prouder of the work that we’vedone on behalf of the LGBT community,” saidPresident Obama, in front of the DNC-LGBTLeadership Council gala. “From the work we didto facilitate hospital visitations to ending theHIV/AIDS ban, to the work we did to pass the

Matthew Shepard law, to repealing "don’t ask,don’t tell," to all the administrative work that’sbeen done by agencies to make sure that folks arefully recognized is something that I’m personallyvery proud of.”

The DNC’s LGBT Leadership Council,founded in 2000, works to ensure the DemocraticParty’s platform includes and respects the rightsof LGBT Americans. At its gala last year in NewYork, some in the audience criticized PresidentObama for not endorsing passage of the then-pending legislation in the New York legislature toallow same-sex couples to marry.

The Leadership Council also held a fundraiserfor Obama in New York last month, with enter-tainer Ricky Martin as host. That fundraiser soldout after President Obama gave his interview insupport of same-sex marriage, according toOpenSecrets.org.

But whatever millions the LGBT communityhas chipped into the Obama re-election coffers, itpales in contrast to the money piling up on Re-publican nominee Mitt Romney’s side.

Politico.com reported last month that Republi-can political strategist Karl Rove and allies havepromised to raise $1 billion in pro-Romney com-munications.

They are aided in large part by the U.S.Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens Unitedv. FEC. In that decision, a split court ruled that theFirst Amendment prohibits the federal govern-ment from limiting how much corporations andunions can spend on “electioneering communica-tions.”

Through so-called “Super PACs,” corporationsquickly began pouring money into such commu-nications to support pro-corporate candidates.One prominent pro-Romney super PAC, RestoreOur Future, reported raising more than $26 mil-lion through April 30, compared to the $4.7 mil-lion raised by the prominent pro-Obama superPAC “Priorities USA Action.”

One prominent donor to the pro-Romneysuper PAC was Paul Singer, a billionaire investorwhose son is gay. Ironically, the New York Timesreported last weekend that Singer has also just an-nounced forming his own super PAC — theAmerican Unity PAC — with plans to direct $1million toward Republicans who support same-sex marriage. •

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When you think of music and the LGBTcommunity, what comes to mind?Disco from the 1970s? Freddie Mer-

cury? Madonna? Boy George? Lady Gaga?Adam Lambert? Broadway show tunes? “CallMe Maybe”?

If you were to make a list of LGBT “message”songs, you would likely include Diana Ross’ 1980hit “I’m Coming Out.” The song was written andproduced by Nile Rogers and the late BernardEdwards, the founders of the seminal discogroup CHIC.

Edwards died in 2004, but Rogers continues toperform, produce and play.

Several weeks ago, I went to the WildflowerFestival in Richardson to see Rogers and CHICperform classic songs such as “Good Times” and“I Want Your Love.” They also played songsRogers wrote and produced for other artists, in-cluding “I’m Coming Out.”

In his new autobiography, Le Freak: An UpsideDown Story of Family, Disco and Destiny, Rogerswrites that the inspiration for “I’m Coming Out”came from a 1979 visit to a long-since-closed NewYork City gay bar called the Gilded Grape. Heand Edwards would visit the bars because theyfeatured cutting-edge underground music andperformers.

During that visit to the Gilded Grape, Rogersnoticed that several of the bar patrons weredressed like Diana Ross. In a 2007 interview,Rogers describes that as “an artistic light-bulb”moment and decided that he wouldwrite a song for her that would alsospeak to Ross’ fan base in the LGBTcommunity.

Forty-three years after theStonewall Rebellion, and three yearsafter the Rainbow Lounge raid, thereis still great power in coming out andacknowledging one’s sexual orienta-tion or gender identity. Harvey Milkknew it. Ellen DeGeneres and Mar-garet Cho know it. So do AnnaPaquin, Jamison Green, Isis King,and scores of others famous and not-so-famous. Earlier this month, a new CNN pollshowed six in 10 Americans have a close familymember or friend who is LGBT, a rapid shift innumbers over the last two decades driven bypeople coming out.

But remember, this was 1980. The “discosucks” movement was in full force; partially a re-action to the music, and part a reaction to themusic’s large LGBT fan base. Ross was not as cer-tain of the success of “I’m Coming Out,” or its

not-so-hidden message. Rogers told Rolling Stone magazine last year,

“She (Ross) asked us point blank if this was a gayrecord and if people were going tothink she was gay. It’s the only timein my life I’ve ever lied to an artist. Ilooked her straight in the eye andsaid, ‘Are you kidding?’”

As an ally, Rogers knew that themessage of the song was importantand would resonate with Ross’ fans,regardless of their sexual orientationor gender identity.

“I’m Coming Out” continues to bethe song that opens a Diana Rossconcert. The album Diana, which fea-tured the song as well as “Upside

Down,” remains Ross’ biggest-selling album.This wasn’t the first Rogers-penned song to be

adopted by the LGBT community. Sister Sledge’s“We Are Family,” written and produced byRogers and Edwards, has similarly strong feel-ings. And CHIC’s “My Forbidden Lover,” the fol-low-up single to “Good Times,” was also a gaydisco favorite — and at the Wildflower Festival,I saw two men steal a quick kiss as the bandplayed it in the Collin County darkness. And, the

world didn’t end.You could argue that the LGBT community is

more “out” now than ever before. Positive LGBTimages and depictions are more commonplace,rather than the exception. Yet, with a few excep-tions based on where we work, we can be firedsimply for who we are here in Texas — and wehave no recourse.

Some of us can get married if we live in ortravel to certain jurisdictions. But, those marriagecertificates don’t grant us the more than 1,100federal rights straight couples receive. And morethan half of our LGBT youth, according to a newsurvey from the Human Rights Campaign, areverbally harassed. We say that “It gets better,” butthe reality is the messages continue to arrive toolate for some members of our community.

But each of us, in our own way, by being out,contributes to changing the future. Our authenticselves, on full display for the world to see, havegreat power to influence hearts and minds. Andthanks to a chance encounter in a gay bar morethan 30 years ago, Nile Rogers gave us an anthemto break down the oppressive closet doors. •

Rafael McDonnell is communications and advo-cacy manager, Resource Center Dallas. He can bereached at [email protected].

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Diana Ross song inspired by NYC

gay bar became an LGBT anthem

32 years ago, and its message

should always be our mantra

BAND PLAYS ON | Nile Rogers, who co-wrote ‘I’m Coming Out’ with the late Bernard Edwards, recently

performed in Richardson with their disco group CHIC. (Associated Press)

Rafael McDonnellContributing columnist


Rob Schlein column amounted tohate speech; DV should apologize

I was shocked to see the misleading headlineson both the front cover and page 6 of your June15 issue indicating an “evolution” in the “plat-forms” of both major state political parties.

I was then quite distressed to find page 15 ofthe same issue almost completely devoted to anexpression of self-hate by Rob Schlein, describedas “president of the Metroplex Republicans ofDallas.”

As journalists, it is difficult to understand howyou reconcile the headline “TX party platformsevolve on LGBT issues” with a platform that con-tinues to state: “We affirm that the practice of ho-mosexuality tears at the fabric of society andcontributes to the breakdown of the family unit.”

If Mr. Schlein does not understand that thisstatement is totally unacceptable, then you, yourheadline writers, and your copy editors certainlyshould.

It is a non-starter, an acknowledgment rein-forced by the party spokesman within your arti-cle that we are not welcome in that party.

At a time in which the national and state Re-publican parties have ramped up their hate rhet-

oric not only against the LGBT community, butalso against women and people of color, no re-sponsible publication, gay or otherwise, shouldbe promoting the sad self-hate of a shill like Mr.Schlein.

Mr. Schlein and Mitt Romney have blood ontheir hands as they expose GLBT youth to thehate speech of the remnants of a once respectablenational and state party.

The fact that they attempt to cloak themselvesas responsible citizens makes them more danger-ous than either the KKK or the Westboro BaptistChurch.

At the very least, you should apologize to yourreaders for publishing Mr. Schlein’s column andpledge to never again provide a forum for hatespeech.David JohnstonDallas

Don’t let Chisom mess overshadowgood work being done in S. Dallas

AIDS Arms Inc. is concerned about the newsreleased last week about the Anthony ChisomAIDS Foundation and its South Dallas AIDSWalk that began in 2010.

We know there are always many sides to anysituation and that more information will un-doubtedly be forthcoming.

Even so, we are hopeful that the news last

week does not negatively impact the reputablesponsors, donors, walkers and beneficiary organ-izations who were involved with Mr. Chisombased on a good faith belief that solid steward-ship, accountability and transparency were pres-ent and active.

We are also saddened of the impact on themany vulnerable people living with HIV whodepend on all of us in AIDS service organizationsacross North Texas to provide positive and trans-parent services and leadership on their behalf.We hope that the reported accountability prob-lems facing Mr. Chisom’s foundation are quicklyresponded to, resolved and that the commit-ments made to all of its participating individualsand organizations are fully met.

Last week’s report regarding Anthony ChisomFoundation is also concerning because of AIDSArms’ strong and permanent service in SouthDallas.

We know the world, and particularly the HIVworld, has grown much smaller over the pastyears. What happens at or impacts one organiza-tion touches us all.

Public perception, future volunteer and finan-cial support, and the perpetuation of stigmawithin some community circles toward peopleliving with HIV and AIDS — these all can poten-tially be impacted in negative ways regardless ofthe direct relationship we all may or may nothave to Anthony Chisom AIDS Foundation.

We hope that does not happen as there are somany positive and accountable organizationsand activities happening in South Dallas and be-yond to help people live better, fuller lives withHIV and to prevent others from acquiring thedisease. Good work is happening in many placesby many people, and we all need that to con-tinue.

AIDS Arms’ Peabody Health Center has beenan active, positive presence in South Dallas since2001, offering outpatient medical care, case man-agement, medication assistance and free HIVtesting.

Neither AIDS Arms nor our partner organiza-tions would want anything to compromise thegood work happening at Peabody and otherAIDS service organizations in South Dallas.

While Kirk Myers of Abounding Prosperitymay consistently report it is the only organizationwith a permanent presence in South Dallas, AIDSArms has owned and operated Peabody HealthCenter for nearly 12 years and certainly we haveprovided in-home HIV case management andsupport to thousands of people in South Dallassince 1986.

We proudly serve nearly 2,000 HIV-positve in-dividuals and thousands of at-risk individualsliving in South Dallas today and will continue todo so in positive ways. Many other AIDS serviceorganizations are active in South Dallas as well,and we know they all want to continue to havecommunity support to keep their good work ac-tive for people in need. Raeline NoblesExecutive DirectorAIDS Arms Inc.

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J onathan Adler’s new Uptown boutiquehas been open for about a week, but untiltwo minutes before we sit down for our

interview, he’d not seen the final set-up. Hescurries through the store for a few minutes,soaking it all in. “I love it!” he declares.

He should. The new Jonathan Adler bou-tique on McKinney Avenue in the Knox-Hen-derson area is chock full of Adler’s manydesigns — not just the pot-tery which launched his ca-reer 18 years ago, butplaying cards, embroideredpillows, candles and clutches. If, as Steel Mag-nolias queerly observed, what sets man apartfrom the animals is his ability to accessorize,then Adler is the manliest man out there.

Adler’s products have been available in Dal-las for years — including Barneys, where hishusband of 17 years, Simon Doonan, is creativedirector (“I gave him my pretty years,” Adlerjokes) — but this is his first free-standing bou-tique in business. And, he thinks, it’s aboutdamn time.

“Dallas is a lot of fun — I’ve been here a mil-lion times and there’s always something fungoing on here,” he gushes. “You know thestereotypes of Northerners [being uptight] and

Southerners having fun? That’s so true. AndI’ve always loved it — such an incredible artscene, and gay scene and style scene. And thisneighborhood just feels so right for me.”

Indeed, it’s a bit of a gay enclave now alongKnox-Henderson, with Adler’s storefront fac-ing gay-owned Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams.“And I suspect there are quite a few more onthe block as well,” Adler adds.

Adler is on a roll — he’llopen three more boutiquesthis summer because, hesays, “I’m not getting any

younger” — but in some ways, business boreshim.

“A typical day for me is spent in my NewYork pottery studio, getting dirty and takingcredit for my team’s creativity,” he jokes. “Mygoal as a designer is to ignore strategy andbranding and all that business-y stuff. Just fol-low your heart.”

I point to one piece — a bisque lamp whoseimage is a repeated face, which shares an eyewith the face on either side — as one of thestand-outs in the store.

“You picked one of those pieces I’m unbe-lievably proud of,” he beams. “When some-thing looks right, it seems to have been

uncovered rather than created.”Still, Adler owe a lot of his business success

to some Dallas icons.“Todd Oldham is an old sister of mine — he

gave me one of my first breaks in the business,”he says of the Dallas fashion designer. “And heand Simon knew each other independently. Alot of Dallasites have been supporters of me.”He also mentions Carlos Falci, who when hehad a boutique, was one of his first customers.Dallas, he says, appreciates quality.

“I’m a fancy gay, obsessed with quality,” hetrills. “I try to find the best workshops — Isource a lot of my porcelain from China —there’s a reason we call porcelain ‘china.’ But ittakes a lot of work to make stuff with a sense ofjoy. My main focus is making unimpeachablychic items, but I embrace color.”

That palette has helped set him apart in themarketplace. There is a summer-in-the-Hamp-tons vibe to his splashy designs with a strongnod to Palm Beach, but he says it all comesdown to craft. “As a potter, I want to makethings people’s heirs will fight over in the will.”

And that, of course, means a detailed eye andopen idea of what works. He has some favoritethemes — counterculture icons, like peace signs,abound — but Adler is always refining his craft.

“Simon is a writer — his latest book is fuck-ing hilarious — and you know the cliché thatwriting is rewriting? It’s so true. In any creativepursuit, it takes analysis, patience, resilience …whether writing or potting. It’s a torturedprocess.”

It’s at this point that Doonan, who has beenlurking around the store for a half hour, wan-ders over, vogueing his way next to Adler toadd his two cents — although with Doonan,it’s more like five dollars.

“Our home looks like this with some vintagethrown in,” he says in that distinctive pixieishaccent. “That’s the secret to Jonathan’s success:So many designers inflict their works on thegeneral public but don’t use it themselves.”

And fashion designers who come out at theend of their runway shows in Keds and a GapT? Doonan hates it.

“You want us to slap down $500 for thatpant and you don’t wear your own clothes?And they all have menswear lines now, sothere’s no excuse for it anymore,” he says.”Adler concurs.

“I design it all for myself,” he says. “The mir-acle of my life is that I’ve created a job where Iget to make everything I want.”

And we get to share it. •

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POT & POPPERS & ’SHROOMS, OH MY! | Jonathan Adler and husband Simon Doonan show off some of the cheek-meets-chic items at Adler’s boutique in Knox-Henderson. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

Potter extraordinaire Jonathan

Adler brings his happy-chic

accessorizing skills to his new

Dallas boutique


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For hairstylist Robert Habeeb,

moving to Dallas was a rebirth

DrawingDallas

Name and age: Robert Habeeb, 35

Occupation: Hairstylist, Avalon Salon in the West Village

Spotted: Along Turtle Creek walking his dog, Tashi

Born and raised on Long Island, N.Y., Robert is the son of first-generation Palestinian parents, and the oldest of four

siblings. His parents were married after only a week of knowing one another and have been together 36 years. As

the first-born son of a traditional and religious family, Robert found his coming out at 22 very difficult.

His mother's career in the beauty industry provided young Robert with access to mannequins with human hair; he

created his first braids at 6. Since then, he has made it his career, working in the industry for 17 years and earning

accolades. For eight years, he worked in New York at a salon and as a makeover artist for television shows such

as Maury Povich, Sally Jessy Raphael and Rikki Lake. As the senior stylist at Avalon Salon, Robert works with a

great team of stylists and colorists and mentors up-and-coming stylists. He has also volunteered his formidable

talents to numerous fundraisers, including runway shows.

How much is that doggie? He adopted an adorable Shih-tzu, Tashi, from a rescue organization (Tzu Zoo Rescue).

His hobbies include a love of plays and musicals, cooking, fitness training and dining out.

Not easily impressed, this princely, handsome Scorpio values quality over quantity. He strives to keep the spiritual,

mental and physical aspects of his life in balance. "I'm one of those people that will take a risk. I follow my gut and

trust my instinct."

Born again. Robert considers his move to Dallas more than nine years ago a rebirth. "I feel like I grew up here be-

cause I got a chance to live my life as I want to live it."


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profileNeedlesexchangeShocking ‘Drag Race’ winner

Sharon Needles heads to Dallas

For three seasons, one thing youcould count on about RuPaul’sDrag Race was that it would al-

ways come down at the end to a battleof the glamourpusses … and the mostglamorous would invariably win.

Then came Sharon Needles.In the most recent season of Drag

Race, which ended this past spring,Sharon immediately stood out as an earlyfavorite for her shocking, Elvira-likemakeup and equally bizarre behavior anddark humor. Even her name proved divisiveamong the viewers. So when she made it tothe final three, almost every fan of the showwas rooting for her to win. And she did.

Just don’t tell her you appreciate how crazy look-ing she is.

“I definitely take my beauty seriously,” Needles saysdefensively. “It’s very important that Sharon have a senseof glamour so I can sell it. It’s a compromise between Holly-wood glamour and true shock drag — American consumerismas underground punk performance art.”

If that sounds oddly highfalutin, you’re beginning to understandthe smart appeal of Sharon Needles. And you can experience it in per-son this week, when she performs at the Rose Room.

“I’m still wondering who shot J.R.,” she says about heranticipation around her first visit to Dallas.

Needles won after a surprising rules change in whichafter the entire season aired, RuPaul took into accountviewer votes before deciding the winner. So while theyfilmed the last regular episode last August, “I found outI’d won on TV, like everyone else.,” she says. If you thinkthe suspense was killing her, well, not so much.

“In that whole time, I never thought about winning — it was the lastthing that went through my mind. I think that was true [of the other final-ists as well]. I just wanted to be the queen of the underground. Instant famebeing attached to something mainstream [never occurred to me],” she says.Still, Needles thinks she knows why she did strike a chord with viewers.

“I think it was the year for it. For past seasons, we’ve had the super-model, the beauty queen and the diva. And this was the year to remindpeople that drag is fun and not about being perfect. We are celebrities ofgay communities because we give them something to laugh at while we letour hair down.”

So what astonished her most about the experience of being on TV? “Iwas most shocked at how honest I was because I am a compulsive liar,”she says. But there was something she wasn’t prepared for.

“I was raised via television but I never thought about the fourth wall —the clipboards, the director, the camera, the lighting … seeing it all did takeaway some of the magic of Hollywood. And I have more of an appreciationfor me, for Aaron [Needles’ real name]. Some drag queens put on highheels but don’t transform into another person. So to step outside of Sharonand Aaron and see how I pulled it off? I have to applaud myself.”

Needles thinks of her alter ego not just as a character, but as a real entitywith which she joins to create an artistic moment — it’s just that she plies

that art in the milieu of drag.“I’m so protective over Sharon — I want her to be beauti-

ful, spooky and stupid. So I told myself going in I was nevergonna fight, and I was never gonna cry. And I think I cried within the firsttwo hours. The fantasy [of drag] is our armor, our shield, and the showtook away our weapons. We had to fight, love, live, cry and strut as whowe are. I’m a sensitive guy. Being Sharon is so taxing — to be constantlyon and witty, bat-shit crazy and stupid? I carried the façade as long as Icould.”

The victory was accompanied by a fat paycheck and instant notoriety,but really, those have had only minor impacts on Needles’ attitude or art.

“The biggest change in my life is I’m not paying the electric bill withpennies, though I still can’t buy anything over $70 without having apanic attack,” she says. “And I can no longer go into a gay bar and talkshit with the bartender. I thought fame was a feeling, but it isn’t; it canonly be felt by the people who see you.”

The show she’ll perform in Dallas “is always evolving. I tweak it for theneeds of each city. In Dallas they say everything’s big. So I’m interested inseeing your big wigs and big dicks,” she laughs. “I know the Texas queenscan take themselves very seriously but I want to demonstrate that there is amessy side of drag and I’m looking forward to sharing that.”

And, she says, doing what all drag queens aspire to: “When it comesdown to it, I’m a grown man in a teenaged girl’s clothes entertainingdrunks.” •

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Sharon Needles may be

stupid, but she occupies a

glamorous world ... at least

in her mind.

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SHARON NEEDlES

The Rose Room at Station 4,3911 Cedar Springs Road. June 28at 9 p.m.. $5 cover. Caven.com.


For three seasons, one thing youcould count on about RuPaul’sDrag Race was that it would al-

ways come down at the end to a battleof the glamourpusses … and the mostglamorous would invariably win.

Then came Sharon Needles.In the most recent season of Drag

Race, which ended this past spring,Sharon immediately stood out as an earlyfavorite for her shocking, Elvira-likemakeup and equally bizarre behavior anddark humor. Even her name proved divisiveamong the viewers. So when she made it tothe final three, almost every fan of the showwas rooting for her to win. And she did.

Just don’t tell her you appreciate how crazy look-ing she is.

“I definitely take my beauty seriously,” Needles saysdefensively. “It’s very important that Sharon have a senseof glamour so I can sell it. It’s a compromise between Holly-wood glamour and true shock drag — American consumerismas underground punk performance art.”

If that sounds oddly highfalutin, you’re beginning to understandthe smart appeal of Sharon Needles. And you can experience it in per-son this week, when she performs at the Rose Room.

“I’m still wondering who shot J.R.,” she says about heranticipation around her first visit to Dallas.

Needles won after a surprising rules change in whichafter the entire season aired, RuPaul took into accountviewer votes before deciding the winner. So while theyfilmed the last regular episode last August, “I found outI’d won on TV, like everyone else.,” she says. If you thinkthe suspense was killing her, well, not so much.

“In that whole time, I never thought about winning — it was the lastthing that went through my mind. I think that was true [of the other final-ists as well]. I just wanted to be the queen of the underground. Instant famebeing attached to something mainstream [never occurred to me],” she says.Still, Needles thinks she knows why she did strike a chord with viewers.

“I think it was the year for it. For past seasons, we’ve had the super-model, the beauty queen and the diva. And this was the year to remindpeople that drag is fun and not about being perfect. We are celebrities ofgay communities because we give them something to laugh at while we letour hair down.”

So what astonished her most about the experience of being on TV? “Iwas most shocked at how honest I was because I am a compulsive liar,”she says. But there was something she wasn’t prepared for.

“I was raised via television but I never thought about the fourth wall —the clipboards, the director, the camera, the lighting … seeing it all did takeaway some of the magic of Hollywood. And I have more of an appreciationfor me, for Aaron [Needles’ real name]. Some drag queens put on highheels but don’t transform into another person. So to step outside of Sharonand Aaron and see how I pulled it off? I have to applaud myself.”

Needles thinks of her alter ego not just as a character, but as a real entitywith which she joins to create an artistic moment — it’s just that she plies

that art in the milieu of drag.“I’m so protective over Sharon — I want her to be beauti-

ful, spooky and stupid. So I told myself going in I was nevergonna fight, and I was never gonna cry. And I think I cried within the firsttwo hours. The fantasy [of drag] is our armor, our shield, and the showtook away our weapons. We had to fight, love, live, cry and strut as whowe are. I’m a sensitive guy. Being Sharon is so taxing — to be constantlyon and witty, bat-shit crazy and stupid? I carried the façade as long as Icould.”

The victory was accompanied by a fat paycheck and instant notoriety,but really, those have had only minor impacts on Needles’ attitude or art.

“The biggest change in my life is I’m not paying the electric bill withpennies, though I still can’t buy anything over $70 without having apanic attack,” she says. “And I can no longer go into a gay bar and talkshit with the bartender. I thought fame was a feeling, but it isn’t; it canonly be felt by the people who see you.”

The show she’ll perform in Dallas “is always evolving. I tweak it for theneeds of each city. In Dallas they say everything’s big. So I’m interested inseeing your big wigs and big dicks,” she laughs. “I know the Texas queenscan take themselves very seriously but I want to demonstrate that there is amessy side of drag and I’m looking forward to sharing that.”

And, she says, doing what all drag queens aspire to: “When it comesdown to it, I’m a grown man in a teenaged girl’s clothes entertainingdrunks.” •

Although the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Pa-rade is still a few months off, Dallas can still getout to celebrate National Pride Month. Specialevents have sprouted around North Texas tooffer fellowship and fun — and maybe a cock-tail or two.

Resource Center Dallas get Pride off theground — way off —with its Pride Power Houron the Wet Deck of the W Hotel (that’s the 16thfloor, folks) on June 28. An open deck looksover Dallas providing a grand backdrop. Fash-ion models will preview swimwear and ac-tivewear on a runway while the communityenjoys nibbles and drinks. The admission priceincludes three “sips” to get your drink started.Those who make it will also be automaticallyentered in the prize drawing of a free night’sstay at the hotel. DJ Avenger will be your musicguide for the night and most of all, proceedsfrom the Power Hour will benefit the RCD.

“This event will be the perfect way to kick offthe Center’s upcoming The 5 Factor eventscheduled for Thursday, Sept. 27,” RCD execu-tive director Cece Cox says. “The needs of ourcommunity, and the services we provide, don’ttake a summer break.”

W Dallas Victory Hotel, 2440 Victory ParkLane. June 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can bepurchased at the door.

North Texas Pride out of Collin County willcelebrate the gayburbs with its second annualCome As You Are party on Saturday at Tier-ney’s Tavern in Lewisville. The party includeslive music by the Ducado Vega Band with DJFierce on the turntables. With a decked-outvenue, the party will feature carnival-like activi-ties, vendor booths, raffle and door prizes. Theevent also benefits C.U.R.E. and Health Servicesof North Texas. North Texas Pride PlanningCommittee chair Morris Garcia spearheads theevent once again.

“In 2011, [my partner] Tim and I decided tohave a first-ever Pride event in Collin County,

one of the most conservative counties in Texas,because we felt there was a long overdue needto demonstrate to the communities here thatthere is a GLBTA element that needed to be rec-ognized as good citizens and contributors to thecommunity,” Garcia says. “More importantly,we wanted to celebrate and be proud of whowe are, thus the theme, Come As You Are.”

And don’t think suburban gays party lesshard. The night continues with an after-hourspool party at the neighboring Best Western Plus.Hotel discounts are available for attendees.

Tierney’s Tavern, 208 E. Main St., Lewisville.June 23 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 online and $15 atthe door. NorthTexasPride.com.

As part of the city of Dallas’ June PrideWednesdays, Fahari Arts Institute directorHarold Steward will moderate Lift Every Voice:How the LGBT Community Contributes to theCity of Dallas. The conversation with organiza-tion and community leaders is the final of thecity’s events held throughout the month.

City Hall, 1500 Marilla St., 6th floor, June 27 atnoon.

Dallas Frontrunners will celebrate a year ofreorganizing with an Anniversary Run on June23. Last year during National Pride, the grouprelaunched under the leadership of Lin Wangand has thrived into a successful communityathletic group.

The run isn’t an official 5K, but instead is partof the group’s weekly Saturday fun-run. For theanniversary, however, the group invites every-one to join the Frontrunners.

Since last year’s relaunch, the group has gar-nered enough cred to host the first-ever DallasPride Run, to be held in September. Dallas Fron-trunners will extend its reach by inviting groupsoutside of the city and incorporating a differenttype of event during the Pride festivities then.•

Along the Katy Trail near Knox Street. June 23 at8:30 am. FrontrunnersDallas.org.

— Rich Lopez

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WAVE YOUR FLAG | Pride takes many forms in Dallas from a high-in-the-sky happy hour by the Re-

source Center to lacing up those running shoes for a celebratory jog with Frontrunners Dallas.

Riding the rainbowCelebrations across North Texas commemorate National Pride Month


It hasn’t been around too long, but alreadyPrimebar — which opened in the Maguire’s Up-town space on the distaff side of Cedar Springs— has become that curious but frequently morecommon hot spot: One that boasts a mixedcrowd of straight-guy beer bubbas elbow-to-elbow with faboo gay brunchers while sportsplay on the TVs.

It’s said that the most segregated day of theweek in America is Sunday, when churches be-come bastions of different races worshipping inisolation. It is kinda that way at Primebar’s week-end brunch, with gays and straights establishingbulwarks across from each other but living inpeaceful cohabitation.

There’s something gratifying about the mixedcustomer base, which on each visit has appearedan almost 50-50 split of hetero and homo couples.It might not be the same as sharing the Eucharist,but it warms my spirit nonetheless.

So, what is Primebar? Ecumenical Uptowneatery? Sports bar-cum-gastropub? Meta-gay barwith cool hetero clientele?

I haven’t figured it out yet. I doubt it has, ei-ther.

You sense that despite the word “bar” in itsname (and not, notably, the ubiquitous “andgrill”), Primebar wants to be more than a tavernwhere folks gather for a brew and a bowl ofpeanuts. Uptown — especially this finger of it,with The Common Table, The Stoneleigh P andNick & Sam’s Grill all within shoutin’ distance —is a competitive neighborhood for bars that servebetter-than-average pub-grub and want to beconsidered foodie destinations. Televisions visi-

ble from every cranny, blaring sports and newswithout abatement, have become de rigueur evenat high-end steakhouses like Al Biernat’s and Hi-biscus. Tickling the taste buds has become essen-tial.

Primebar makes inroads into that realm withseveral items that take a step above the usual barfood. The loaded kettle chips ($7.99), with bacon,a melt of tart, chunky bleu cheese and sprinkledof giardiniere (pickled cauliflower, carrots andchives). On several occasions, its appeal has de-pended on how quickly it comes from kitchen totable. When fast, it’s fine, likable pub grub, withtangy flavors under the crisp warmth of crunchybut thin discs of potato; when slow, the chips getcold and soggy. Try ordering them anyway; youmight luck out.

Much of the menu — especially the brunchmenu — is better than expected, such as the cala-mari ($9.99). It’s a dish often overdone andunder-delivered, but Primebar gets its versionright: Crisp as a corporal’s dress shirt with a fla-vorful lemon aioli and spicy cocktail sauce fordipping. With caramelized bananas foster and agarnish of nuts, the French toast ($10.99) standsout; the bananas with syrup manage not to besickly sweet, in part probably because the bread— thick-cut and grilled with a lovely edge — isso hearty and well-prepared.

The braised beef hash ($9.99) sounded satisfy-ing and unique: Hash with tender cuts of meat?I’m there. But the presentation was a disappoint-ment. It came not really hash-style but withchunky cuts of skillet potatoes that never meldedwith the beef. The choron sauce (a béarnaiseturned red by the addition of tomato) merelyoverwhelmed it. On the other hand, the braisedbeef itself was fatty and moist, with just enoughsmokiness. (The carnivore’s omelet seemed to

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CARDIAC BURGER | If you take the time to make a gourmet burger with bacon, gouda and fried egg on

top, why not also grill up a thick-cut single patty?

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have the same base of beef as the hash — it’s abetter choice if you’re a hash snob like I am.)

I know some people who insist Primebar isworth recommending for the Wednesday burgerdeal alone; I’m undecided. Yes, the most indul-gent of the burgers, topped with a fried egg,bacon strips and gouda ($9.99), is a cardiac de-light: Tall and impressively filling with flavorsthat fan out across your palate. But the burgershere are double-patty, something you expectmore from fast-food than a restaurant trying toprove its foodie cred. The taste is fine, but the realchallenge would be a thick slab of beef with thatcharcoal crust and rich, medium rare meat inside.At least the sliders are meant to be more bite-sized … and again, good iterations of traditionalbar food. It seems to have mastered that.

What it hasn’t mastered is service, which,while friendly, has always wavered between suf-ficient and sloppy. At one brunch, our waitressnever even glanced our way until well after ourmeal was over and we wanted the check, eventhough there were few customers; drinks havegone unrefilled for too long, and the wait be-tween appetizers and entrees on one visit pushedthe limit. (It’s definitely straight-guy resto service,where girls apologize with a flash of teeth behind

a flirtatious grin, more than a sincere verbal ex-pression of regret.)

A restaurant slash bar slash neighborhoodhang slash whatever, especially in Uptown, prob-ably doesn’t need an identity; that’ll come as theclientele self-orients what they want it to be, andthe management adapts. I imagine in a fewmonths, the Primebar I’ve been to will haveevolved. I’ll be curious to see what that is. In themeantime, I bet its gay-straight alliance known asSunday Funday will continue to attract a diversecrowd drawn to the patio where mimosas andFrench toast live in exquisite harmony with therest of us. •


Prime exampleGastropub or meta-gay sports bar? Uptown’s Primebar isn’t even certain

Summer menusSummertime, and the living is

easy — unless, of course, you’re

a Copper River salmon from

Alaska, then it’s certain death.

But what a noble way to go.

The season officially kicked off

this week, and many high-end

restaurants are unveiling their

new menus, taking advantage of

the fresh and light fare we de-

mand of the warmer months.

It’s a hike to Season 52 in

Plano, though it won’t be for

much longer; another location will

open in the old McCormick &

Schmick’s place in NorthPark

Center by December. Until then, you’ll just have to

take the drive north along the Tollway to experience

one of the better concepts in healthy cooking.

It’s easy to poo-poo Seasons 52 as corporate

cooking (it’s part of the Darden group, which in-

cludes fast-casual chains like Red Lobster); it would

also be a mistake. With a philosophy premised on

healthy eating — no dish on the menu exceeds 475

calories, and butter has been relegated to a faint

memory — the kitchen is full of alchemists, solving

the Rubik’s Cube of low-cal flavor. And it succeeds

astonishingly well.

The salmon (pictured, available only for a few

more weeks) proves the point: The piece I had

there recently was about as fine as any fish I’ve

ever eaten. Richly colored and judiciously seasoned

with only a dill sauce and lemon, it’s sauteed skin-

on trapping the moistness of the flesh, compli-

mented by a lively corn risotto.

The Copper River salmon is merely the star of an

excellent menu, which also includes a new lobster

spring roll (fresh and accompanied by a trio of sal-

sas, the best being an elegant spicy-sweet chili

chutney) and a complex and diverse vegetarian

tasting menu that includes a grilled beefsteak

tomato covered in tapenade and a mini chile rel-

leno. These all join the standardbearers of Seasons

52’s fare: the crisp flatbreads, the bone-in strip

steak and the desserts, especially the key lime pie

and carrot cake, that cap off a great summer menu.

The NorthPark shop can’t open fast enough for me.

Closer to Downtown is The Pyramid inside the

Fairmont Hotel, which continues to explore local so-

lutions to the issue of inventive New American cui-

sine with a menu it debuted on Wednesday.

Something that always impresses me at Pyramid

is how the small things are almost more important

than the big ones. The technique is simple, clean

and approachable (often using items from the on-

site garden). That’s why a mere corn ravioli — wide

as a child’s eye, and topped with a sliver of chicken

skin — could be the best new item here, as deftly

rendered as a bit of pasta can be. Fresh corn just

sings of summer.

So does watermelon salad, compressed so that

it’s dense but refined, with the tang of sangria and

feta. (Add a punch of salt to draw out the flavors

even more.) There’s salmon here, too, served as

medallions wrapped in leeks, and one of The Pyra-

mid’s traditional strengths: A torchon of foie gras

that’s creamy and floral. Food like this makes the

Texas heat bearable.

— A.W.J.

Visit DallasVoice.com for more photos from

Seasons 52 and The Pyramid’s summer menus.

OVERALL RATINGPrimebar,

2520 CedarSprings Road.Open daily forlunch and din-ner and week-end brunch.Reservations ac-cepted. Available onOpenTable. Prime-barDallas.com.

Excellentbrunch items al-most make up for sloppy service and a vibe that can’tquite decide what it wants to be.

Moderate

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Service:

Price:


Aussie pop goddess Kylie Minogue has lamented that the U.S.market has been tough for her to break into. But after a quartercentury, she’s done fine without it. With 11 albums under her belt,Kylie Minogue may play second (or even third or fourth) to hersuperstar contemporaries Madonna and Janet Jackson in the U.S.,but she’s on equal footing everywhere else in the known universe,and The Best of Kylie Minogue reminds fans that she’s deservingof that recognition.

As part of her “K25,” Minogue is unabashedly celebrating hertenure as a pop diva with her Anti Tour, the badass single “Time-bomb” (strangely, not among this compilation) and anothergreatest hits collection (her fifth) that includes a DVD of hermusic videos. Her fans selected the 21 tracks on this CD, whichdoesn’t leave much room for surprises. For diehards,Minogue hasn’t delivered much that’s exciting, butthis disc serves as a primer for newer converts or thecurious.

With no extra remastering or remixing, the CDplays as its intended: A spectrum of her big hits fromthe 25 years. But what does it say about the singer?

Later songs, like “Can’t Get You Outta of My Head”and “All the Lovers,” are light-years away from herearly singles, yet she’s kept throughout a simple popapproach. Sometimes her lyrics are silly, even elemen-tary, but they are also playful and enjoyable — andthat’s really what pop music should be.

Famously tied to the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team,Minogue struck big early on with “I Should Be So Lucky” and“Better the Devil You Know.” With SAW on her side, those tuneswere radio-friendly, blending in nicely with fellow SAW contem-poraries Rick Astley and Donna Summer. The squeaky-cleandance beats and abundance of synthed-out drums was formula fora mid-’80s hit. But they sound here like the original tracks withproduction muted against her more recent singles.

The album isn’t compiled chronologically — “Can’t Get YouOutta of My Head” opens the set — so Minogue’s progression ishard to keep track of. Also, it doesn’t do justice to some of her hits.Pitting the nostalgic sound of “Devil” against the edgier “Kids”duet with Robbie Williams is a schizo choice. Her teen-bop songs

dull the excitement of her more mature releases. The better parts come when songs like “I Believe In

You” and “In My Arms” play and don’t immediatelyregister as her signature hits: Jake Shears and Babydaddyhelped Minogue garner a Grammy nod for the formerwhile trendy producer Calvin Harris was already work-ing with the singer before moving on to Rihanna.

Then there are those other (ahem) “hits.” Her covers of“Tears on My Pillow” is sweet, but reminds me more ofTracey Ullman’s attempt at nostalgic happy days. AndKool and the Gang’s “Celebration”? If there’s ever asong not to cover, this is it — not because it is a classicthat should remain untouched, but because it’s like re-

making a meh song to begin with. Her version even tames it downa bit. Just pass on the cheese.

The Best of Kylie proves that her longevity and perseverance arenothing to balk at. Yes, the U.S. can be fickle, and it can make orbreak a young artist. Kylie didn’t get that leg-up. Instead, shewrangled the rest of the world around her and has made her ownhistory of chart-toppers and CD sales with enough American fans(read: gay boys) to keep her well afloat on these shores. •

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THE BEST OF KYLIEKylie Minogue

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KYLIE ELEISON | Minogue’s longevity cements her as one of the

world’s (if not U.S.’s) major divas.

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The Scissor Sis-ters aren’t partic-ularly shy aboutproudly embroi-dering a pasticheof campy influ-ences upon theirsleeves. There’snothing wrongwith that …when it works.When firing onall cylinders, thegroup producesan ecstatic cele-bration of allthings campy,disco-y anddance-y. Which isto say, they cele-brate the huge in-fluence gay culture has had on pop music — aninfluence that, despite certain amounts of recog-nition, has never really been given its due.

When it first broke, disco was met with awave of derision and contempt (some of it quiteviolent, as in the record-burning frenzy at DiscoDemolition Night in Chicago’s Komiskey Parkin 1979, where nearly 60,000 people seta pyre of disco records in a blur ofbeer, spittle and vitriol.) Self-ordained“defenders” of “real” music, the DiscoSucks movement may have seemedcomical at the time, but, as writer BenMyers recently wrote, “the unspokensubtext was obvious: disco music wasfor homosexuals and black people.” Inthe ’70s, ’80s and even much of the’90s, that was not a compliment, andas disco morphed into other styles ofdance music, homophobic and racistderision segregated disco from “serious” popu-lar music (as if there ever were such a thing).

It’s all the more delicious, then, for us to findout that the Scissor Sisters latest album, MagicHour, features collaborations with such hugelyinfluential and respected artists as Diplo, AzealiaBanks, Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams and AlexRidha — some of today’s brightest talents indance/pop/hip-hop. Those slashes are inten-tional; as house music continues to impress uponhip-hop, and hip-hop continues to act as the pri-mary musical influence in American culture, thethree remain interlocked, carrying the legacy ofdisco into the mainstream —sweet revenge onthe Disco Suck-ers.

With such a pedigree of old-school and van-guard melding, Magic Hour could have —should have — lived up to its potential as the ul-timate genre mash-up. Instead, the album disap-points on many fronts.

At first, it works. The initial track, “Baby

Come Home,” is a poppy jaunt through gaydance territory, based on a funky little EltonJohn-type piano riff with top notes of Wham!melodies and disco falsettos. Sisters recall muchof that old-school Elton with their raw abandonto dive emphatically into their dance tracks. It in-troduces an air of optimism.

The buzz fades quickly, however.Track 2, “Keep Your Shoes,” tries tokeep it Prince-funky but can’t com-mit, and as the record unfolds, it be-comes clear that Jake Shears andBabydaddy (the primary songwritersin the band) have failed to take ad-vantage of the stable of talent on-board. Instead, they rely perplexinglyon a handful of ballads, begging thequestion, “If the hired hands havemasterminded several of the pastdecade’s best high-tempo dancefloor

bangers, why waste these talents on a slowjam?”

Still, the high points are hopeful, and point to-ward a direction where the hybrid dance genre isgoing. The Harris and Ridha-produced “Onlythe Horses” finds that addictive little groovewhich holds house and disco together, where theintermingling of organic sound (simple, effectivepiano chords) and digital (tight drum machinebeats and dancefloor-friendly synth lines) boband weave around Shears’ soaring vocals. (It’sno surprise this is the album’s lead single.)

“Only the Horses” is disco-y and house-y, yes,and in that it is the sound of the past. It also isthe sound of the future, one in which music “forhomosexuals and black people” rules the air-waves instead of being ridiculed on them. Yet itbears the burden of being one of too few strongtracks on here; it’s unfortunate that the rest ofMagic Hour doesn’t quite make it there. •

— Jonana Widner

Where’s the magic?Scissor Sisters wastes big-name talent (including their own) on ‘Magic Hour’

MAGIC HOURScissor Sisters

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BLUNT SCISSORS | The Scissor Sisters reach some high points with ‘Magic Hour,’

but fail to keep that magic throughout the rest of the album.

CedarSpringsThe most eclecticstreet in DallasFor more info and an

in-depth merchant map

on where to shop, stay,

dine and play, visit:

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CedarSpringsThe most eclecticstreet in DallasFor more info and an

in-depth merchant map

on where to shop, stay,

dine and play, visit:

www.shopcedarsprings.com/merchants.asp

Crossroads Connection


M ainstream culture continues to argue pub-licly about “the gay debate:” Is it innate ora choice? Behavior or orientation? Worthy

of marriage protection or too ho-hum. We’ve heardall that before, and for a lot longer than talk radio hasbeen discussing it.

No, inside the LGBT community is another “gaydebate,” one that no one hasever reached consensus on:To shave or not to shave?

As gay issues go, it mayseem less political than em-ployment rights or marriageequality, but it’s no less furi-ous within the community,covering all manner of sub-categories: “Masculine” ver-sus effeminate; twink versusbear; au naturel versus man-scaping.

The new book Fur: TheLove of Hair doesn’t comeany closer to resolving the

debate than we have as a culture. But it’s sure has alot of fun raising the issues.

You can tell just by the subtitle what side the editors, RonSuretha and Scott McGillivray, fall on. Fur revels gloriously in thepursuit of the hirsute, with enticing, downright erotic drawings,photos and renderings of men (all, presumably, gay) enjoying theirown woolly natures and those of their fellow bears. There arenudes (some couples — or more) and closeups of body parts thatdevelop their own fuzzy ecosystems, from beards to legs to othernether regions. There are realistic drawings and impressionist

paintings from a slate of artists and photographers. There arebutch as well as tender pictures of hair- and tattoo-covered men ofall shapes and sizes. As a coffee-table book, it’s not somethingyou’ll want to leave out while grandma is over.

But there’s more to it that the stunning images we’ve come toexpect from publisher Bruno Gmunder. There are also essays thatextol the virtues of hairiness (hair makes man appear larger,stronger and more mature, they opine — advantages in heteromating as well as the gay sex ritual). There are quotations from

fur-lovers, and an explication of “bear codes” and its role in cul-ture from fashion to fetish to politics. In short, Fur is an exhaustiveand historical look at the meaning of manhood from the POV ofthe follicle.

Go ahead and shave if you must; admire the boys who look asfresh as pealed pears. You can probably avoid this. But Fur doessuch a thorough job at capturing the wonderment of body hair,you might actually find yourself convinced to put away the clip-pers, at least for awhile, and admire the brute beauty of scruff. •

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lookout!The fuzz!New book ‘Fur’ explores the glories

of woolly masculinity in gay culture


HIRSUTE PURSUIT | ‘Fur’ not only features sexy (sometimes erotic) photos and drawings of hairy men, but essays that explore the appeal of fur in gay culture.

FUR: THE LOVE OF HAIREdited by Ron Sureshaand Scott McGillivray

(Bruno Gmunder 2012).$63; 256 pp. TLA.com.


HIRSUTE PURSUIT | ‘Fur’ not only features sexy (sometimes erotic) photos and drawings of hairy men, but essays that explore the appeal of fur in gay culture.

A white house with a picket fence may soundtrite, but if you believe sitcoms from the ‘50s,that’s the ideal: Father wears a hat every dayand mom fills the house with the smell of bak-ing cookies. But for Zach Wahls’ family, nothingwas quite so traditional — and a picket hasnothing to do with a fence.

In his new memoir My Two Moms, Wahls —the Iowa teen who became an Internet sensa-tion a few months ago — explains how he wasa member of an unusual family. Mother Terrywas an unmarried internal medi-cine physician at a Wisconsinhospital when she decided shewas ready for children. It tooksome convincing — IVF doctorssaid they did not “do” illegiti-mate children.

A few years later, she repeated the procedureand gave her son a biological sister. It was icingon the cake when Terry met Jackie and they fellin love. For most of his early childhood, Zachdidn’t think much about the fact that he had twomoms. It was no big deal to other kids, so it wasno big deal to him. When the family moved toIowa to live closer to Terry’s mother, though,Wahls encountered teasing and bullying.

His mothers had raised him with values andcharacter. They taught him that boys and girlsare equal but different and that there is no “bet-ter” gender. They showed him that the world israrely black and white. He learned that wordscan hurt, and so can being told that you haveno rights.

From his “Short Mom,” he learned the mean-ing of commitment and loyalty; “Tall Mom”taught him cheerfulness. And when Zach wasasked to testify in front of the Iowa House Judi-

ciary Committee, both moms’lessons of bravery were evident.

Looking for a book that willwarm your heart and make youproud of young men like this?My Two Moms will do the trick.Wahls (with Bruce Littlefield)

bounces from thought to thought in this mem-oir, giving us half a story here, half there, andsomething completely different in between.That’s appealing, in an eager-puppy sort ofway, but this literary spill makes a mess some-times.

Still, Wahls’ main message boldly holds thisbook together and overcomes the chaos to shinethrough. Love is love is love, he shows his read-

ers, and gender doesn’t make any difference.Gender is not what makes a family.

Wahls seems to be essentially asking,“What’s the big deal?” The answer lies in hisstory. It is — and yet, in its ordinariness, it isvery, very important to acknowledge that notall families have picket fences. They don’t needthem when there’s love. •

— Terri Schlichenmeyer

Mother love

MY TWO MOMSby Zach Wahls with Bruce

Littlefield. (Gotham Books, 2012).$26; 234 pp.

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W ith Milk Day last month and Gay Pridecelebrated throughout June, San Fran-cisco is on the mind of many gays who

respected the openly gay member of the city’sboard of supervisors. More than 30 years later,SF is still a symbol of gay culture the world over.

A map of the City by the Bay is a catalogue offamiliarly named neighborhoods and pop cul-ture landmarks: The Castro, Russian Hill, TheEmbarcadero, Chinatown, The Presidio. There isno one San Francisco experience, though cer-tainly there are touristy things to do, like head-ing to Fishermen’s Wharf. Try to avoid them. Ordon’t, but know you’re not necessarily in for aunique experience (the eateries and “boutiques”on the Wharf are as generic as Iowa.)

Still, even the ordinary can seem extraordi-nary in SF. For instance, wandering the Haight-Ashbury District is “touristy,” but still worth it.In what other way can the MUNI be trans-formed into a time machine?

There’s plenty of public transport here, but itcan be confusing, with BART (Bay Area RapidTransit) and the MUNI (the city-wide bus andrail system) separate but somewhat parallel sys-

tems that often share the same stations but arepriced differently. Get a Clipper card, which isaccepted at both, and just keep track of what youneed to ride. You’ll definitely want to use theMUNI — San Francisco is an impossibly hillytown that might wear out car-happy flatlanderslike us Texans. And the famed cable cars aren’tall that common, and can be luxuries to ridewith long waits. (Many of the MUNI buses looklike cable cars, similar to Dallas’ McKinney Av-enue Trolley system.)

San Fran (which no one here would ever callit; ditto “Frisco”) is dense with restos, so youcan eat 1,000 ways, from Tex-Mex (not bad,though Dallas has it beat) to Chinese (real, au-thentic flavors) to almost any other kind ofcuisine you can imagine. It’s also a cash-friendly city, especially at the many mom-and-pop coffeehouses and neighborhood bodegasand brunch spots where dropping a creditcard will be met with quizzical looks. Theymay be sophisticated, but they keep things offthe books here.

The city is more crunchy-granola than fashion

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GAY GROUND ZERO | The Castro Theater still operates in the famed district that is the center of gay cul-

ture in San Francisco, if not the Western Hemisphere. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

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forward as Los Angeles, or even Dallas — dressfor comfort rather than to impress. And thatmeans a lightweight jacket at all times: Air condi-tioning is a mythical invention here, even in carsand mansions, and the temperature even in sum-mer is brisk and cool. Even the gays dress likethey are in a summer resort town. It’s more KeyWest than West Hollywood … surprising, sincethe temp stays low. Still, on sunny days, DoloresPark just south of The Castro looks like an RSVPCruise deck carpeted with shirtless men.

The Castro is, of course, the gay epicenter ofSan Francisco, or even California, if not theWestern Hemisphere — there are more rain-bows visible here than at a leprechaun conven-tion. Gay boutiques like Phantom and DoesYour Mother Know sell eroticwear, sex toys andporn; local businesses proudly tout camp nameslike The Sausage Factory (a restaurant) andHand Job (a nail salon). It’s a district best ex-plored on your own, though Outfit, which sellstrendy, reasonably priced clubwear, is a goodplace to start.

Bars pepper the neighborhood, of course, andyou can always find the specific atmosphere thatsuits you, from the older crowd at Twin Peaks(young locals call it the Glass Coffin, due to itsbig windows and older-skewing crowd) to TheMidnight Sun; its Friday bear night is very pop-ular, especially early with big men and goodhappy hour prices jammed in … at least untilthey move to 440, a more sports-and-leathercrowd, or Edge, which is hipster-nouveau. ToadHall offers a more low-key atmosphere thanmost.

The other gayborhood, Folsom Street, is far-ther away, closer to the barrios of The Missionand Valencia, where you might be lucky enoughto catch a street festival, and can certainly sam-ple food from the taquerias or even RosamundeSausage Grill, famed for its house-madesausages.

The Castro basically abuts Haight-Ashbury tothe west and Market to the east; both have theirappeal. Haight was the center of hippie life in SFduring the ‘60s, and has maintained that vibedespite more corporate additions like Ben &Jerry’s. You can shop vintage clothing stores andrecord shops and roomy bookstores as well asjust people-watch: It’s a sea of long-hairs andstoners and latter-day hipsters, many of whomseem to talk to themselves but are probably of-fering to sell you something.

If you want to buy, go ahead. The Haightbacks up to Golden Gate Park from which waftsa cloud of pop smoke from drop-outs who’vebeen in need of a bath since the Bush Adminis-tration. It’s a dodgy area unless you’re specifi-cally cruising for weed, and the edge of“civilized” San Francisco. (You might hear localssay, “I don’t do the avenues,” code for stickingclose to downtown/east side where the gaybor-hood and tourist spots are concentrated; the av-enues to the west are more residential, on eitherside of the park.)

The other direction from The Castro is MarketStreet, which still maintains a gay-adjacent qual-ity with gay bars like The Lookout and eaterieslike Sweet Inspiration Bakery. Keep walking,

and you’ll eventually encounter the heart ofdowntown, including the gorgeous City Hallwhere Milk and Mayor George Moscone wereassassinated (best viewed from United NationsPlaza). Down a few blocks is lovely WestfieldMall, a beautiful domed monument to con-sumerism, with tons of high-end shops. (It’s notall alternative here — if you missed the Gaultierexhibit while it was in Dallas, you can catch ithere until August.)

A few blocks away, you can stroll the rollingstreets of Chinatown, where main thoroughfareGrand Avenue provides a spine from which toexplore curio shops or delicious (and cheap)dim sum, like at the Grant Place restaurantwhere a platter will set you back less than 10bucks.

The Embarcadero is the bastard child of Seat-tle and NYC, its wharves harkening to PikePlace Market and the South Street Seaport, withits trendy shops, coffeehouses and photo op-friendly views, while the hilly streets and coolweather are pure Pacific Northwest.

Fishermen’s Wharf, which technically startsaround Pier 39 along the Embarcadero, is atourist trap; if the phalanx of foreign families inmatching T-shirts doesn’t clue you in, the pres-ence of Bubba Gump Shrimp, Hard Rock Cafeand overpriced, undermixed cocktails from dullchain restos with names like Wipeout should.But on either side of this area are some worthystops.

Just to the southwest of the wharf is Ghi-radelli Square, home of the famed chocolatier(you get a free piece when you enter the shop).

FORGET IT JAKE | The gate to Chinatown is as

impressive as the shops along hilly Grant Avenue.

(Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

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It’s a beautiful area, with greatviews of the water, including Alcatrazand Sausalito across the Golden GateBridge. The beach is lovely in warmweather — or at least what passes forwarm in San Francisco.

From here, if you have it in you,hike a vertical climb up Russian Hillthat would wind Tenzing Norgay;from here, you not only get a breath-taking vista (including a rare view ofthe Golden Gate Bridge) but a chanceto walk “the crookedest street in theworld,” the tony stretch of Lombardthat snakes through lush landscap-ing. You don’t need a car, you can justwalk the 144 steps to the next block.

On the other end of the Embar-cadero, to the east near downtown,the Ferry Building is the one visitors’gathering place you should seek out.First, its concourse boasts a lot oflocal gems, from Market Bar, a winebistro that offers nice happy hour op-tions including oysters on the halfshell, and Blue Bottle Coffee, wherethey treat java like a national treasure.It’s also where you can catch a boatride.

The ferry ride to nearby Sausalitois a quick and fun one (and with aClipper card less than 10 bucks roundtrip). The boat gets you within pitch-ing distance of Alcatraz Island whileoffering picturesque views of SanFrancisco (from the bay, it resembles a Mediter-ranean port town, or an Indian pueblo encamp-ment carved into the hillside).

Sausalito itself evokes an artsy enclave likeSanta Fe, a charming community especially ifyou like galleries and jewelry shops and bou-tiques (there are scores of them) or just wannawalk along the rocky shore — or even rent abike and pedal around.

For an elegant lunch, go to Scoma’s. There’sone in SF on the wharf, but this one, also on thewater, is better — an old school seafood house,with New England-style clam chowder de-

signed to warm the bones from the breeze off thebay (ask for the dining room with bay views).The Pacific snapper fish tacos here are enor-mous, composed creations, open-faced and driz-zled with crema atop guacamole and pico degallo. And of course, there’s sourdough bread.

Head back to the city, and the vibe changesfrom elegant to kooky. I even saw naked peoplewalking carefree through the streets — appar-ently, it’s legal here. You can instantly tell thetourists — we’re the ones reaching for our cam-eras to take snapshot. In SF, it’s just another dayin paradise. •

CITY OF FERRIES | The Ferry Building, above, and Ghiradelli

Square, below, are two of the touristy things along the Embar-

cadero you actually should seek out. (Arnold Wayne

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200: Ménage à Trois between Daimler, Chrysler and

Mitsubishi.

300: Mercedes E-Class, generations of HEMIs.

Claim to fame:

200: Driven by Eminem.

300: HEMI-powered grandpappy was a NASCAR

champ.

Mad (wo)man alter ego:

200: Peggy Olson.

300: Don Draper

Celebrity most likely to drive car:

200: Joan Rivers.

300: Cary Grant on ’roids.

Action movie identity:

200: Contact, with Jodie Foster.

300: Like you have to ask?

Gay persona:

200: Clay Aiken, numero dos, but still delivers soft

tones.

300: Ricky Martin, smooth muscles and a sexy beat

(gets extra daddy points for his twin boys).

Drinking bourbon:

200: Very Old Barton — barrel aged for six years,

smooth, not expensive.

300: Pappy Van Winkle — an American classic, aged

endlessly in Kentucky for connoisseurs.

Most-desired road:

200: The Sunset Strip on a Saturday night.

300: Wide expanses of West Texas Interstate.

Next generation:

200: Birthed from the suave Alfa Romeo Giulietta.

300: Not fixin’ what’s workin’.

If cars could talk:

200: “Thank God Fiat saved my ass!”

300: “Fiat worships my ass!”

Dinner plans?

200: Yeah, let’s check out the culinary institute’s pre-

view night.

300: Join us at Texas De Brazil — we’re goin’ Dutch!

Paws up:

200: 2, driven from the front.

300: 4, little monster shoves from the rear or with all

four grabbing.

Seats:

200: Leather and heated.

300: Leather, heated, and cooled. Did I mention a

heated steering wheel?

Favorite toys:

200: Boston Acoustics audio, light pipes above head-

lamps.

300: Rear sunscreen controlled from touchscreen,

522 watts of Beats by Dr. Dre to rattle your sista’s closet.

Cupholders:

200: Plastic plugs in the console.

300: Heated and cooled mini-climates to turn your

beverage on.

Wheel size:

200: 17-in. is big enough.

300: 20-in. for those who take more.

Useless fact:

200: Has a 40GB hard drive for music files. Like, who

in Hades stores music onboard a car?

300: Luxury editions have door coverings and con-

soles upholstered with Poltrona Frau Foligno. God save

us if the Italians get hold of our underwear!

Best-effort MPG (city/hwy.):

200: 20/31 with 173hp Inline 4 — bitch, please!

300: 19/31 with 292hp V6 — power to spare and the

endurance to win one for the green team. (Or, go balls

out and get stupid drunk on the 300 SRT8’s 470hp 6.4-

liter V8!)

Imported from:

200: Detroit.

300: Canada.

Base price:

200: $19,000 — young and stylish, wheels for the

Target set.

300: $28,500 — affordable, yet thoroughly-resolved,

right out of a Banana Republic outlet store.

There are two sizes of four-door Chrysler civility: You can steer an unrecognizably face-liftedversion of the Chrysler Sebring (now sold as the 200), or go full-HEMI and get the badassbutch 300. Depending on your budget and fuel thirst — and whether you go for a feminine

ride or a ’roid rager — you can choose the smaller car with an efficient four-cylinder engine or slaymuscular giants with the 300 SRT8. Either way, you’ll have an elegant set of wheels that can take youand four friends to the club in high style. Here are some comparisons to help with your decision: •

ButchFemme

LIfE+StYLE

auto

vs.

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redesigned 200, left, has a soft side,

while the 300, below, maintains its

forceful profile and muscular frame.

CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto [email protected]

Two Chryslers go head-to-head with vastly different profiles.

Is your magic number 200 (the Sebring relaunch) or 300?


Butch


Jersey Boys is something of a musical miracle:A jukebox show about a long-since-relevant popband (you can’t call what the Four Seasons didrock — they were more along the lines of sophis-ticated doo-wop) with a dreadfully banal titlethat manages to defy all expectations on its wayto creating a genuinely engaging and smartnight of theater.It has become easy to disparage the trend of

jukebox musicals; they have become all-tooprevalent on Broadway, basically excuses forstringing together proven hits from specificbands, composers or genres and call that a play.In the last decade or so, we’ve had ABBA(Mamma Mia!), Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire andMillion Dollar Quartet), Green Day (AmericanIdiot), The Gershwins (Nice Work If You Can GetIt), Billy Joel (Movin’ Out), Peter Allen (The Boyfrom Oz), ‘80s hair bands and bad pop (Rock ofAges, Footloose, Xanadu, Urban Cowboy, The Ad-ventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and eventhe hit Irish indie film Once. While some are en-tertaining, even good, they often follow a pre-dictable format, either shoehorning songs into aflimsy plot to maximize hummability or turningthe script into a mere framework around whicha concert is performed.That’s not the case with Jersey Boys. In fact, its

resistance to it parading out Four Seasons songsfrom the first minute to the last is one of thesavviest decisions made by director DesMcAnuff: You’re almost an hour into Act 1 be-fore the first song the ‘60s group was known for,

“Sherry,” is actually sung onstage; the result isyou really want to hear them hits. And then thehits start rolling. And rolling.It’s an avalanche, really.The Four Seasons was neither jazz nor rock,

British invasion nor disco, but squeezed out animpressive 14 Top Ten hits over more than adecade in an era when musical tastes werechanging quickly. Jersey Boys glosses over thechronology (it starts in the late 1940s, thoughyou’d never know it) and the context of theirachievements (they were chart contemporariesof both Ella Fitzgerald and The Captain & Ten-nille), but by telling the story from the perspec-tives of each of the original members — TommyDeVito (Colby Foytik), Bob Gaudio (Jason Kap-pus), Nick Massi (Brandon Andrus) and FrankieValli (Brad Weinstock) — it explains away the in-consistencies. It’s a memory play, with catchytunes filling in the gaps.It also doesn’t have to bend over backward to

work the songs in, since The Four Seasons hasthree No. 1 hits in rapid succession, and the oth-ers tended to bespeak changes in the group andsociety. And the backstory of the group real is aportrait of Jersey goombahs done good, toldwith a fluid cinematic style — it’s what a musicalby Martin Scorsese would probably look like.And some sexy goombahs they are. The cast

of Jersey Boys is always prettier than the actualmooks who sang the original songs. They are acharming quartet (OK, Foytik, as the bully De-Vito, the Momma Rose of this band of gypsies, is

Sing like a manIt’s a season of manly musicals, from ‘Jersey Boys’ to ‘Oklahoma!’

ARNOlD WAYNE JONEs | Life+Style [email protected]

OH WHAT A NIGHT | Frankie Valli (Brad Weinstock, front) and the Four Seasons had a remarkably diverse

recording career in the infectiously likable musical ‘Jersey Boys,’ now at the Winspear Opera House.

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convincing if not appealing): Kappus is goofy-lovable, Andrus ahulking honey and Weinstock a tiny firecracker. He doesn’t soundall that much like Valli — he’s far too nasal, not genuinely falsetto— but his acting chops are solid. So are those of Barry Anderson asBob Crewe, the group’s flamboyant producer and lyricist (theshow downplays Crewe’s essential role in creating their sound).

The story of these friends from Belleville, N.J. — touched by themob, beset with ups-and-downs, makers of undeniably likablesongs — actually is engaging in ways you don’t fully expect. It hasa hook, and stands up. What else do you want from a jukebox?

The songs the Four Seasons produced are noth-ing compared to the output of Rodgers & Hammer-stein. In fact, Oklahoma!, at the Lyric Stage throughSunday, has more classics than the dustiest shelf atthe library: “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “Sur-rey with the Fringe on Top,” “Many a New Day,”“Kansas City,” “Poor Jud is Daid,” “People WillSay.” Careers have been based on less … and that’sjust the first act.

For a few years now, Lyric has done the impossible, out-Broad-waying Broadway. They’ve landed original orchestrations, cos-tumes, the cooperation of revered theater teams and somethingyou never see: A 33-piece orchestra that knows a classic score cansoar. These are big, expensive shows, and almost all — Carousel,West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Gypsy — have been phenomenal.Oklahoma! is no exception.

The plot and staging are actually quite simple: Before the SoonerState was even a state, it was a frontier where ranchers and farmersled hearty lives of surprising acceptance; a Persian peddler raisesno eyebrows, nor a farmhand who, today, would probably be di-agnosed with Asperger’s. And a dumb but dreamy cowboy

(Bryant Martin) could shyly woo a landed young lady (SavannahFrazier) by promising her a nice ride to the box social … and mighteven prove his devotion by selling his horse. Their romance — in astory unexpectedly tinged with darkness and violence — isstraightforward and beautiful. And the music matches it.

This show — nearly 70 years old — was R&H’s first collabora-tion, and the score is as breathtaking and fresh as it ever has been.There’s a timeless elegance to singing about your emotions andhere, it never feels forced, even with clever rhyme schemes andcomic lyrics. It’s not corny but merely sincere.

Martin and Frazier, newcomers to me, are a perfect pairing:Young, attractive and blessed with clarion voices.They project bigger-than-life characters withoutoverplaying.

Even they are out-acted by Kyle Cotton’s tic-filled sociopath Jud Fry. His performance is modernyet wholly believable as the porn-obsessed weirdowho seems more stalker than friend. It’s a testa-ment to the writing that it feels as relevant todayboth as a story and as a musical as it did in the ‘40s.

The supporting players score as well, from the kicky dancenumbers to the comic mastery by Erica Harte’s Ado Annie andSean McGee’s Will Parker.

Director Cheryl Denson, who has helmed many of the Lyric re-vivals, knows how to do “big” right. The sets are magnificent andeven at more than three hours, the pacing brisk. More than 30 ac-tors are onstage at times, and remarkably all ooze authenticity —the men seem like cowboys, not chorusboys. It’s as butch as …well, as Jersey Boys. And the only falsetto parts are sung by girls.

And the best thing about this Oklahoma!? You don’t need todrive past the Red River to visit. •

Chris Crocker exposed!HBO doc sheds new light in Internet celeb

There is a moment in the documentary Me @ The Zoo where In-

ternet sensation and mega-Britney fan Chris Crocker says, “People

already saw me as this celebrity-obsessed cartoon. That’s what I’ll

perform.” And does he.

Famous for his YouTube breakdown (“Leave Britney alone!!!!”),

Crocker’s life is revealed with surprising fascination. Web celebrities

come and go, but it’s easy to forget there are lives there. And

Crocker’s is both tragic and thrilling.

Growing into a small-time viral celeb, Crocker found himself on a

triumphant rise only to have it all crash down as he was reduced to “a

fucking faggot from Tennessee,” as he described himself. But

Crocker’s admission that the web saved his life is heartbreaking. The

outlandish gay kid in a small Tennessee town fought back against bul-

lies at school and with his webcam and in a way, he won.

Love him or hate him, Crocker’s story is more important than you

may realize.

— Rich Lopez

Three and a half stars. Premieres on HBO July 25 at 8 p.m.

Jersey Boys is something of a musical miracle:A jukebox show about a long-since-relevant popband (you can’t call what the Four Seasons didrock — they were more along the lines of sophis-ticated doo-wop) with a dreadfully banal titlethat manages to defy all expectations on its wayto creating a genuinely engaging and smartnight of theater.

It has become easy to disparage the trend ofjukebox musicals; they have become all-tooprevalent on Broadway, basically excuses forstringing together proven hits from specificbands, composers or genres and call that a play.In the last decade or so, we’ve had ABBA(Mamma Mia!), Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire andMillion Dollar Quartet), Green Day (AmericanIdiot), The Gershwins (Nice Work If You Can GetIt), Billy Joel (Movin’ Out), Peter Allen (The Boyfrom Oz), ‘80s hair bands and bad pop (Rock ofAges, Footloose, Xanadu, Urban Cowboy, The Ad-ventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and eventhe hit Irish indie film Once. While some are en-tertaining, even good, they often follow a pre-dictable format, either shoehorning songs into aflimsy plot to maximize hummability or turningthe script into a mere framework around whicha concert is performed.

That’s not the case with Jersey Boys. In fact, itsresistance to it parading out Four Seasons songsfrom the first minute to the last is one of thesavviest decisions made by director DesMcAnuff: You’re almost an hour into Act 1 be-fore the first song the ‘60s group was known for,

“Sherry,” is actually sung onstage; the result isyou really want to hear them hits. And then thehits start rolling. And rolling.

It’s an avalanche, really.The Four Seasons was neither jazz nor rock,

British invasion nor disco, but squeezed out animpressive 14 Top Ten hits over more than adecade in an era when musical tastes werechanging quickly. Jersey Boys glosses over thechronology (it starts in the late 1940s, thoughyou’d never know it) and the context of theirachievements (they were chart contemporariesof both Ella Fitzgerald and The Captain & Ten-nille), but by telling the story from the perspec-tives of each of the original members — TommyDeVito (Colby Foytik), Bob Gaudio (Jason Kap-pus), Nick Massi (Brandon Andrus) and FrankieValli (Brad Weinstock) — it explains away the in-consistencies. It’s a memory play, with catchytunes filling in the gaps.

It also doesn’t have to bend over backward towork the songs in, since The Four Seasons hasthree No. 1 hits in rapid succession, and the oth-ers tended to bespeak changes in the group andsociety. And the backstory of the group real is aportrait of Jersey goombahs done good, toldwith a fluid cinematic style — it’s what a musicalby Martin Scorsese would probably look like.

And some sexy goombahs they are. The castof Jersey Boys is always prettier than the actualmooks who sang the original songs. They are acharming quartet (OK, Foytik, as the bully De-Vito, the Momma Rose of this band of gypsies, is

Sing like a man

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Through June 24.

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We’ve all done it: On the smooth floor of thekitchen or at the school gymnasium, we’ve prac-ticed the moonwalk made famous by MichaelJackson. If it wasn’t that, it was the signature“claw” from the “Thriller” video, or the tip-toestand of “Billie Jean” (sparkle glove and pantsflair optional).

When he was younger, LeoMoctezuma was certainly one ofthese people. And like all of them,he practiced enough until he hadit down perfectly. Or so hethought.

“Being a fan and a dancer, Iused to learn all those the moves,” Moctezumasays. “I kinda knew them, but during rehearsal, Ilearned that wasn’t the case!”

As a member of the cast of Michael Jackson TheImmortal World Tour — the tribute show createdby Cirque du Soleil that comes to American Air-lines Center on Tuesday — Moctezuma learnedhis self-taught moves, while close, weren’t accu-rate enough to get in this show. Soleil wantedperfection and with the Jackson family estate

supporting it, he had to get it exact. “Everyone has their own version, but it felt

better to learn the proper way. We’re doing theversion,” he says. “Plus, we’re learning from thebest of the best.”

Those “best” include an impressive roster ofchoreographers, among them Rich and Tone Ta-lauega (Madonna), Jamal Sims (the Footloose re-make) and most notably Travis Payne, whoworked with Jackson on his Dangerous Tour and

his what-could-have-been pro-duction that was the focus of the2010 documentary This Is It.

High-profile pop stars arenothing new to Moctezuma. He’stoured with queer faves and popheavyweights Pink, Britney

Spears and Ricky Martin, to name a few. But thistour fulfilled one of his dreams — even if part ofthat dream passed away two years ago.

“I feel very blessed to be part of this show. Asa kid, it was always my dream to dance withMichael Jackson and so this feels like an honor.I’m dancing his dance and to his music. It’s coolto sort of touch people the way he did.”

Fusing the magic of Cirque with the danceand music elements of the King of Pop, Immortal

isn’t merely a concert, it’s a massive all-outmusic-and-dance production. The intent of Im-mortal isn’t to capitalize on Jackson’s passing, butto honor the artistry he brought to music and, ul-timately, the world. The Jackson estate helped tocreate Immortal, giving it added legitimacy andprestige.

Jackson was famous for his eccentricities, butfor Moctezuma, performing the show has helpedhim realize something deeper. As an LGBT allyin the world of dance, he says that Immortal hasinspired him to spread Jackson’s familiar mes-sage of healing to the world.

“He was about loving and respecting yourselfand being weird but in a good way. He was kindof like how Lady Gaga is now,” he says. “I real-ize that in the community, those personal strug-gles are tough, but he was thinking out of the

box and makingamazing work. Ithink that’s how thecommunity works.”

Another part ofJackson fandom wasdressing the part.Whether you got the vinyl “Beat It” jacket or thecheapy bedazzled glove, he had an image to liveup to. For Moctezuma, putting on his costumeswas more a magical experience.

“As one of the fanatics, I get to dress up insome of that gear,” he says. “That part is like thecomic relief of the show. But putting on thatgangster outfit for the ‘Smooth Criminal’ bit wascool. I have moments during the show wherehe’s so present. His spirit and voice is so over-whelming that I forget he’s gone.” •

CAN YOU FEEL IT? | Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Immortal’ is so overwhelming that

dancer Leo Moctezuma, inset, feels the singer’s presence in spirit.

JACKSON IMMORtAL

American Airlines Center, 2500Victory Ave. June. 26–27 at 8 p.m.

$50–$175. Ticketmaster.com.

Killer dillerFor dancer Leo Moctezuma,

‘Michael Jackson Immortal’

is a dream come true

RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected]


International Mr. Leather 2012 (IML) crownedits victor last month, and it was not Mr. TexasLeather Gabe Sims. So you may think Texaswalked away empty-handed in internationalleather competition this year. And it did … inChicago, a few weeks ago.

But a few months ago in San Francisco, the re-sults were quite different, as Dallas’ Synn Evansconclusively proved.

On April 1, Evans took home the title of Inter-national Ms. Leather (IMsL). Becoming IMsL isexactly the same as becoming IML. Except that itisn’t. For starters, there’s no jock category withthe women. And IMsL has “hot wear” and “popquestions” categories, as well as a fantasy cate-gory; you won’t find those at IML.

Although Evans has not attended IML, shehas attended other men’s leather competitions.In the case of IMsL though, she says, the biggestdifference she sees has to do with attire.

“There’s definitely a difference between theclothes in the men’s and women’s competi-tions,” she says. “[The men] are more sticklersbecause the women may not be in traditionalleather head-to-toe. But I’ve yet to see a Interna-tional Mr. Leather in high heels and a corset.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean things are anyeasier on the women, she says. The goal of bothis the same: To embody the essence of the

leatherman or –woman. Don’t expect the girls tospin batons and slap on bikinis.

“It’s not a body-beautiful thing; it’s an image,”she says. “They don’t care if you’re tall, short, fat,skinny. The question is: ‘Are you put together?Did you take care of the clothes you’re wear-ing?’” Even if what they wear can vary more,“you’re still judged on what you wear and howyou wear them.”

Evan says being a butch woman like herselfmeans the question of what to wear is not asbroad of an issue as it might be for more femmewomen — there are no high heels and corsets onher side of the closet. But not having as manyclothing choices does not mean she didn’t haveplenty to worry about, including making sureher wardrobe was impeccably prepared — andbeing impeccably prepared for the competitionin other ways.

She was most nervous about being properlyprepared for the interview. Questions can be per-sonal as well as based on topics like leather his-tory, events, current title holders and socialissues that effect the leather community.

“It was very intense, because they can askanything and it counts the most, points-wise, soit weighs very heavily,” Evans explains. “It’s 40percent of the contest. Fortunately, it was the firstpiece, so we got to get it out of the way.”

COASTAL SUCCESS | Synn Evans, left, with Ms. Boot Black winner Tarna Scyanne at International Ms.

Leather in April. The Dallasite took the title of top international leatherwoman.

JENNY BLOCK | Contributing [email protected]

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International Mr. Leather 2012 (IML) crownedits victor last month, and it was not Mr. TexasLeather Gabe Sims. So you may think Texaswalked away empty-handed in internationalleather competition this year. And it did … inChicago, a few weeks ago.

But a few months ago in San Francisco, the re-sults were quite different, as Dallas’ Synn Evansconclusively proved.

On April 1, Evans took home the title of Inter-national Ms. Leather (IMsL). Becoming IMsL isexactly the same as becoming IML. Except that itisn’t. For starters, there’s no jock category withthe women. And IMsL has “hot wear” and “popquestions” categories, as well as a fantasy cate-gory; you won’t find those at IML.

Although Evans has not attended IML, shehas attended other men’s leather competitions.In the case of IMsL though, she says, the biggestdifference she sees has to do with attire.

“There’s definitely a difference between theclothes in the men’s and women’s competi-tions,” she says. “[The men] are more sticklersbecause the women may not be in traditionalleather head-to-toe. But I’ve yet to see a Interna-tional Mr. Leather in high heels and a corset.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean things are anyeasier on the women, she says. The goal of bothis the same: To embody the essence of the

leatherman or –woman. Don’t expect the girls tospin batons and slap on bikinis.

“It’s not a body-beautiful thing; it’s an image,”she says. “They don’t care if you’re tall, short, fat,skinny. The question is: ‘Are you put together?Did you take care of the clothes you’re wear-ing?’” Even if what they wear can vary more,“you’re still judged on what you wear and howyou wear them.”

Evan says being a butch woman like herselfmeans the question of what to wear is not asbroad of an issue as it might be for more femmewomen — there are no high heels and corsets onher side of the closet. But not having as manyclothing choices does not mean she didn’t haveplenty to worry about, including making sureher wardrobe was impeccably prepared — andbeing impeccably prepared for the competitionin other ways.

She was most nervous about being properlyprepared for the interview. Questions can be per-sonal as well as based on topics like leather his-tory, events, current title holders and socialissues that effect the leather community.

“It was very intense, because they can askanything and it counts the most, points-wise, soit weighs very heavily,” Evans explains. “It’s 40percent of the contest. Fortunately, it was the firstpiece, so we got to get it out of the way.”

Evans was drawn last for the interview por-tion, which lasts about 20 minutes. Each judgeasked several questions but she felt confidentwhen she entered the interview room. “Once Iwas in there, I shifted my nervousness to mypartner, Lilith, who was watching, and then I feltreally confident,” she says.

Evans was grateful for the intense preparationshe began in earnest last December, includingcreating and carrying around 300 notecards andresearching the judges.

“It was a very diverse judging panel, which Iwas really excited about. It really represented alot of sub-cultures of the community. I was reallynervous and really excited at the same time.”

Evans also had to answer inquiries during the“pop question” portion of the hot wear category.“They asked me, if I could invent a sex toy, whatwould it be.” Since she’s a chef, she said itwould be a dildo in the shape of a chef’s knife.“I’d call it the Synnerator.”

Now that Evans is leather royalty, her travelschedule has become insane. But she couldn’t bemore thrilled about it. “I’m getting requests leftand right to attend and judge at events. I feel ex-tremely honored to represent the leather com-munity on a worldwide basis,” she says.

Evans’ achievement has made her royalty inDallas’ leather community, even among themen. When she returned, Gold Coast LeatherBoy Michael Dane attended a celebration in herhonor. “‘I’m having a hard time talking to you,”he told me.” ‘You’re leather royalty now — youout rank me so bad.’ I laughed and told him,‘We were friends before, we’re friends now.’”

Evans continues her role a leather ambassa-dor by touting the importance of boot blacks inthe community.

“If you ever have the chance to sit in a bootblack’s chair, do it. It’s incredible, they’re artists.They don’t get enough credit for what they do, Idon’t think. Boot blacks are sometimes seen asjust submissive and that’s not the case,” shesays. “I have a mission for my title year: to getboot blacks the recognition they deserve. I’ve al-ways felt strongly about that and now I have thechance to really get the word out.”

That’s not the only message Evans wants toconvey. “[The leather community] has come sofar and I see us moving forward,” she says.“There are still pockets here and there with a re-ally rigid tradition and that’s all right. That’sthem. But I see more and more communities be-coming more inclusive. In fact, there were a lotof transgender women at IMsL and I was proudto be representing them.”

The experience at IMsL and beyond has al-ready shaped Evans’ vision of the broaderleather community.

“The more I get into all of this and the morepeople I meet, the more I’m seeing the men’sand women’s communities, and the more I’mseeing the acceptance of all kinds of differentthings. There were lots of men at IMsL. I want tobe representative of everyone. Not just thewomen’s community, but everyone. It’s pro-gressing … Not that we’ll see an InternationalMr. Leather in a corset and heels anytime soon.”

Although you never know. •COASTAL SUCCESS | Synn Evans, left, with Ms. Boot Black winner Tarna Scyanne at International Ms.

Leather in April. The Dallasite took the title of top international leatherwoman.

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friday 06.22Coldplay and the GangWe like Coldplay enough, but their openers

might be the real gem of the shows. The alt-

pop/rock of Wolf Gang recalls the exuber-

ance of MIKA with the tenacity of The Shins.

Better yet, Robyn brings her Euro pop bril-

liance back to town in a big way. And of

course Coldplay headlines.

DEETS: American Airlines Center, 2500

Victory Ave. 7 p.m. Through Saturday.

$26.50–$107. Ticketmaster.com.

friday 06.22Heartfelt harmoniesGet uplifted this weekend thanks to artistic

director Russ Reiger and the Resounding

Harmony chorus. The group performs

Songs for the Heart benefiting the American

Heart Association. A silent auction will also

be held for the original art piece commis-

sioned for the show. Original art, good

cause, beautiful music? Perfect night.

DEETS: Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301

Flora St. 8 p.m. $25–$50.

ResoundingHarmony.org.

thursday 06.28Thunder roadWith Magic Mike coming to theaters soon,male strippers are totally hot. But when aren’tthey? Thank goodness for the timing of Thunder from Down Under. The hunky muscle gods come to Dallas to show off their harbod-ied male revue which we already give an A+

DEETS: House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St.7:30 p.m. $20–$35. HouseOfBlues.com

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best bets

FRIDAY 06.22COMMUNITYCongregation Beth El Binah Pride Shabbat serv-

ice. Interfaith Peace Chapel, 5910 Cedar Springs

Road. 7:30 p.m. BethElBinah.org.

Lambda Pride Toastmasters. Regular meeting for

improving communication and leadership skills.

Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:30

p.m. Lambdapride.freetoasthost.us.

Business Network Collin County luncheon. Fox

Sports Grille, 5741 Legacy Drive, Plano. 11:30 a.m.

$20. BusinessNetworkCC.org.

Youth First Texas groups for ages 14 to 22. 3918

Harry Hines Blvd. Fridays–Saturdays and Tuesdays–

Wednesdays at 6 p.m., Thursdays at 4 p.m.

YouthFirstTexas.org.

DANCEBruce Wood Dance Project. The legendary chore-

ographer begins his second with this limited en-

gagement at the Montgomery Arts Theater. Booker

T. Washington High School for the Performing and

Visual Arts, 2501 Flora St. 8 p.m. Through Sunday.

BruceWoodDance.org.

THEATER2 Couples 2. Stone Cottage Theater, 15650 Addi-

son Road, Addison. 8 p.m. Through June 30. $18–

$22. MBSProductions.net.

Coriolanus and Twelfth Night. Shakespeare Dallas

presents the two plays in repertory. Coriolanus

opens and runs Wednesdays–Fridays through July

19. Twelfth Night runs Tuesdays, Saturdays–Sun-

days through July 21. Samuell-Grand Park Am-

phitheater, 1500 Tenison Parkway. $10.

ShakespeareDallas.org.

Oklahoma! Lyric Stage presents the classic

Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Irving Arts Cen-

ter Carpenter Performance Hall, 3333 N. MacArthur

Blvc. Irving. Through Sunday. $25–$50.

Lyric Stage.org.

SATURDAY 06.23COMMUNITYDallas FrontRunners anniversary fun run. Runners

and walkers at all levels welcome. Meet under the

statue at Lee Park at 8 a.m.

FrontrunnersDallas.org.

Legacy social group of adults 50 or older from

Cathedral of Hope. Monthly potluck or outing. 972-

387-3345.

ARTSuddenly This Summer exhibit of gallery artists. Vi-

brant, dramatic works by Ruben Nieto, Charlotte

Smith and Isabelle du Toit will be on display. Cris

Worley Fine Arts, 2277 Monitor St. Opening recep-

tion at 5:30 p.m. Through July 28. CrisWorley.com.

BROADCASTCathedral of Hope worship service. Ch. 8 at 12:35

a.m. (Friday after midnight).

MUSICNeon Sessions. Queer owned

music blog Groove Loves Melody

teams with the Green Bandana

Group for this new bi-monthly

showcase of local musicians creat-

ing orginal electronica music. This

month’s inaugral event will feature

Neo-Safari, Black Market Phar-

macy, Taylor “Effin” Cleveland and

more. The event is BYOB. TheS-

pace, 2516 Florence St. 8 p.m. $5.

SUNDAY 06.24COMMUNITYUnemployment Support Group

meets weekly explores employment

search and unemployment con-

cerns and led by a professional ca-

reer advisor. Cathedral of Hope,

5910 Cedar Springs Road. 2:30

p.m. Email CareerAssistanceMi-

[email protected] for more informa-

tion..

First Community Church of Dallas

worship services. The church is

open and affirming. FCC of Dallas,

9120 Ferguson Road. 11 a.m. FC-

CDFW.org.

Dignity Dallas

sponsors Roman

Catholic liturgy.

Cathedral of Hope,

5910 Cedar

Springs Road. 6

p.m. 214-521-

5342

DignityDallas.org.

ARTArtSlam 2012.

Benefit auction

features art and

photographic

works by local

artists and pack-

aged items bene-

fiting the literary

organization WordSpace. Steve Paul Productions,

2814 Main St. 5 p.m. ArtSlam.us.

MONDAY 06.25COMMUNITYLog Cabin Republicans. Mattito’s, 3011 Routh St.

6:30 p.m. 214-346-2115.

PFLAG Denton. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200

Bell St., Denton. 7 p.m.

DFW Prime Timers play bridge every week at

member’s residence. 1 p.m. Call 972-504-8866 for

more information.

United Black Ellument’s Hot Topics. A weekly dis-

cussion group for black gay and bi men, 18-29. U-

BE in Deep Ellum, 3116 Commerce St., Ste. C. 7

p.m. UBEDallas.org.

Leadership Lambda Toastmasters meets to im-

prove public speaking and leadership skills. Oak

Lawn Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road. 6:30–8

p.m. 214-543-5860.

TUESDAY 06.26COMMUNITYJEWEL Writing Discussion & Exchange meets on

the fourth Tuesday. ilume, 4123 Cedar Springs

Road. 6:30 p.m. Visit website for the discussion

topic and assignment for the month. RCDallas.org.

DFW Prime Timers Prime Diner at Alfonso’s Italian

Restaurant, 718 N. Buckner Blvd., Ste. 222. 7 p.m.

Call 972-504-8866.

Q’s Day Potluck. Friendly casual LGBT gathering

every Tuesday evening. The Corporate Image, 5418

Brentwood Stair Road, Fort Worth. 7 p.m.

817-446-3395.

Late Bloomers, social support group for women

who came out later in life. La Madeleine, 3906 Lem-

mon Ave. 6 p.m. 903-778-4446.

WEDNESDAY 06.27COMMUNITYFiredancers Dallas Tribe club night the fourth

Wednesday of each month at the Hidden Door, 5025

Bowser St. 7–10 p.m. Free.

Facebook.com/TheHiddenDoor.

FUSE Activity Nights. Resource Center Dallas,

2701 Reagan St. 7 p.m. DFWFuse.com.

El Sol, an AIDS Outreach Center support group

meets weekly. AIDS Outreach Center, 400 N. Beach

St., Fort Worth. AOC.org.

BROADCASTLambda Weekly. LGBT radio for North Texas. This

week’s guest is city councilwoman Angela Hunt.

89.3 KNON-FM at 7 a.m. LambdaWeekly.com.

THURSDAY 06.28COMMUNITYThe Group. Support group for black men who are

HIV-positive. Every second and fourth Thursday of

the month. Call 214-455-7316 for more information.

DFW Prime Timers play bridge every week. 1 p.m.

Call 972-504-8866 for details.

F.A.C.E., support group for those impacted by

HIV/AIDS in any capacity. Cathedral of Hope, 5910

Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. CathedralOfHope.com.

Brokeback Dallas. Support group for gay men mar-

ried to straight women. St. Thomas the Apostle

Episcopal Church, 6526 Inwood Road. 7:30 p.m.


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COLOR SPLASH | Ruben Nieto’s art is part of the ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ show

which opens Saturday at Cris Worley Fine Arts.

DANCE MASTER | Bruce Wood opens the second season of his dance company at

Booker T. Washington High School. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

starvoice amusementsJANE’S WORLD

By Jack Fertig

CANCER Jun 21-Jul 22 Urges to protect those close to you are a projection of your owninsecurities. In uncertain times your instinct is to protect hearthand home. Open alliances serve you better than defensiveness.

LEO Jul 23-Aug 22 Feeling moody and disconnected? Make time to hide out andtake care of yourself. Perhaps the best way is to take care of oth-ers. Some local charity would be glad for your help.

VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22Your work inspires brilliant, provocative insights, but may not bethe best place to share them. Think ahead and consider inspira-tion carefully before presenting them to your boss or clients.

LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22 Crankiness triggers upsets in your relationship. Mars enteringyour sign can feed your irritation. Moderate exercise will help youkeep balance. Overdoing it will throw you off.

SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21 You can’t avoid demands at work, but you can stick to your prin-ciples and hold your head high. Scheduling time alone, preferablywith the one you love, will keep you from burning out.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 20 A new found sense of clarity and ambition makes you a bit toocritical and outspoken. Think carefully about repercussions.You’d do better to welcome advice than to offer it.

CAPRICORN Dec 21-Jan 19 Be nice to colleagues. Your efforts to push ahead makes troublefor them. You’re all on the same team. Listen to their needs. Theroad to real success is slow, sure and cautious.

AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18 Precocious brilliance wins a date but upsets a more serious rela-tionship. It’s no secret your mouth is a powerful weapon; so becareful where you aim it or open it.

PISCES Feb 19-Mar 19 A surge of libido opens up erotic sensitivities but could bringmore trouble than fun. Pushing limits is one thing, tossing themaway is another. Hold tight to your integrity and safety.

ARIES Mar 20-Apr 19 What looks like true love could be co-dependency. The only rela-tionship you should be starting now is with a shrink, a 12-stepgroup or a nonprofit organization where you can be of service.

TAURUS Apr 20-May 20 New ideas challenge your value system. Make some adjust-ments. Don’t resist new thinking, but beware the zeal of the con-vert. An independent mind can meld new ideas with the old.

GEMINI May 21-Jun 20 Growing and expressing yourself in new ways throws a challengeto your friends. That’s fine. Just be gentle with them. You mightneed to make some apologies along the way.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYGeorge Michael turns 49 on Monday. Thesinger most recently made headlines whenhe canceled performances for his Euro-pean Symphonica Tour last year due topneumonia. He tweeted in earluy 2012 thathis vocals may not be strong enough untilthis summer before continuing with showsin the fall. He is reportedly also working ona new album of dance music.

The planets are all conspiring to promote misguided charmoffensives, codependency running amok and disastrous ef-forts at wit. Restraint, humility and foresight are important,rare commodities. If you can stay grounded, considerate andfocused you’ll be ahead of the game.

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

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49 Mary Cheney’s partner Heather50 QB’s misfire51 1-Across played Dorothy in this 1939 classicfilm58 Speed at which you come59 Did a slow burn60 Russian river62 Beat barely63 Write The Hot’l Baltimore64 Catch sight of65 Cowardly lion actor66 Like some sentences67 Give the slip to

Down1 Iwo ___2 Objectifies, sexually3 Bottomless4 Himalayan legend5 Improve wine or cheese6 Spending span at Barneys7 Right in the head8 Brits that cruise together?9 Get hard10 Shakespeare’s “anon” updated11 Butt ___ (sex toy)12 New Haven collegians13 Playbill list18 Sexual partners, to the insensitive19 Composer Edouard24 Small rum cake26 Highly competent27 Primary blood carrier28 Early church member named for a member?29 Bus Stop playwright30 What you burn to get to Uranus31 Dynamite inventor32 Moby Dick chaser33 Shopaholic’s heaven36 Cry out for37 They’re performing, in Fame42 Flat-bottomed boat44 Chinese (prefix)46 Young one in the meat trade48 In the closet51 Cry of pride52 Cole Porter’s “Ridin’ ___”53 Communications Z54 Ugandan tyrant55 Decorate anew56 Roughly57 Cooks in a microwave58 Come together61 Ingredient in some cakes

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Ladies’ night out at Sue Ellen’s.

Isaac, Angel and friend on the Strip.Carmen and Brad at Station 4.J.R. and M. at Kaliente.

Hotties at JR.’s Bar & Grill

Rubi, Alex, Joey, Isaiah and Frank at the Tin Room. John and Cory at the Round-Up Saloon.

However you celebrate National Pride, just do it. These fine hot spots willhelp with that. ... The Dallas Eagle answers the question: Why workout,when you can watch others do it? Every Friday, Pump! features workoutdemonstrations by the hottest men in Dallas. Hey, that’s what the clubsays and we believe it. DJ Perry is in the mix Saturday night which is alsoKilt Night. But that afternoon, Dan Perry hosts Dykes on Bikes and theDrag Races followed by the United Court’s Diva/Devo Contest. ... Breakout the roller skates and parachute pants for Disco Vs. Retro night Satur-day at 3025 Main St. in Deep Ellum. Panoptikon’s groovy dance party isright on. Ya dig? ... The Kathy Corbin Band starts Sue Ellen’s weekendon Friday followed by the Ray Primm Band on Saturday. The Women’sChorus of Dallas presents the L3 (Ladies Love LifeWalk) Karaoke PartySaturday afternoon with host Mel Arizpe. All proceeds benefit the AIDSArms charity walk. ... Put those two left feet to rest when you hit up ClubReflections’ country and western dance lessons every Monday in FortWorth. ... Victoria Weston makes a special guest appearance at thisMonday’s Mark Alan Smith Show at the Round-Up Saloon. ... The grandopening of Bar 305 runs all weekend in Oak Cliff. Hunky Voice of Pridewinner Dru Rivera hosts Friday night Karaoke. ... The inaugural NeonSessions the LGBT-friendly Groove Loves Melody and the Green Ban-dana Group showcases emerging music and happens Friday at TheS-pace in Deep Ellum. •PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREGORY HAYES. FOR MORE PHOTOS, VISIT DALLASVOICE.COM.

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JOHN EAGLE HONDA — 5311 Lemmon Ave.; 800-539-1844;eaglehonda.com.

PARK PLACE MERCEDES-MIDCITIES —3737 Airport Frwy.; Bedford; 817-359-4746.

Q FIAT IRVING— 1000 E. Airport Fwy.; 877-203-4107 ;qfiat.com.

VAN HYUNDAI — 1301 S. Hwy I-35 East; Carrollton; 1-888-80HYUNDAI; vanhyundaionline.com.

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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 REFLECTIONS — 604 S. Jennings; Ft. Worth; 817-870-8867.*CROSSROADS LOUNGE— 515 S. Jennings, Ft. Worth;

817-332-0071.*DALLAS EAGLE — 5740 Maple Ave.; 214-357-4375; dallaseagle.com.*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.*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;

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214-551-1705; winstonsdallas.com.WOODY’S SPORTS AND VIDEO BAR— 4011 Cedar Springs;

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

• entertainment, adult

*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.

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*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;

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

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817-738-9215.NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — 2001 Flora St.; 214-242-1500;

nashersculpturecenter.org.SAMMONS PARK — (Annette Strauss Artist Square);

2100 Ross Ave.; 75201; dallaspeerformingarts.org.TEXAS BALLET THEATER — 1540 Mall Circle; Ft. Worth;

817-763-0207; texasballettheater.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.

AVITA DRUGS — 214-780-0898; avitadrugs.com BELLOS, NICHOLAS C., M.D. — (Infectious Disease);

2909 Lemmon Ave.; 972-239-3849.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., 214-352-7800

2909 McKinney Ave., 214-871-7000, citydoc.net.DALLAS ANTI-AGING INSTITUTE — 8251 Westchester Dr. ;

214-265-8300 ; hormonetherapydallas.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.DIAMOND, SUSAN, M.D.— 8210 Walnut Hill Ln., #911;

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

214-521-0929; idrdishman.com.DUNN, PAUL, D.D.S. — 8989 Garland Rd., 214-324-2444FASTDENTALPLAN.COM — 888-243-5026; fastdentalplan.com.FLOSS— 3131 Lemmon Ave.; 214-978-0101; flossdental.com.

GRAGERT, AMY (PSYCHOTHERAPY) — 2610 State St.; 6015 Berkshire; 214-740-1600.

GRANETO, DONALD., MD — (General Practice/HIV Medicine); 2929 Carlisle St., # 260; 214-303-1033; uptownphysiciansgroup.com.

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.HIGHLAND PARK EMERGENCY CENTER — 5150 Lemmon Ave.,

214-396-4550; highlandparker.comHUPERT, MARK J., M.D. — (Infectious Disease);

3801 Gaston Ave., #300; 214-828-4702.INFINITY FOOT AND ANKLE— 2501 Oak lawn # 201,

972-274-5708; infinityfootandankle.com.INTERVENTIONAL SPINCE & PAIN — 8440 Walnut Hill, #400;

214-345-1476; spincedallas.com.KINDLEY, DR. GARY, D. MIN. — (Pastoral Counselor)

3906 Lemmon Ave., #400; 817-312-9919; drgk.org.LEE, DAVID M., M.D. — (Internal Medicine/HIV Medicine);

2929 Carlisle; #260; 214-303-1033,uptownphysiciansgroup.com.

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.MEN’S PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT CLINIC — Ft. Worth/

Irving.; 888-481-2698; www.mp-ec.comMYRICK, 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.OWEN, JIMMY, LPC — 3500 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste 620;

214-546-8852; jimmyowen.comPALETTI, ALFRED J., DDS — 5510 Abrams Rd., #102;

214-691-2969.*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.SAFIR, DR. ALLEN — (Doctor Eyecare); 4414 Lemmon Ave.

doctoreyecare.com; 214-522-3937.SERENITY CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS — 12240 Inwood Rd.,

Ste 230; 972-989-7998; drcerrone.com.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.TOTAL MED SOLUTIONS— 5445 La Sierra Dr., Ste 420;

214-987-9200; 6101 Windcom Ct., Ste 300; 214-987-9203.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.*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.

• insurance

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

*ALLSTATE — (Alex Long); 2700 N. O’Connor, Suite 125, Irving; 972-570-7000; alexlonginsuranceagency.com.

*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

ADOBE TITLE— (Jason Valerio); 3300 Oak Lawn #700; 214-821-0222; adobetitle.com.

BUYADALLASHOME.COM — 214-500-0007.HENRY, JOSEPH — (Keller Williams); 214-520-4122;

[email protected] & HABGOOD — (Dave Perry Miller); 2828 Routh, #100:

214-752-7070; hewitthabgood.com.HICKMAN + WEBER GROUP— (Dave Perry Miller);

5500 Preston Rd, Suite 290, 214-300-8439, hickmanweber.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.ROGERS HEALY & ASSOCIATES — (Daymond Lavine and

Stanley Coleman); 817-301-4926; agentsdfw.com..UPDIKE, JEFF — (ReMax Urban); 214-943-9400; jeffupdike.com.VIEWOINT MORTGAGE — (Armando Ramirez); 214-263-5507.VICTORIA RUSSO PROPERTIES — 214-808-5022;

victoriarussoproperties.com.VIRGINIA COOK REALTORS — 2626 Cole; 214-292-0000;

virginiacook.com.WATERMARK— wartermarkreg.com.; (Joe DeuPree);

214-559-5690; ( George Durstine); 214-559-6090; (Danny Allen Scott); 972-588-8304

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.AMICO’S PIZZA & PASTA— 4032 Cedar Springs; 214-520-1331,

amicospizzatx.com*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.BLIMPIE AMERICA’S SUB SHOP — 4103 Lemmon Ave.;

214-599-8890; blimpie.com..*BULI CAFE — 3908 Cedar Springs Rd.; 214-528-5410;

bulicafe.com.*BURGER ISLAND — 4422-B Lemmon Ave.; 214-443-0015.*BUZZBREWS KITCHEN — 4334 Lemmon Ave.; 214-521-4334;

4154 Fitzhugh; 214-826-7100; buzzbrews.com.*CAFÉ BRAZIL — 3847 Cedar Springs; 214-461-8762.*COSMIC CUP — 2912 Oak Lawn Ave.; 214-521-6157.CREMONA KITCHEN— 2704 Worthington.; 214-871-115.

www.cremonabistro.com*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.*EINSTEIN BROTHERS BAGELS — 3827 Lemmon Ave., Dallas,

214-526-5221; 3050 University, Ft. Worth, 817-923-3444.*GOOD LUCK DRIVE IN — 900 W. Rosedale, Ft. Worth;

817-332-5507.*GOODCENTS DELI FRESH SUBS — 2817 Howell St., @220;

214-758-0870; mrgoodcents.com.*THE GREAT AMERICAN HERO— 4001 Lemmon Ave.;

214-521-2070.HOWARD WANG’S UPTOWN — 3223 Lemmon Ave.;

214-954-9558; hwrestaurants.com.*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.JOHNATHON’S OAK CLIFF— 1111 N. beckley Ave.;214-946-2221; johnathonsoakcliff.com*LA CABANA — 1417 W. Davis; 214-941-9292. *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.*MARIO’S — 5404 Lemmon Ave.; 214-599-9744;

mariosrestaurantsdallas.com.*MCDONALD’S — 4439 Lemmon Ave.; 214-522-0697.

LOLITA’S— 4218 Lemmon; 214-564-0115.*O’JEDA’S — 4617 Maple; 214-528-8383.*ORIGINAL MARKET DINER — 4434 Harry Hines Blvd.;

214-521-0992.*PIZZA INN — 5460 Lemmon Ave.; 214-526-2560.*POLLO FIESTA — 4535 Maple Ave., 214-443-9078;

903 S. Hampton, 214-942-6645.*SAL’S PIZZA — 2525 Wycliff; 214-522-1828.*SPIRAL DINER AND BAKERY— 1101 N. Beckley; 214-948-4747.*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.*THAIRIFFIC — 4000 Cedar Springs; 972-241-2412; thairrific.com.TILLMAN’S ROADHOUSE — 324 W. 7th St.; 214-942-0988;

tillmansroadhouse.com.*TOMMY’S HAMBURGERS — 5228 Camp Bowie,

Ft. Worth; 817-569-1111.TWO CORKS AND A BOTTLE— 2800 Routh St. # 140

( the quadrangle); 214-871-9463; twocorksandabottle.comVERACRUZ CAFE — 408 N. Bishop St. #107.; 214-948-4746;

veracruzcafedallas.com.WENDY KRISPIN -CATERER — 214-748-5559;

wendykrispincaterer.comWHISKEY CAKE KITCHEN 7 BAR — 3601 Dallas Pkwy.;

972-933-CAKE (2253); whiskey-cake.com.*WINGSTOP — 4411 Lemmon Ave.; 214-219-9464.ZINI’S PIZZA — 4001 Cedar Springs; 214-599-2600; ZinisPizza.com.

• services

20C DESIGN — 1430 N. Riverfront Blvd.; 214-939-1430; 20cdesign.com.

AGAIN & AGAIN— 141 Howell., 214-746-6300;againandagain.com

ALLEN, RON, CPA, P.C. — 2909 Cole Ave., #300; 214-954-0042.ALTA MERE TINTING— 4302 Lemmon Ave.; 214-521-7477;

altameredallas.com.ANTIQUE FLOORS — 1221 Dragon St.; 214-760-9330;

antiquefloors.net.ANTIQUE GALLERY OF LEWISVILLE— 1165 S. Stemmons Fwy.

#126 .; 972-219-0474; antiquegallerylewisville.com.ANTIQUE GALLERY OF MESQUITE— 3330 N. Galloway #225.;

972-270-7700; antiquegallerymesquite.com.ARIA CREAMATION SERVICE— 214-340-8008; cremation.com.*B-TAN — 4113 Lemmon Ave.; 214-219-1833.CAMPBELL CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION — 214-802-2280;

cccdallas.com.CHRISTOVER SANDLIN HOMES AND REMODELING —

817-727-3718; sandlinhr.com.CONSIGNMENT SOLUTIONS — 1931 Skillman St.; 214-827-8022;

consignmentsolution.com.*ENERGY FITNESS — 2901 Cityplace West Blvd.; 214-219-1900.FLOATSTORAGE.COM— floatstorage.com GIACO, ERNIE CPA — 817-731-7450.H&R BLOCK — (Skip Stark); 5617 Lemmon Ave.;

214-522-0179; hrblock.com.*HOLLYWOOD STYLE NAILS — 3523 Oak Lawn; 214-526-7133. HIGHLAND PARK EMERGENCY CENTER — 5150 Lemmon Ave.;

214-443-8131; HighlandParker.com.HOPE COTTAGE — (Adoption); 4209 McKinney Ave.;

214-526-8921; hopecottage.org. *IRON PRESS CLEANERS — 3818 Cedar Springs; 214-443-9936.*JESSICA HAIR SALON — 4420 Lemmon; 214-521-9244.KEANE LANDSCAPING — 972-424-4851; keanelandscaping.comLONE STAR SAUNAS AND SOLAR SCREENS — 2334 Hinton Dr.;

Irving; 972-445-0856; lonestarsolarscreens.comLIFELONG ADOPTIONS — 888-829-0891; lifelongadoptions.comLOCAL CREMATION — 8499 Greenville Ave; 214-343-4040;

localcremation.com*MR. G’S BEVERAGE — 1453 Coit, Plano; 972-867-2821.THE NAIL SPA DALLAS — 4020 Cedar Springs Rd.; 214-526-6245:

thenailspadallas.com.*PALM BEACH TAN — 2817 Howell, #190;

214-871-2786; palmbeachtan.com.*POOCH PATIO — 3811 Fairmount; 214-252-1550.PORTRAIT SKETCHES BY DAVID PHILIPS — 214-498-6273;

drphilips.net.PROMOTIONAL RESCUE — 703 McKinney Ave., Ste 402;

214-303-1325.POSH AEXTHETICS — 4123 Cedar Springs, #103; 214-520-7674;

PoshAexthetics.com.SHERMAN, JUDY — (Nexus Financial Advisors); 817-865-5030.*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.TOTAL MED SOLUTIONS — TotalMedsSolutions.com.

*TURTLE CREEK ADVISORS — 3102 Maple Ave.; 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.*BISHOP ST. MARKET — 419 N. Bishop; 214-941-0907.*BARNES & NOBEL BOOKSTORE— 616 Preston & Royal;

7700 N.W. Hwy-Dallas; 801 w. 15th-Plano; 2325 Stemmons #401-Lewisville.

BRIAN STREET TRADERS — 4217 Bryan St., ; 214-821-5383;bryantstreettraders.com.

BLUE SMOKE OF DALLAS— 4560 W. Mockingbird Ste. 102., 469-358-2706; bluesmokeofdallas.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.*CONDOM NATION — 17977 Preston Rd. ; 972-818-8400;

www.facebook.com/condomnationdallas.*CONDOM SENSE — 4038 Cedar Springs; 214-552-3141.DALLAS PETAL PUSHER — 2615 Oak Lawn;

214-219-5656.DULCE INTERIOR CONSIGNMENT — 2914 Oak Lawn;

214-827-7496; dallaspetalpusher.com.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.*HALF-PRICE BOOKS— 5803 E. Northwest Hwy;

2211 S. Cooper, Arlington; HUDSON FERUS VODKA— hudsonferusvodka.comIMAGE EYEWEAR — 4268 Oak Lawn at Wycliff;

214-521-6763; imageeyewear.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.MCGANNON SHOWROOMS —1617 Hi Line Dr,m #700;

214-748-1828; mcgannonshowrooms.com.MOSTLY CUPCAKES — 214-718-5814; mostlycupcakes.com.MADE TO ORDER DESSERTS — 214-206-5445;

madetoorderdesserts.comMR. SWEETS HYDROPONICS & ORGANICS — 12640 E. NW HWY. # 412; 972-270-3510; mrsweetshydro.com.*OAK LAWN FOOD MART— 3810 Congress, #100; 214-219-0333.OBSCURITIES — 4008 Cedar Springs; 214.559.3706;

obscurities.comOUTLINES 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.TEXAS SIAMESE RESCUE— 1123 N. Corinth; Cornith, TX;

940-367-7767; tx.siameserescue.org.*TAPELENDERS — 3926 Cedar Springs; 214-528-6344.UNION JACK — 3920 Cedar Springs; 214-528-9600.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; thepaurgroup.com.

GAYRIBBEAN CRUISES — 214-303-1924; gayribbeancruises.com.

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• organizationdirectory• hotline • political • services • spirituality • spirituality • sports

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 — 400 North Beach Street; Fort Worth,76111; www.aoc.org; 817-335-1994.

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.ERNIE GIACO, CPA — 817-731-7450; [email protected]*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— Rick; [email protected]; lvlpwa.com.MEN 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 — Kessler Theatre 1230 W. Davis St., Dallas, 75208; 214-233-4605; 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 — 14200 Midway Rd., #122, Dallas 75244; 214-819-9411; thegatheringplacechurch.org.

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.

KESSLER PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1215 TurnerAve., Dallas, TX 75208; 214-942-0098; kpumc.org.

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 — 2527 W. Colorado Blvd., Dallas 75219214-520-9055; 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 — frontrunnersdallas.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.

• support

AL-ANON LAMBDA GROUP — 6162 East Mockingbird Ln., #209,Dallas 75214; 214-363-0461;[email protected]; dallasal-anon.org.

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 —

2701 Regan St.; 75219; 214-349-9999; crystalmeth.org.DFW BI NET — dfwbinet.com; facebook.com/dfwbinet.FAMILY PRIDE COALITION — 817-881-3949.G.E.A.R. (Gender Education, Advocacy & Resources) —

214-528-0144; [email protected] AND LESBIAN ANGER MANAGEMENT GROUP—

Maria Jairaj at 469-328-1980; [email protected] MARRIED MEN — 6525 Inwood at Mockingbird, Ln;

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.; 972-458-7762 or214-673-8092.

SLUTS (SOUTHERN LADIES UNDER TREMENDOUS STRESS) —2701 Reagan, Dallas 75219; 214-521-5342 (x1720).

STONEWALL GROUP OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS — 2438 Butler, Ste. 108, Dallas, 75235.

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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Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . .69For Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Real Estate Services . . . . .69Office Space For Rent . . . .70For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Home Services . . . . . . . . . . .71Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . .71AirConditioning/Heating . .72Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . .72General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Personal Care . . . . . . . . . . .72Psychotherapists . . . . . . . .72Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . .72Salons/Stylists . . . . . . . . .72

Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Announcements . . . . . . . . . .73Personal Training . . . . . . . . .73

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DVClassy » On Facebook and Twitter

EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT

Funding Specialist wanted by a dynamic indirect lending auto

finance company expanding in Dal-las! Must have at least two years

experience in a credit environment.Email [email protected]

for more info!

Models for Weekend Brand Ambassador and Hospitality Work. Good looking guys wanted for oc-

casional weekend work for legitmodeling, brand ambassador and

hospitality work. No experiencenecessary, but you must be outgo-ing and personable with a sense of

style. All looks welcome. Must look age 21-28. $20 per hour.

Send stats and headshot to:[email protected]

BJ'sNXS Club, the best dance barin DFW, is hiring SEXY bartenders,bar backs, bouncers and dancers!

Contact us [email protected],

Facebook, or www.BJsNXS.com to set up an interview. Must havevalid IDs, be a team player, TABC

certified and possess an outstand-ing customer service attitude.

Full-Time Registered Nurse.

Responsibilities include HIV/STD testing, treatments & vaccinations;

providing program support forHIV/STD testing and prevention

outreach activities; and other community health roles. Apply for

this job and find complete job information at

www.rcdallas.org

Now hiring outside sales unlimitedincome potential set your own hours

E-mail for more info: [email protected]

www.DavidJester.com

EMPLOYMENTSeeking

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

SEEKING EMPLOYMENTI do: painting, remodeling, landscaping, & yard work.

Looking to work for a contrac-tor in the Oak Lawn area.

15 years experience. Willing start immediately. WAYTT 870-484-0694

PLEASE GIVE ME A TRY.

Unique Roofing & Renovations isseeking commercial & residential

sales executives. An opportunity tomake 70k to 80k the first year.

Candidate should forward resumesto: [email protected]

Full time cook with experience incooking, kitchen maintenance,

maintaining orders and suppliesand menu planning. Work sched-ule M-F. Resumes to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

or to 214.941.8144

Driver with experience in trans-porting individuals, including inwheelchair, to medical appoint-

ments and other agencies provid-ing supportive services. Work

schedule M-F and clean TX DriverLicense req. Resumes to hr@aids-

dallas.org or to 214.941.8144

FULL TIME SHIPPING AGENTis wanted for Eagle Postal, 3210

Oak Lawn, 40 h/w $8.00 an hourmust be able to lift 70lbs & be atech friendly customer friendly.

214-815-7499

PHONE:214.754.8710EXT. 123

FAX:214.969.7271

E-MAIL:[email protected]

PHONE:214.754.8710EXT. 127

FAX:214.969.7271


GREG HOOVERClassifieds Account Manager

CHANCE BROWNINGClassifieds Account Manager

Carter Staffing Solutions is currently re-cruiting Physicians, Physician Assistantsand Medical Directors, in the Dallas area.Submit resumes online at carterstaffing-sol.com or by emailing resumes@carter-

staffingsol.com. Apply today!

Hiring Registered Nurses, LVNs, Respira-tory Therapists, Physical Therapists and

Surgical Technicians. Apply online atwww.carterstaffingsol.com or email re-

sume to [email protected] today, positions throughout the Dal-

las/Fort Worth Area.

Local Dallas Financial Servicescompany is looking for qualified

customer service applicants. Weoffer a friendly work environment

with full-time benefits. Please submit your resume to [email protected]

REAL ESTATEFor Rent

www.dallasvoice.comwww.dallasvoice.com

2544 Hondo Ave. Dallas, TX 75219

HONDO PARK2 STORY LOFTS & TOWNHOMES

All Bills Paid + Basic Cable6 Different Floorplans, Downtown View, Tropical Pool, Hot Tub, Hardwoods,

Granite Countertops, Exercise Facility, Large Walk-in Closet & Balcony

Remote Control Gated Entry/Covered Parking214.522.8436

Updated 1 Bed 1 Bath Starting at $700 up to $795

1/2 MONTH’S RENT FREE

A ONE INCH AD IN THE

DALLAS VOICE IS ONLY $27/WEEKOR $91.80/4WEEKS

Society for Companion AnimalsSweet Rescued Dogs For Adoption

These are great pets and need good homes. Con-tact us today to choose your pet. 214-941-1014

SWEET, ADORABLE CATS UP FOR ADOPTION

All are fixed with shots $60 adoption fee. CallLee at 214-766-6741 or email

[email protected] for more info. We are a small rescue group SAFER

WEIMARANERSGray, or blue, young, older, friendly, fearless, alert, obedient, intelligent,

fun-loving, demanding, strong-willed, devoted,

loving, bossy, assertive, bold, loyal! Inquiries 972 994-3572

or www.weimrescuetexas.org

LARGE 1 BEDROOM 1 BATH Historic Winnetka Heights

COMPLETELY RENOVATED 1920S TRIPLEXQUARTZ COUNTERTOPS, SS APPLIANCES

CRUSHED GLASS GAS FIREPLACEMore Info at: 306swindomere.info

214.770.8885

5322 FLEETWOOD OAKS AVE.Medical District Area

1 Bedroom, 1 Bath CondoW/D, Gated Complex, Pool$650 + Electric/No Pets

Call Randy: 214-497-5867

2/1/1 IN BECKLEY CLUB5 Min to Downtown

Remodeled, Fenced Yard, Central H/A, Hardwoods and New Stainless AppliancesBacks Up to Dallas Zoo • $105,000

2 STORY 3/1.5/1 BECKLEY CLUBLarge Elm Trees,Fenced Yard, Remodeled

Brazilian Cherrywood, Walk in Closet, Large Master Patio with Double French Doors

$115,000 SELLER WILL PAY ALL ALLOWABLE

FHA CLOSING COSTSGreg Hutchinson, Ebby Halliday Realtors

(214) 566-8143

PETS

PETS

Kris Martin • Personal Assistant ServicesKris Martin • Personal Assistant Services

Correspondence & AccountingOrganizing & FilingParties, Special Occasions, EventsLogistics and Transportation for Family and PetsLiaison for Community, Civil and Faith Communities

[email protected] www.KrisMartinPR.com214.287.1068

SERVICES SERVICES

COMPUTER CONSULTANTPC HELP

NETWORK SUPPORTVIRUS REMOVAL - $50/HR.

www.pyattconsulting.comCell 214-228-4617

SERVICESComputer Services

SERVICESPhotography

EVENTS & PORTRAITS940.337.1791

CHANCEHEATH.CARBONMADE.COM

Classy @ DallasVoice.com/Classy

KEEPING FAMILY IN BUSINESS & BUSINESS IN THE FAMILY

A Gay Online Marketplace

STAFF ACCOUNTANT POSITIONprovides ongoing support to theaccounting/finance team with thedaily & long term management ofAgency financial matters in accordance with prescribed

policies, procedures, regulationsand standards.

Individual must have a BS/BA in accounting or a BS/BAin a related business filed that in-cludes 20+ hours of accountingand 2 years experience. MIP experience is desired but not required. Interested candidatesshould forward resumes to [email protected]

Unique Roofing & Renovations isseeking commercial & residentialsales executives. An opportunity tomake 70k to 80k the first year.


First Class Caregivers is looking fortop notch caregivers. We are alsolooking for an up-beat Sales

person, must have some medicalsales or home health sales in yourbackground. Send Resume to

[email protected] call 972-455-2815

Beyond the Gates Aids Foundation islooking for Volunteers

to help with administrative duties please contact our board of directors at

[email protected]

Carter Staffing Solutions is currently re-cruiting for various administrative and of-fice positions located throughout the DFWarea. Apply online at www.carterstaffing-solutions.com or email resume to re-

[email protected].

EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

Experienced Credit Analyst/Under-writer wanted by a dynamic auto finance company expanding in Dallas! Must have at least twoyears experience underwriting indirect vehicle loans. Email

[email protected] for more info!


index » 06.22.12

Employment . . . . . . . . . . . .68Seeking Employment . . . . .68Employment . . . . . . . . . . .68

Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Computer Services . . . . . .69Photography . . . . . . . . . . .69

Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . .69For Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Real Estate Services . . . . .69Office Space For Rent . . . .70For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Home Services . . . . . . . . . . .71Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . .71AirConditioning/Heating . .72Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . .72General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Personal Care . . . . . . . . . . .72Psychotherapists . . . . . . . .72Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . .72Salons/Stylists . . . . . . . . .72

Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Announcements . . . . . . . . . .73Personal Training . . . . . . . . .73

classy to advertise » 214.754.8710to shop » dallasvoice.com/classy

DVClassy » On Facebook and Twitter

EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT

Funding Specialist wanted by a dynamic indirect lending auto

finance company expanding in Dal-las! Must have at least two years

experience in a credit environment.Email [email protected]

for more info!

Models for Weekend Brand Ambassador and Hospitality Work. Good looking guys wanted for oc-

casional weekend work for legitmodeling, brand ambassador and

hospitality work. No experiencenecessary, but you must be outgo-ing and personable with a sense of

style. All looks welcome. Must look age 21-28. $20 per hour.

Send stats and headshot to:[email protected]

BJ'sNXS Club, the best dance barin DFW, is hiring SEXY bartenders,bar backs, bouncers and dancers!

Contact us [email protected],

Facebook, or www.BJsNXS.com to set up an interview. Must havevalid IDs, be a team player, TABC

certified and possess an outstand-ing customer service attitude.

Full-Time Registered Nurse.

Responsibilities include HIV/STD testing, treatments & vaccinations;

providing program support forHIV/STD testing and prevention

outreach activities; and other community health roles. Apply for

this job and find complete job information at

www.rcdallas.org

Now hiring outside sales unlimitedincome potential set your own hours

E-mail for more info: [email protected]

www.DavidJester.com

EMPLOYMENTSeeking

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

SEEKING EMPLOYMENTI do: painting, remodeling, landscaping, & yard work.

Looking to work for a contrac-tor in the Oak Lawn area.

15 years experience. Willing start immediately. WAYTT 870-484-0694

PLEASE GIVE ME A TRY.

Unique Roofing & Renovations isseeking commercial & residential

sales executives. An opportunity tomake 70k to 80k the first year.


Full time cook with experience incooking, kitchen maintenance,

maintaining orders and suppliesand menu planning. Work sched-ule M-F. Resumes to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

or to 214.941.8144

Driver with experience in trans-porting individuals, including inwheelchair, to medical appoint-

ments and other agencies provid-ing supportive services. Work

schedule M-F and clean TX DriverLicense req. Resumes to hr@aids-

dallas.org or to 214.941.8144

FULL TIME SHIPPING AGENTis wanted for Eagle Postal, 3210

Oak Lawn, 40 h/w $8.00 an hourmust be able to lift 70lbs & be atech friendly customer friendly.

214-815-7499

PHONE:214.754.8710EXT. 123

FAX:214.969.7271


PHONE:214.754.8710EXT. 127

FAX:214.969.7271


GREG HOOVERClassifieds Account Manager

CHANCE BROWNINGClassifieds Account Manager

Carter Staffing Solutions is currently re-cruiting Physicians, Physician Assistantsand Medical Directors, in the Dallas area.Submit resumes online at carterstaffing-sol.com or by emailing resumes@carter-

staffingsol.com. Apply today!

Hiring Registered Nurses, LVNs, Respira-tory Therapists, Physical Therapists and

Surgical Technicians. Apply online atwww.carterstaffingsol.com or email re-

sume to [email protected] today, positions throughout the Dal-

las/Fort Worth Area.

Local Dallas Financial Servicescompany is looking for qualified

customer service applicants. Weoffer a friendly work environment

with full-time benefits. Please submit your resume to [email protected]

REAL ESTATEFor Rent


2544 Hondo Ave. Dallas, TX 75219

HONDO PARK2 STORY LOFTS & TOWNHOMES

All Bills Paid + Basic Cable6 Different Floorplans, Downtown View, Tropical Pool, Hot Tub, Hardwoods,

Granite Countertops, Exercise Facility, Large Walk-in Closet & Balcony

Remote Control Gated Entry/Covered Parking214.522.8436

Updated 1 Bed 1 Bath Starting at $700 up to $795

1/2 MONTH’S RENT FREE

A ONE INCH AD IN THE

DALLAS VOICE IS ONLY $27/WEEKOR $91.80/4WEEKS

Society for Companion AnimalsSweet Rescued Dogs For Adoption

These are great pets and need good homes. Con-tact us today to choose your pet. 214-941-1014

SWEET, ADORABLE CATS UP FOR ADOPTION

All are fixed with shots $60 adoption fee. CallLee at 214-766-6741 or email

[email protected] for more info. We are a small rescue group SAFER

WEIMARANERSGray, or blue, young, older, friendly, fearless, alert, obedient, intelligent,

fun-loving, demanding, strong-willed, devoted,

loving, bossy, assertive, bold, loyal! Inquiries 972 994-3572

or www.weimrescuetexas.org

LARGE 1 BEDROOM 1 BATH Historic Winnetka Heights

COMPLETELY RENOVATED 1920S TRIPLEXQUARTZ COUNTERTOPS, SS APPLIANCES

CRUSHED GLASS GAS FIREPLACEMore Info at: 306swindomere.info

214.770.8885

5322 FLEETWOOD OAKS AVE.Medical District Area

1 Bedroom, 1 Bath CondoW/D, Gated Complex, Pool$650 + Electric/No Pets

Call Randy: 214-497-5867

2/1/1 IN BECKLEY CLUB5 Min to Downtown

Remodeled, Fenced Yard, Central H/A, Hardwoods and New Stainless AppliancesBacks Up to Dallas Zoo • $105,000

2 STORY 3/1.5/1 BECKLEY CLUBLarge Elm Trees,Fenced Yard, Remodeled

Brazilian Cherrywood, Walk in Closet, Large Master Patio with Double French Doors

$115,000 SELLER WILL PAY ALL ALLOWABLE

FHA CLOSING COSTSGreg Hutchinson, Ebby Halliday Realtors

(214) 566-8143

PETS

PETS

Kris Martin • Personal Assistant ServicesKris Martin • Personal Assistant Services

Correspondence & AccountingOrganizing & FilingParties, Special Occasions, EventsLogistics and Transportation for Family and PetsLiaison for Community, Civil and Faith Communities

[email protected] www.KrisMartinPR.com214.287.1068

SERVICES SERVICES

COMPUTER CONSULTANTPC HELP

NETWORK SUPPORTVIRUS REMOVAL - $50/HR.

www.pyattconsulting.comCell 214-228-4617

SERVICESComputer Services

SERVICESPhotography

EVENTS & PORTRAITS940.337.1791

CHANCEHEATH.CARBONMADE.COM

Classy @ DallasVoice.com/Classy

KEEPING FAMILY IN BUSINESS & BUSINESS IN THE FAMILY

A Gay Online Marketplace

STAFF ACCOUNTANT POSITIONprovides ongoing support to theaccounting/finance team with thedaily & long term management ofAgency financial matters in accordance with prescribed

policies, procedures, regulationsand standards.

Individual must have a BS/BA in accounting or a BS/BAin a related business filed that in-cludes 20+ hours of accountingand 2 years experience. MIP experience is desired but not required. Interested candidatesshould forward resumes to [email protected]

Unique Roofing & Renovations isseeking commercial & residentialsales executives. An opportunity tomake 70k to 80k the first year.


First Class Caregivers is looking fortop notch caregivers. We are alsolooking for an up-beat Sales

person, must have some medicalsales or home health sales in yourbackground. Send Resume to

[email protected] call 972-455-2815

Beyond the Gates Aids Foundation islooking for Volunteers

to help with administrative duties please contact our board of directors at

[email protected]

Carter Staffing Solutions is currently re-cruiting for various administrative and of-fice positions located throughout the DFWarea. Apply online at www.carterstaffing-solutions.com or email resume to re-

[email protected].

EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

Experienced Credit Analyst/Under-writer wanted by a dynamic auto finance company expanding in Dallas! Must have at least twoyears experience underwriting indirect vehicle loans. Email

[email protected] for more info!


When you’re looking for a new home or selling

your old home,you’ll find what you need

in The Dallas Voice Classifieds.

Send u s an ema i l o r c a l l u s t o s t a r t y o u r ad . 2 1 4 - 7 5 4 - 8 7 1 0Greg Hoover Ext. 123 [email protected] Chance Browning Ext. 127 [email protected]

Little Fish In A Big Pond?Dallas Voice Classifieds Can Change That.

Call 214-754-8710 Greg Ext. 123 or Chance Ext.127.

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NORTH DALLAS GALLERIA

One bedroom luxury residence near LBJ andMidway. Brand new finish-out. Hardwoodmaple, Travertine tile and premium carpetflooring. Ceiling fan and track lighting.Quartz countertops and bar. Travertine backsplashes. Premium stainless steel appliances. Zoned heating and cooling.Washer/ Dryer. Pool. All utilities included. Gay owned and managed.

One Bedroom $895/Mo. All Bills Paid. Available Now.Al at 214-770-1214

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When you’re looking for a new home or selling

your old home,you’ll find what you need

in The Dallas Voice Classifieds.

Send u s an ema i l o r c a l l u s t o s t a r t y o u r ad . 2 1 4 - 7 5 4 - 8 7 1 0Greg Hoover Ext. 123 [email protected] Chance Browning Ext. 127 [email protected]

Little Fish In A Big Pond?Dallas Voice Classifieds Can Change That.

Call 214-754-8710 Greg Ext. 123 or Chance Ext.127.

REAL ESTATEFor Rent

REAL ESTATEFor Rent

The Greens of Kessler Park1306 N. Plymouth Rd. Dallas2 WEEKS FREE!!

1-2-3 Bedroom Units, Flats, Lofts & TownhomesStarting @ $670 • 214-943-1183

TheGreensOfKesslerPark.comClose to Everything • Away From it All

NORTH DALLAS GALLERIA

One bedroom luxury residence near LBJ andMidway. Brand new finish-out. Hardwoodmaple, Travertine tile and premium carpetflooring. Ceiling fan and track lighting.Quartz countertops and bar. Travertine backsplashes. Premium stainless steel appliances. Zoned heating and cooling.Washer/ Dryer. Pool. All utilities included. Gay owned and managed.

One Bedroom $895/Mo. All Bills Paid. Available Now.Al at 214-770-1214

Small Quiet Complex1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH $535 + ELECTRIC

Large closets, hardwood floors.4322 Bowser Ave. Dallas 75219

214-526-4390

MOVE IN SPECIAL!!

Onsite Management & Maintenance

$199 Move In Special! WITH 12 MONTH LEASE

Bailiwick APARTMENTS

• Across From Park• Pool • On Site Laundry Facility• Wood Floor Look• Near Highland Park• Ask about move in specials!

Studios$485 - $545

One Bedrooms$575 - $700

Two Bedrooms$900 - $950

214-521-5381 4425 Gilbert 214-521-5381 4425 Gilbert

Hardwood floors, tile kitchen & arched doorways, 8’ Privacyfence, large deck with french doors, all appliances & doggydoor. Thermal windows & ceiling fans for lower utility bills. $1195 /Mo. Available July 1st.

Myra 214-450-4126 or 214-215-9671

Charming Updated House For Rent ECLECTIC ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD

REAL ESTATEFor Sale

REAL ESTATEFor Sale

REAL ESTATEFor Sale

REAL ESTATEServices

FOR SALE • UPTOWN CONDO2/2 Located on the Katy Trail,CHEAPER THAN RENT!

$120,000214-274-7741.

LAKEWOOD HEIGHTSAttractive Tudor home situated on a double lot at Velasco & Abrams.

2603 Abrams, Dallas, TX 75214

3/3/2 Living Areas/22,697 Square Feet, .34 Acres

$379,900.CALL SCOTT JACKSON

469-939-9391 for an appointment.

LARGE LOWER CONDO NORTHPARK AREA 2 master suites, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 walk-in closets, 2 pools, 2 parking spaces

Fireplace, W/D, eat-in kitchen, all appliances, patio, courtyard, gated. $79K. 214-361-9344

GET CASH NOW!For Your

Mortgage or Trust Deeds

405-886-0467

TIRED OF ACCEPTING PAYMENTS FOR YOUR HOME?

Centrally located, Douglas & Rawlins, with free parking. Available immediately.

$585/month. 214-528-2991

ONE LARGE OFFICE SPACEFOR LEASE

IN HANDSOME BUILDING

REAL ESTATEOffice Space For Rent


$319,000 • Doug Wingfield • 214.944.1300ASuperHome.com • Resource Real Estate Services Inc.

Modern Updates in this 3-3.5-2 with 3 LA3,450 SF on 2 lots. • Chef Kitchen • 2 Fireplaces Marble Baths • Hardwood Flooring • Huge Rooms

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Professional Cleaning From Top to BottomWE ALSO CLEAN

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Robert YorkHouse Cleaning Services

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Modern Updates in this 3-3.5-2 with 3 LA. 3,450 SF on 2 lots.Chef Kitchen • 2 Fireplaces • Marble Baths • Hardwood Flooring • Huge Rooms

$319,000 • Call Doug Wingfield • Resource Real Estate Services Inc.

214.944.1300 • ASuperHome.com

CLEANING SERVICESFOR YOUR

HOME & OFFICE.

We do windows too.

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Proudly Serving All of Texas

Over 30 home & auto insurance companies.

One call gets multiple quotes!

214-599-0808

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THANKS TO YOU, WE AREDallas’ #1 Insurance AgencyDallas’ #1 Insurance Agency

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Independently Owned and Operated Since 1989

Serving Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and S. Collin counties

• Deep Extraction Carpet Cleaning• Superior Upholstery Cleaning• Tile, Stone & Grout Cleaning • Pet Urine Removal Treatment• Carpet Stretching and Repairs• Oriental /Area Rug Cleaning• Eco-Friendly Solutions

Special Discounts for Dallas Voice Clients

972.517.4625 or [email protected]

www.dallasvoice.com


MASSAGE

Tranquil Massageby J.R.

Swedish • Deep Tissue

214.991.6921Ask About Half Priced Mondays!

MT - 0

21814

PERSONAL CARESalon/Stylists

PERSONAL CAREPsychotherapists


Need A Therapist?

214-766-9200

• A therapist who is non-judgmental & compassionate• A therapist who participates and gives you feedback• A safe environment in which to be open and discuss your feelings. • Sliding scale for anyone who

has lost their income.

Edward RichardsM.A., L.P.C.

214-766-9200 wellmind.netwellmind.net

3 Critical Qualities You Should Expect From Your Therapist!

Dr. Gary G. Kindley, D.Min.Combining Psychotherapy & Spirituality

• Anxiety• Addictions • Depression• LGBT Issues• Relationships • Life Coaching

Day, Evening & Weekend Appointments

www.drgk.org

3906 Lemmon Ave (Above LaMadeleine)DFW Metro 817-312-9919

PERSONAL CARESpirituality

R U READY 4 AGR8 MASSAGE?

Full Body • SMU Area

GLENN214-368-4933

MT-001497

PERSONAL CAREGeneral

Cholesterol, Detox, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Hepatitis, Herpes, High Blood Pressure,

Impotency, Skin Disorder, Weight Loss, Well Being.

PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATIONLeslie Duong, 214-887-8325BS Biology, Health Nutritionist, Lic'd Herbalist.

5917 Greenville • Leslieduong.com

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Dallas VoiceClassifieds 3.0

Caution: Man at WorkFull Body Massage

Garry972.533.3948

10am-Midnight • Visa/MC$65 In-Calls

$110 Out-CallsMT-032742

Joe Remsik, LCSWINDIVIDUALS, COUPLES & FAMILIES

University Park & Uptown LocationsSLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE

Evening & Weekend Hours

214.616.4131 JoeRemsik.com

Insurance & Medicare Accepted

Coming Out Issues • Social Anxiety • HIVDepression • Relationship Issues

Self Esteem, Trans-gender & Body Image Issues

Bodyworkby Mark

214.522.9101

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE

SWEDISHDEEP TISSUEIN/OUT CALLS

MT-018076

Connective Touch

Mike’s Massage for Men817-308-7370

mt# 102406

CALL NOW TO SEE HOW I CAN HELPVANTAGEPOINTDALLASCOUNSELING.COM

214-471-8650

DO YOU FEEL LOST AND LONELY? Are you feeling pessimistic about your future?

I CAN HELP TOGETHER WE CAN WORKTHROUGH YOUR ISSUES:• Problems in your relationship• A desire to have more friends• Troubles with dating• Work-related stress• Fear of social isolation• Coping with your ageMichael J. Salas

MA, LPC, LCDC

Man, Get a Haircut!Steven Keith Barber Salon

214-252-0399

FOR MEN & WOMENIN THE SALONS OF DALLAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRUM

EZ Links Extentions • Call For A Quote

Oak Lawn MassageANDY WESLEY

$15 OFF YOUR 1ST MASSAGELocated in ilume

OakLawnMassage.com214-773-8234 mt-039219

REAL MASSAGE SINCE 1993In/Out Calls

60 Min $45 • 90 Min $657 Days A Week

FLEXIBLE APPT. TIMESRich: 214-624-2586mt-008418

CARPENTERHANDYMANRehabbing Distressed Properties

Remodeling Kitchens • Baths • DecksWill work alongside home owner with needed tools and expertise or complete the project alone

Call Bill: 972-998-2427

Jade AirJade AirAir Conditioning, Heating & Remodeling

PROMPT EXCEPTIONAL SERVICEVISA, MC, AMX, DISC

SERVICE•SALES•INSTALLSALL MAJOR BRANDS

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

214.522.2805 214.923.7904jadeairdallas.com

SERVING THE GLBT COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS !

TACLB014472E

I HEAR YOU’RE HOT!!

HOME SERVICESAir Conditioning & Heating


MAR

ATHON

We’re The Guys Who’ll Keep It RunningMechanical - Electrical Inc.

Residential & Commercial Service, Sales, InstallsService All Major Brands • Free Estimates

469-226-3233 • 24 Hours a Day ServiceServicing the Community Since 1993

A/C Service

TACLA 17183C

HOME SERVICESPainting

EDDIE’S QUALITY PAINTINGInterior/exterior tape, bedding & texture

• Power Washing • Fence Staining • Front Door Stain Refinishing

MINOR CARPENTRY WORK ALSO AVAILABLE

469-471-8618 20 Years Experience. References Available.

Benjamin’s Painting 214-725-6768

S & H PLUMBINGAFFORDABLE QUALITY PLUMBING

Commercial - ResidentialSlab Leaks, Water Heaters, Fixture Sets

Rough Ins, Top Outs and More...Call: 214-554-6013

Licensed & Insured LIC#M-39910

HOME SERVICESPlumbing

HOME SERVICESGeneral


RENOVATIONSByRILEY.COM214-274-1060214-274-1060

FREE NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE!FREE NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE!

Kitchens, Bathrooms& Hardwoods

Call us today for all of our SPECIALS.

RENOVATIONS By RILEYWanna Get Nailed?FOR ALL YOUR HOME PROJECTS.

See what a small change can do to beautify your home.

Mitch Cooper 972-935-8058

• Remodeling • Home Repair • Sheetrock • Painting• Decks • Stone Work

Free Consultations & Bids. References Available.

Kingdom Restoration Cathedral willbe opening its doors for worship

services very soon. KRC is a multi-cultural gathering place for all peo-ple. Please contact us today at

www.krcathedral.com

MALIK LANDSCAPEDESIGN&

FOR ALL YOUR LANDSCAPE NEEDS

CLEAN UP &FERTILIZER SPECIALS

• New Garden Designs• Sprinkler Systems

• Fences

Call Sean For Free Estimates

[email protected]

HOME SERVICESLandscaping

214.587.1913

• Haircuts $25• Massage $65

• Back Waxing $45• Manscaping $45

• Eye Brow Wax $15• Ear Waxing $15

4030 Cedar Springs Rd.Oak Lawn Location

MARK WOODRUFF

MASSAGEMASSAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTSANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Award Winning Deep TissueMark Berry 214-810-4531

Book onlineMyDallasMassage.com

Voted Best Massage Therapist 2011Readers Voice Awards

Pics/Info: www.dallasbill.comBill: 214-923-0786 * MT048804

Call: 214.924.2647 Text: 682-710-1890MassageTherapyByBrian.com

ProfessionalMassage

BY BRIAN ROEL

Swedish $55/Hr. Deep Tissue $75/Hr.

Cash/CC • Out Calls Available*

3525 Cedar Springs Suite 103

DIVA Volleyball Summer League 2012

Starts JuneCome Play with Us!

Contact vpmembership@divadal-

las.org or visit www.divadallas.org

NORTH TEXAS PRIDE PARTYCome as You Are to the

2nd Annual North Texas Pride Party. June 23 at Tierney’s Café

(208 E. Main St. Lewisville); 6-11 p.m. NorthTexasPride.com

Simple Mobile Authorized Dealer

4040 40 $$$ NATIONWIDETALK, TEXT, AND UP TO 3G WEB

Uncz MobileWireless

469-554-UNCZ www.unczmobile.com

CLASSES FROM A PRO35 years • producer • director • actor

writer • critic • teacher

214-443-8181

SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR

GayDorm.com

DALLASVOICE.COM/CLASSY

Massage Therapist& Colonic Therapist

Don Blaylock

214-207-7430Office Hours5:00am-11:00pm7 Days A Week20 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

1st time Clients 1 FREE COLONIC

$20 OFF MASSAGE

ColonCareDallas.comMT-009328

• Trucking/Auto accidents• Premises Liability• Construction accidents• Personal Injury• Wrongful Death

The Law Office of Scott Mayo, P.L.L.C. 10300 N. Central Expressway, Suite 285 Dallas, Texas 75231

Telephone : 214.217.8399 - Facsimile : 214.217.8398

[email protected] - www.ScottMayoLaw.com

$40 AN HOUR INCALL (IN OAK LAWN)10yr Experience in Swedish, SportsThai & Body Electric (full-body) Massage

Outcalls available All Hours • 2929 Wycliff Location!

[email protected]

Massage Services

by Michael WinsorRN • RMT

Darts Over Texas

Over $2,000 in Cash Prizes & Raffle!!

Registration Still Open!

AMATEUR TOURNAMENTFOR MORE INFO

DARTSOVERTEXAS.COM

Soft-Tip TournamentJune 29 - July 1

6/22/2012Sponsored By: Hunky’s • Sue Ellens • TMCWoody’s • Skivvies • Round-Up Saloon

Thairrific • Lonestar Darts & Billiards • Stoli

PERSONAL TRAINING

PERSONAL TRAINING

KUTKUT FITNESSFITNESS & NUTRITION SPECIALIST

ONE ON ONE PERSONAL TRAINING

FROM MY LOCATION OR YOUR

PREFERRED LOCATIONGROUP TRAINING

NUTRITION CONSULTATIONS

CPT Certified Personal Trainer (Expert Level) CSN Certified Sport Nutrition

Omar Kutkut214-218-6067KUTKUTFITNESS.COM

6’8”, 285LB., ALL MUSCLEBIG, STRONG HANDSWITH A GENTLE TOUCH

MassageM4M.com/TallMuscleMassage

Hotel Calls Welcome!!469-471-2793 RMT 37347

• SWEDISH • DEEP TISSUE • SHIATSU AND MORE

BrettHunter

I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL

INCREDIBLE!

BACKDOORCOMEDY CLUB

Regular Shows: Fri. @ 9:00 pmSat. @ 8:00 & 10:15 pm

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL 8250 North Central ExpwyBackdoorcomedy.com • 214-328-4444

Best Comedy Club: D Magazine, Dallas Observer

Dynamic Travel & Cruises

LGBT Friendly Travel Destinations & Accommodations

DynamicTravel.com Jeff: 817-481-8631 x [email protected]

28 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Specializing in Leisure & Cruises

ASK ABOUT RSVP GAY CRUSIES


MASSAGE

Tranquil Massageby J.R.

Swedish • Deep Tissue

214.991.6921Ask About Half Priced Mondays!

MT - 0

21814

PERSONAL CARESalon/Stylists



Need A Therapist?

214-766-9200

• A therapist who is non-judgmental & compassionate• A therapist who participates and gives you feedback• A safe environment in which to be open and discuss your feelings. • Sliding scale for anyone who

has lost their income.

Edward RichardsM.A., L.P.C.

214-766-9200 wellmind.netwellmind.net

3 Critical Qualities You Should Expect From Your Therapist!

Dr. Gary G. Kindley, D.Min.Combining Psychotherapy & Spirituality

• Anxiety• Addictions • Depression• LGBT Issues• Relationships • Life Coaching

Day, Evening & Weekend Appointments

www.drgk.org

3906 Lemmon Ave (Above LaMadeleine)DFW Metro 817-312-9919

PERSONAL CARESpirituality

R U READY 4 AGR8 MASSAGE?

Full Body • SMU Area

GLENN214-368-4933

MT-001497

PERSONAL CAREGeneral

Cholesterol, Detox, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Hepatitis, Herpes, High Blood Pressure,

Impotency, Skin Disorder, Weight Loss, Well Being.

PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATIONLeslie Duong, 214-887-8325BS Biology, Health Nutritionist, Lic'd Herbalist.

5917 Greenville • Leslieduong.com

Follow Us!


Dallas VoiceClassifieds 3.0

Caution: Man at WorkFull Body Massage

Garry972.533.3948

10am-Midnight • Visa/MC$65 In-Calls

$110 Out-CallsMT-032742

Joe Remsik, LCSWINDIVIDUALS, COUPLES & FAMILIES

University Park & Uptown LocationsSLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE

Evening & Weekend Hours

214.616.4131 JoeRemsik.com

Insurance & Medicare Accepted

Coming Out Issues • Social Anxiety • HIVDepression • Relationship Issues

Self Esteem, Trans-gender & Body Image Issues

Bodyworkby Mark

214.522.9101

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE

SWEDISHDEEP TISSUEIN/OUT CALLS

MT-018076

Connective Touch

Mike’s Massage for Men817-308-7370

mt# 102406

CALL NOW TO SEE HOW I CAN HELPVANTAGEPOINTDALLASCOUNSELING.COM

214-471-8650

DO YOU FEEL LOST AND LONELY? Are you feeling pessimistic about your future?

I CAN HELP TOGETHER WE CAN WORKTHROUGH YOUR ISSUES:• Problems in your relationship• A desire to have more friends• Troubles with dating• Work-related stress• Fear of social isolation• Coping with your ageMichael J. Salas

MA, LPC, LCDC

Man, Get a Haircut!Steven Keith Barber Salon

214-252-0399

FOR MEN & WOMENIN THE SALONS OF DALLAS LOCATED IN THE CENTRUM

EZ Links Extentions • Call For A Quote

Oak Lawn MassageANDY WESLEY

$15 OFF YOUR 1ST MASSAGELocated in ilume

OakLawnMassage.com214-773-8234 mt-039219

REAL MASSAGE SINCE 1993In/Out Calls

60 Min $45 • 90 Min $657 Days A Week

FLEXIBLE APPT. TIMESRich: 214-624-2586mt-008418

CARPENTERHANDYMANRehabbing Distressed Properties

Remodeling Kitchens • Baths • DecksWill work alongside home owner with needed tools and expertise or complete the project alone

Call Bill: 972-998-2427

Jade AirJade AirAir Conditioning, Heating & Remodeling

PROMPT EXCEPTIONAL SERVICEVISA, MC, AMX, DISC

SERVICE•SALES•INSTALLSALL MAJOR BRANDS

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

214.522.2805 214.923.7904jadeairdallas.com

SERVING THE GLBT COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS !

TACLB014472E

I HEAR YOU’RE HOT!!



M

ARATHON

We’re The Guys Who’ll Keep It RunningMechanical - Electrical Inc.

Residential & Commercial Service, Sales, InstallsService All Major Brands • Free Estimates

469-226-3233 • 24 Hours a Day ServiceServicing the Community Since 1993

A/C Service

TACLA 17183C

HOME SERVICESPainting

EDDIE’S QUALITY PAINTINGInterior/exterior tape, bedding & texture

• Power Washing • Fence Staining • Front Door Stain Refinishing

MINOR CARPENTRY WORK ALSO AVAILABLE

469-471-8618 20 Years Experience. References Available.

Benjamin’s Painting 214-725-6768

S & H PLUMBINGAFFORDABLE QUALITY PLUMBING

Commercial - ResidentialSlab Leaks, Water Heaters, Fixture Sets

Rough Ins, Top Outs and More...Call: 214-554-6013

Licensed & Insured LIC#M-39910

HOME SERVICESPlumbing



RENOVATIONSByRILEY.COM214-274-1060214-274-1060

FREE NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE!FREE NO OBLIGATION ESTIMATE!

Kitchens, Bathrooms& Hardwoods

Call us today for all of our SPECIALS.

RENOVATIONS By RILEYWanna Get Nailed?FOR ALL YOUR HOME PROJECTS.

See what a small change can do to beautify your home.

Mitch Cooper 972-935-8058

• Remodeling • Home Repair • Sheetrock • Painting• Decks • Stone Work

Free Consultations & Bids. References Available.

Kingdom Restoration Cathedral willbe opening its doors for worship

services very soon. KRC is a multi-cultural gathering place for all peo-ple. Please contact us today at

www.krcathedral.com

MALIK LANDSCAPEDESIGN&

FOR ALL YOUR LANDSCAPE NEEDS

CLEAN UP &FERTILIZER SPECIALS

• New Garden Designs• Sprinkler Systems

• Fences

Call Sean For Free Estimates

[email protected]

HOME SERVICESLandscaping

214.587.1913

• Haircuts $25• Massage $65

• Back Waxing $45• Manscaping $45

• Eye Brow Wax $15• Ear Waxing $15

4030 Cedar Springs Rd.Oak Lawn Location

MARK WOODRUFF

MASSAGEMASSAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTSANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Award Winning Deep TissueMark Berry 214-810-4531

Book onlineMyDallasMassage.com

Voted Best Massage Therapist 2011Readers Voice Awards

Pics/Info: www.dallasbill.comBill: 214-923-0786 * MT048804

Call: 214.924.2647 Text: 682-710-1890MassageTherapyByBrian.com

ProfessionalMassage

BY BRIAN ROEL

Swedish $55/Hr. Deep Tissue $75/Hr.

Cash/CC • Out Calls Available*

3525 Cedar Springs Suite 103

DIVA Volleyball Summer League 2012

Starts JuneCome Play with Us!

Contact vpmembership@divadal-

las.org or visit www.divadallas.org

NORTH TEXAS PRIDE PARTYCome as You Are to the

2nd Annual North Texas Pride Party. June 23 at Tierney’s Café

(208 E. Main St. Lewisville); 6-11 p.m. NorthTexasPride.com

Simple Mobile Authorized Dealer

4040 40 $$$ NATIONWIDETALK, TEXT, AND UP TO 3G WEB

Uncz MobileWireless

469-554-UNCZ www.unczmobile.com

CLASSES FROM A PRO35 years • producer • director • actor

writer • critic • teacher

214-443-8181

SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTOR

GayDorm.com

DALLASVOICE.COM/CLASSY

Massage Therapist& Colonic Therapist

Don Blaylock

214-207-7430Office Hours5:00am-11:00pm7 Days A Week20 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

1st time Clients 1 FREE COLONIC

$20 OFF MASSAGE

ColonCareDallas.comMT-009328

• Trucking/Auto accidents• Premises Liability• Construction accidents• Personal Injury• Wrongful Death

The Law Office of Scott Mayo, P.L.L.C. 10300 N. Central Expressway, Suite 285 Dallas, Texas 75231

Telephone : 214.217.8399 - Facsimile : 214.217.8398

[email protected] - www.ScottMayoLaw.com

$40 AN HOUR INCALL (IN OAK LAWN)10yr Experience in Swedish, SportsThai & Body Electric (full-body) Massage

Outcalls available All Hours • 2929 Wycliff Location!

[email protected]

Massage Services

by Michael WinsorRN • RMT

Darts Over Texas

Over $2,000 in Cash Prizes & Raffle!!

Registration Still Open!

AMATEUR TOURNAMENTFOR MORE INFO

DARTSOVERTEXAS.COM

Soft-Tip TournamentJune 29 - July 1

6/22/2012Sponsored By: Hunky’s • Sue Ellens • TMCWoody’s • Skivvies • Round-Up Saloon

Thairrific • Lonestar Darts & Billiards • Stoli

PERSONAL TRAINING

PERSONAL TRAINING

KUTKUT FITNESSFITNESS & NUTRITION SPECIALIST

ONE ON ONE PERSONAL TRAINING

FROM MY LOCATION OR YOUR

PREFERRED LOCATIONGROUP TRAINING

NUTRITION CONSULTATIONS

CPT Certified Personal Trainer (Expert Level) CSN Certified Sport Nutrition

Omar Kutkut214-218-6067KUTKUTFITNESS.COM

6’8”, 285LB., ALL MUSCLEBIG, STRONG HANDSWITH A GENTLE TOUCH

MassageM4M.com/TallMuscleMassage

Hotel Calls Welcome!!469-471-2793 RMT 37347

• SWEDISH • DEEP TISSUE • SHIATSU AND MORE

BrettHunter

I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL

INCREDIBLE!

BACKDOORCOMEDY CLUB

Regular Shows: Fri. @ 9:00 pmSat. @ 8:00 & 10:15 pm

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL 8250 North Central ExpwyBackdoorcomedy.com • 214-328-4444

Best Comedy Club: D Magazine, Dallas Observer

Dynamic Travel & Cruises

LGBT Friendly Travel Destinations & Accommodations

DynamicTravel.com Jeff: 817-481-8631 x [email protected]

28 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Specializing in Leisure & Cruises

ASK ABOUT RSVP GAY CRUSIES

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