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11.08.19 █ dallasvoice 3 instanTEA DallasVoice.com/Category/Instant-Tea LGBT Chamber holds ribbon who wrote on her Facebook page that she was “stunned beyond words to hear that Nikki cutting for Unleashed Araguz Lloyd has passed away at age 44.” LGBTQ Expo Nikki Lloyd became an ardent advocate of At its Brewing Up Business mixer at Crickles transgender rights and HIV awareness in the & Co., the LGBT Chamber of Commerce held 1990s when, as an adolescent, she made a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Unleashed several TV appearances, with her parent, to LGBTQ Expo that is scheduled for March 28- talk about being transgender and about having 29 at Market Center Hall. been infected with HIV as a result of rape. The expo will be a combination of entertain- She became an advocate for marriage ment and a place for businesses and LGBT equality after her husband, Houston firefighter it back to Clapp’s court, Clapp ruled that Nikki More information and tickets are available at consumers to connect. Expo organizer Wesley Thomas Araguz was killed in July 2010, while was, in fact, legally married to Thomas Araguz EqualityTexas.org. Smoot said there will be multiple stages, fighting a blaze at an egg plant in Boling, Texas. at the time of his death. —David Taffet keynote speakers, discussion panels, business Nikki was away on a business trip at the time —Tammye Nash networking and connecting to the community. and learned of her husband’s death through He expects everything from dating apps to a post on social media. Her in-laws then took The Tin Room to open fashion, travel, and a variety of products to be custody of her two step-sons, refusing to let Equality Texas is celebrating its in San Diego represented at the expo. Businesses will range her see them, even though they had lived with 30th birthday Lonzie Hershner, owner of Marty’s, the Tin from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. her and their father. And her in-laws filed suit Equality Texas will mark its 30th birthday Room and Zippers, is opening The Tin Room in Smoot said his goal is for Dallas to become to take away the benefits she was due as the with a dinner and event honoring the legislative San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood. a hub for things related to the LGBT market. widow of a firefighter. LGBT caucus and more on Nov. 16. Hershner plans to serve food at his new bar —David Taffet A little less than a year later, State District Honorees include the five founding members on an almost 900-square-foot outdoor patio. Judge Randy Clapp ruled in favor of Thomas’ of the Texas LGBT Caucus and Legacy Award The menu he described in a piece in San Diego Trans activist Nikki Araguz family and nullified Nikki’s marriage to him, recipients Sen. Jose Rodriguez and Rep. Gay and Lesbian News is similar to food he claiming that because Nikki was transgender, Loyd has died Sinfronia Thompson. Both have been staunch served at Chesterfield’s, his restaurant that was her marriage to Thomas was a same-sex mar- supporters of the LGBT community, and on Inwood Road near Maple Avenue in Dallas. Transgender activist Nikki Araguz Loyd of riage and therefore not legal. Thompson has carried numerous pro-LGBT Hershner plans to have the bar open by Houston has died, according to a post Thurs- Nikki remarried — to William Loyd — and bills in the Legislature for decades. Kimbery December. day morning, Nov. 7, on the Facebook page continued to fight, and in the fall of 2015, just and Kai Shappley will be honored with the Glen This isn’t the first time Dallas bars have of her husband, William Loyd. Leaders in the a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court Maxey Activism Award. Monica Roberts will opened elsewhere, and previous exports of transgender community have noted the death, issued its marriage equality ruling and after an receive the Transgender Activist Award. Dallas’ gay scene have been successful. including Houston activist Monica Roberts, appeals court had ruled in her favor and sent —David Taffet

4 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 11.08.19 █ dallasvoice 5 THE AGENDA Have an event coming up? Email your • Nov. 11: Creating Change Host County Democratic Party Chair. The • Nov. 18: Stonewall Democrats informationGAY to Managing Editor Tammye Committee Meeting meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Walnut of Rockwall Nash at [email protected] or Senior The Task Force needs volunteers to Hill Recreation Center. For more Stonewall Democrats of Rockwall Staff Writer David Taffet at plan the January 15-19 Creating Change information visit ThePHD.org. meets at 7:30 p.m. at Harry Meyers [email protected] by Wednesday Conference in Dallas. Committees Community Center, 815 E. Washington at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. include fundraising, special events, • Nov. 12: Oak Lawn St., Rockwall. For more information, hospitality, recruitment. Dinner at Committee meeting contact Patti or Heidi at NOVEMBER 7 p.m. and meeting from 7:30-9 p.m. at Meetings of the organization that [email protected]. • Nov. 8: DFW Pride Happy Hour Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Springs weighs in on development in Oak Lawn Eat. Shop. Drink. The LGBT Chamber of Road. For more information visit are open to the public at 6:30 p.m. at • Nov. 19: Stonewall Democrats Commerce Foundation presents happy CreatingChange.org. Melrose Hotel, 3015 Oak Lawn Ave. of Dallas hour from 5:30-7 p.m. at Lekka Retail Largest Democratic club in Texas meets Concepts, 17606 Preston Road. • Nov. 12: Grief group • Nov. 12: Prime Timers at 6:30 p.m. at Mattito’s, 3102 Oak Grief group for persons who have lost Dinner at 7 p.m. at Asian Mint, Lawn Ave. For more information visit • Nov. 9: Family Zoo Day a same-sex spouse meets the second and 11617 N. Central Expressway. StonewallDemocratsofDallas.org. The Dallas City Council’s LGBT Caucus fourth Tuesdays each month from chapters.theprimetimersww.com/ — Adam Medrano, Omar Narvaez and 6:45-8 p.m. at Resource Center, dallasfortworth. • Nov. 20: Resource Center Chad West — present free tickets to the 5750 Cedar Springs Road. Speakers Series Dallas Zoo. They’ll have a table at the For more information visit • Nov. 14: TPIF Grant Presentation Third in The Dallas Way, Resource front gate with tickets from MyResourceCenter.org. Texas Pride Impact Funds presents Center and UNT Library’s speaker 9 a.m.-noon at Dallas Zoo, grants to three DFW recipients, free series on LGBT history in Dallas. Agatha 650 S. RL Thornton Freeway. • Nov. 9: Pathfinders cocktails, hors d’oevres and free valet Beins speaks on the AIDS Memorial Pathfinders group is a community from 6-8 p.m. in The Turtle Room, Quilt, Art and Activism. A wine and • Nov. 9: Prime Timers resource for trans masculine individuals 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd. light bites reception at 5:30 p.m. and Brunch at 11 a.m. at Barbec’s, (including non-binary trans masculine speaker from 6-7 p.m. at Resource 8949 Garland Road. RSVP 214-218-0912. people and binary trans men), age 18+ • Nov. 14: DIFFA Wreath Collection Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road. Free. in the North Texas/DFW area. Meets the The 24th annual DIFFA Wreath RSVP to [email protected]. • Nov. 9-11: Arboretum second Tuesday of every month from Collection: Naughty+Nice silent Complimentary admission for active 6:30-8 p.m. in the Oak Lawn Library auction from 6-9 p.m. at World Trade • Nov. 20: Prime Timers duty and retired military from 9 a.m.- Auditorium, 4100 Cedar Springs Road. Center, 2050 N. Stemmons Freeway. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. at Charco Broiler 5 p.m. at Dallas Arboretum and DIFFADallas.org Steakhouse, 413 W. Jefferson Blvd. Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road. • Nov. 12: Preston Hollow • Nov. 16: Snowball Gaybingo chapters.theprimetimersww.com/ Democrats Meeting Gaybingo from 5-9 p.m. at the dallasfortworth. • Nov. 10: Prime Timers Join the Preston Hollow Democrats Rose Room, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Games at 2 p.m. in Carrollton hosted by in their monthly meeting, this month Tickets at MyResourceCenter.org. • Nov. 20: Transgender Day Brian. Call 214-218-0912 for address and featuring candidates for congressional of Remembrance directions. chapters.theprimetimersww. and Local races; US House of Cathedral of Hope and Transgender com/dallasfortworth. Representatives, US Senate, and Dallas Pride of Dallas present Transgender Day

• Weekly: Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 11:30 a walk or run at Oak Lawn Park, near the LGBT Sex Addicts Anonymous meets at on Sunday on 89.3 KNON-FM with David a.m. at Resource Center, 2701 Reagan intersection of Turtle Creek and Hall Street, 6 p.m. every Friday at 1919 Independence Taffet, Lerone Landis and the late Patti St.; Core Group Meeting every 1st and every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and every St., Room 19, Plano. 972-316-9188 for Fink; Silver Pride Project Coffee and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.; Fuse Saturday at 8:30 a.m.; Leadership Lambda details; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters Convo for LGBTQ+ seniors meets game night every Monday evening except Toastmasters practices and develops gay-identified Toastmasters group meets Mondays from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Oak Lawn the last of the month at 8 p.m. at the Fuse speaking and leadership skills from 6:30–8 from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday at the Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road, Tuesdays space in the 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; p.m. on Mondays at First Unitarian Church, First Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Grauwyler Park FuseConnect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. third floor of the Hallman Building, 4012 Road (does not meet on Mondays that Branch Library, 2146 Gilford St. Wednesdays For more information call or e-mail Jalenzski St. Andrews; Thrive, program of Resource are holidays); United Black Ellument for Breakfast Club from 10 a.m.-noon at at 214-760-9718 ext. 3 or Jalenzski@ Center for LGBTQ adults 50+ support group hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black Reverchon Recreation Center, 3505 Maple myresourcecenter.org; LGBT square dancing every Monday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. community (UBE Connected) at 7 p.m. Ave. and Thursdays for Rainbow Rec from group Pegasus Squares meets the second followed by free lunch at Resource Center, every fourth Tuesday of the month at 3918 10 am.-noon at Reverchon Recreation and fourth Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at Grace 5750 Cedar Springs Road; Lambda AA Harry Hines Blvd.; DVtv in Spayse, news Center, 3505 Maple Ave.; Unwired Group of United Methodist Church, 4105 Junius St. meets at noon, 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 11 and entertainment discussion live streaming Crystal Meth Anonymous meets Sunday For more info, email pegasussquares@ p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 6525 every Friday, 4–5 p.m., on the Spayse at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and gmail.com; Dallas Frontrunners meet for Inwood Road. Call 214-267-0222 for details; Station YouTube channel.

6 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 of Remembrance at 7 p.m. at artistic director Tim Seelig will be J. Erik Jonsson Library, 1515 Young St. in attendance from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs • Nov. 21: GALA Happy Hour Road. $10. Tickets at Eventbrite.com. Free appetizers, game tables, for GALA’s third Thursday happy • Nov. 23: Trans/SOFFA support group hour from 5-8:30 p.m. at Henry’s, An open group for those who identify 5741 Legacy Drive, Suite 100, Plano. as other than their assigned birth For more information visit gender, significant others, friends, GalaNorthTexas.org. family and allies at 5 p.m. at Heart of the Matter Healing Center, • Nov. 21: THRIVE Potluck 2060 N. Collins Blvd., Richardson. Thanksgiving potluck for LGBTQ adults 50+ from 6-8 p.m. at Resource Center, • Nov. 24: Prime Timers 5750 Cedar Springs Road. Questions Games hosted at a private home to [email protected] in Rockwall. Call for address and directions 214-218-0912. • Nov. 21: Rainbow LULAC chapters.theprimetimersww.com/ Monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Havana, dallasfortworth. 4006 Cedar Springs Road. For more information visit Lulac.org. • Nov. 26: Grief group • Nov. 22: Gay Chorus Deep South Grief group for persons who have lost a Screening of the film about the San same-sex spouse meets the second and Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ Deep fourth Tuesdays each month from 6:45- South tour. Former Turtle Creek Chorale AGENDA, Page 14

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Dr. Steven Pounders is an avid collector and musician as well as a physician. (Photos courtesy James O’Reilly)

Dr. Steve Pounders marks 30 of Ron Woodroof, the HIV patient smug- “Whenever he’s looking at new provid- gled unapproved HIV medication into ers or staff, he’s open to their personal years in practice this year the country in a project known as the growth in the practice and their profes- Dallas Buyers Club. (The movie was also sion,” Deckard said of the doctor. DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer known as Dallas Buyers Club.) Both Porter and Deckard spoke of [email protected] When Pounders and his husband, Jim- Pounders’ generosity and said working my O’Reilly, married, the wedding was in the office is fun. But Deckard also talk- r. Steven Pound- announced in the New York Times. The ed about the office mourning together. ers celebrates the couple met 22 years ago on Fire Island Ten years ago, he explained, office ad- 30th anniversary and were married two years ago. “You ministrator Trish Hudson died acciden- of his medical can’t rush into these things,” O’Reilly tally in a hotel room in New York. The practice with a said. staff mourned her loss together. party in his office To his staff and other providers in his Pounders was born in Dallas, and at- this evening, Fri- office, Pounders is just a great guy to tended Hillcrest High School and Austin day, Nov. 8. work with. Practice administrator Rick College. He went to medical school at In 2016, Pounders received Black Tie Porter, who said he’s 67, has been with UTMB in Galveston. “He began seeing Dinner’s Raymond Kuchling Award for Pounders for 10 years and is thinking of HIV patients in medical school,” O’Reil- his pioneering care and treatment of peo- retiring. ly said. ple with HIV/AIDS. The following year, “But I don’t really want to retire,” Por- In 1987, Pounders joined the staff at Dallas Historical Society presented him ter said. “I enjoy it here so much. Few Parkland Hospital where he specialized with its Award for Excellence in Com- employers care so much about their em- in HIV care at a time when meals were munity Service in Health and Science, an ployees,” adding that in the 10 years he left on the floor outside of rooms of AIDS honor usually given to a local researcher. has worked there, Pounders’ practice has patients at the hospital. He was the first doctor in private prac- doubled in size. After going into private practice, tice to receive it. Physician Assistant Trew Deckard Pounders would regularly have 10 or 20 And in 2013, Pounders was portrayed has been practicing in Pounders’ office patients in the hospital at a time. O’Reil- on film by Jennifer Garner as the doctor longer than anyone else currently there. ly remembers a time at the beginning of

8 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 their relationship that whenever they scious but he’s nonjudgmental of others. were eating out, Pounders usually had His patients can tell him anything open- to leave in the middle of dinner to rush ly.” to the hospital. Because of that, O’Reilly said, his hus- Ron Woodroof, the subject of the film band’s gift is getting his patients into Dallas Buyers Club, became a patient compliance with their medications. of Pounders after he went into private The couple supports the large AIDS practice. O’Reilly said Pounders spoke organizations and fundraising groups in at Austin College a week ago where they Dallas. They’ve sponsored Purple Party, showed the movie to students before his DIFFA, No Tie Dinner, Black Tie Dinner, appearance. Resource Center’s Toast to Life, Legal “The kids acted like he was royalty,” Hospice of Texas’ Little Black Dress Par- O’Reilly said. ty and a variety of events with Legacy Not so with producers of the film. Counseling Center. For years, Pounders’ Deckard remembers Pounders wasn’t was volunteer medical director of Nel- even invited to a screening of the movie. son Tebedo Clinic. Pounders’ reaction to the film was O’Reilly also described his husband mixed. He was glad the story was be- as a “yoga nut. He can twist himself into ing told, but he said he wished it could any contortion.” have been told more honestly. While he The two are also politically active as had nothing against being portrayed members of Federal Club and as spon- by Jennifer Garner, he said at the time sors of the Lambda Legal Landmark he was sorry the reason was to inject a Dinner. So even though Pounders had heterosexual love story into a narrative been a member of Equinox gym for of the LGBT community taking care of years, he promptly resigned his mem- itself. And he disliked Woodroof being bership to the health club when its own- portrayed as homophobic when he was er revealed he had done a major fund- probably either gay or bi. raiser for Trump. While Parkland gave Woodroof a life Pounders doesn’t limit his political expectancy of about a year, he lived sev- and HIV work to Dallas. Each year the en more years under Pounders’ care at a couple attends the national HRC dinner time when there were no proven medi- in Washington, D.C. They own a place in cations. Palm Springs, and Pounders has spoken O’Reilly described Pounders’ style as for the Desert AIDS Project number of uncritical. “He keeps himself in good times. shape,” O’Reilly said. “He’s health con- Still, politics and HIV don’t consume all of Pounders’ time. He has several col- lections. At the office, he’s accumulated a variety of cartoon cels with a medical theme that he keeps on display. At home are his Erte Seven Deadly Sins seri- graphs. And he has seven classic cars. In addition, Pounders plays piano, oboe and accordion. As a child, he com- peted in a Van Cliburn piano compe- tition in Fort Worth, and in college, he played oboe with the Sherman Sympho- ny Orchestra. Deckard described Pounders as a pioneer. When other doctors, nurses and other health professionals were afraid to touch people with HIV, Pounders recog- nized AIDS was simply caused by a virus and people needed to be treated. He said Pounders has always been an innovator giving his adoption of electronic medical records in 2005 as an ex- ample. But O’Reilly summed up Pounders’ approach to medicine as “he figured out how to treat people so they could live

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10 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 tional republic which is continually un- and Striking It Rich. The first is about her der attack.” time as an “exotic dancer” and prosti- Straight Pride march The Dallas march, the website contin- tute, and the other is about how to “store ues, “is bringing attention to the sexu- up your treasures in heaven.” She is also alization and corruption of America’s the founder and a board member for Ra- planned for Dallas children taking place and the far left’s hab’s Retreat and Ranch, a “voluntary, attempts to silence opposition. One of faith-based program serving victims of SHFA’s goals is to fight these efforts and sex trafficking and women in the sex in- we are honored to join Teresa and Protect dustry free of charge,” located in Kilgo- Our Next Generations in this fight.” re, Texas. But the straight pride marchers won’t Another organizer of the PONG event, go unchallenged. The DFW Anti-Fascist according to DFW AFL, is Bekki Davis, a League is planning a “Silence = Death” manager at Rahab’s Retreat that traveled event to “counter the homophobic threat.” to Boston with Richinberger. This event is also set from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The DFW AFL spokesperson said that Saturday, Nov. 16, at City Hall. Richinberger is using “this hate rally … A member of DFW AFL — who asked and our [LGBTQ] community as a step- to remain anonymous out of fear of ping stone to get donations from other personal attacks against them and their bigots. That’s what happened in Boston.” Now offering family — acknowledged that some in Pointing those ulterior motives, the the community had suggested ignoring DFW AFL spokesperson continued, FREEZE away your fat. FDA - cleared to treat the flanks (love handles), abdomen, double chin and more. the straight pride march to avoid giving “will take the wind out of her sails and it more publicity. But, the spokesperson any other bigots’ across the country. … 25% OFF added, DFW AFL believes that’s not the That’s the trend. … If the city lets [them] with the purchase of 2 or more cycles! proper course of action in this instance. march and rally, [they] incite the right- “We agree that you shouldn’t feed the wing media machine and get sympathy trolls,” the spokesperson said. “But ho- donations. They point their cameras at mophobia and transphobia and all kinds us and say, ‘Look at these crazy queers,’ Offer expires December 6, 2019 Not to be combined with other specials or promotions. of bigotry feed off of silence. And silence and the donations roll in. is seen as acceptance. “We understand that what we are Call Today! 214-521-5277 BEFORE AFTER “Dallas is a city where clubs were doing is provoking the situation,” the 2928 Oak Lawn Ave. Actual Advanced Skin Fitness Patient advancedskinfitness.com being raided up until 2010. Then there spokesperson noted. “But we think it is were the 2015 Oak Lawn attacks. Trans safer in Dallas to confront them than to women of color have been murdered,” ignore it and signal to bigots that we are they continued. “We are not in a position easy targets.” to ignore threats against us. The only The DFW AFL spokesperson also said ones who we can trust to have our backs that the counter-protest is dedicated to is ourselves.” the memory of two gay men, Tommy The DFW AFL website refers to the Lee Trimble and Lloyd Griffin, who were PONG organizers as “grifters” who are murdered in Dallas’ Reverchon Park on “are coming to Dallas to step on the May 15, 1988, by a gang of teenagers LGBT community in order to line their from Mesquite who later admitted they pockets with sympathy donations.” had come to Oak Lawn to “harass the DFW AFL suggests that organizers queers.” One of the ring leaders, Richard of events like this “submit a permit [re- Lee Bednarski, was convicted and sen- quest] for a provocative event” with the tenced to 30 years in prison, after which hope that the city in which the event the judge in the case, Jack Hampton, told is planned will deny the permit, giv- a reporter with the Dallas Times Herald ing organizers the chance to sue on the he gave Bednarski a lighter sentence than grounds of a First Amendment free usual because “These two guys that got speech violation. killed wouldn’t have been killed if they But, the DFW AFL website says, “If hadn’t been cruising the streets picking that fails, they promote the protest to up teen-age boys, and “I don’t much care people who will be offended by its offen- for queers cruising the streets picking up sive content, then cry to right-wing out- teen-age boys.” lets and play the persecution card. The “We are doing that because society donations flow in, badabing badaboom, doesn’t move in a straight line toward finally you can redo the tile in the bath- progress. Sometimes, we go backwards,” room and payoff your car note.” the DFW AFL spokesperson said. “To The DFW AFL website says that think it can’t and won’t happen again is Richenberger, the PONG organizer who delusional. That’s why we have to come spoke at the Boston march, is the author together as a community and face these

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ore than 75 percent of openly LGBT candidates running in the Tues- day, Nov. 5 off-year elections won. The total was 112: 106 Democrats, one Republican, one Independent, and four with undeclared party affiliations. It was a happy night for Democrats. Anti-LGBT Republican Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky was beaten by pro-LGBT Democrat Andy Beshear. In 2016, Re- publican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Kentucky with a 30-point Alphonso David said the results in Vir- margin over Democrat Hillary Clinton. ginia sent “a powerful message that In Virginia, where gerrymandered dis- Virginians support a bold, progressive tricts installed Republican majorities in vision for the future of the Common- both the state House and Senate in 2017, wealth.” David said HRC helped turn courts quashed the map for this election, out 1.2 million “Equality Voters” in Vir- and voters gave Democrats a sizeable ginia and spent more than $250,000 to majority in both chambers. elect “pro-equality candidates across All nine openly LGBT candidates in Virginia.” Virginia won their races, including five Pennsylvania, a state which Trump incumbents in the General Assembly. won by less than 1 percent in 2016, expe- Among those five was Danica Roem, a rienced a “blue wave” of voter support transgender candidate who claimed a for Democratic candidates. According stunning upset victory against an in- to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Repub- cumbent Republican two years ago for a lican candidates were “fading even on House seat. Tuesday, she won re-election friendly turf.” against another anti-LGBT Republican The Keystone State fielded the largest challenger, with a margin of victory that number of LGBT candidates of any state was six points larger than in 2017. with 14, and 13 of those 14 — all Dem- Roem raised nearly twice as much ocrats — won. That number includes money as her opponent, Kelly McGinn. Jessica Rothchild, who was elected to the McGinn had signed onto a letter calling Scranton City Council. marriage for same-sex couples “morally Ohio also voted for Trump in 2016, but repugnant.” Democrats did well there, too, this year, Human Rights Campaign President and all 12 of the openly LGBT candidates

12 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 running there won, including new Tole- en (including six trans women), and one do City Council member Theresa Gadus. non-binary candidate. In Indiana, home state of Vice Presi- The national Victory Fund said 80 of dent Mike Pence and where Trump won the candidates it endorsed won Tuesday by an almost 20-point margin over Clin- night. The organization said it directed ton in 2016, the 25-member Indianapolis more than $420,000 to its endorsed can- City Council picked up three new open- didates. ly LGBT City Council members to join “We are building a pipeline of out another who won re-election Tuesday LGBTQ leaders at every level of gov-

Alphonso David said the results in Vir- Danica Roem, shown here celebrating her victory in 2017, easily won re-election this week. ginia sent “a powerful message that Virginians support a bold, progressive night. Alison “Ali” Brown, Keith Potts ernment,” said Annise Parker, president vision for the future of the Common- and Ethan Evans will now join Zach of the LGBTQ Victory Fund and former wealth.” David said HRC helped turn Adamson on the capital city’s govern- mayor of Houston. out 1.2 million “Equality Voters” in Vir- ing board. Brown and Evans are openly Other highlights among Tuesday’s re- ginia and spent more than $250,000 to bisexual and married to spouses of the sults: elect “pro-equality candidates across opposite sex. Evans and Potts both beat ✭ In a Seattle City Council race, open- Virginia.” Republican incumbents. ly gay candidate Egan Orion appears Pennsylvania, a state which Trump Among the more stinging of the 21 to have beaten an incumbent in District won by less than 1 percent in 2016, expe- LGBT losses Tuesday was in Telluride, 3. Orion, a gay activist and former or- rienced a “blue wave” of voter support Colo., where Mayor Sean Murphy lost ganizer of Seattle’s Pride parades, told for Democratic candidates. According his bid for re-election to a second term. local news outlets that he was “really to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Repub- Murphy was among only five incum- frustrated” that the corporate giant Am- lican candidates were “fading even on bent LGBT candidates who lost their azon supported his campaign through a friendly turf.” re-election bids. political action committee that gave half The Keystone State fielded the largest In Houston, where five openly LGBT a million dollars to his bid. Orion said he number of LGBT candidates of any state candidates were running as Democrats felt the large donation to his campaign with 14, and 13 of those 14 — all Dem- for City Council, only two won. And was “unnecessary” and “massive out- ocrats — won. That number includes outside Atlanta, in Doraville, Ga., an side spending” violates the goals of dis- Jessica Rothchild, who was elected to the openly gay city councilman, Joseph Gei- trict elections and democracy vouchers, Scranton City Council. erman, lost his bid for mayor. according to KUOW News. Ohio also voted for Trump in 2016, but Of the 112 openly LGBT candidates ✭ In the Texas House district outside Democrats did well there, too, this year, that won, 105 were running for local of- Houston, lesbian Eliz Markowitz was and all 12 of the openly LGBT candidates fice. The field included 67 men, 44 wom- VICTORIES, Next Page

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Parker said, “Americans are un- editorial Tammye Nash Managing Editor █ 113 place in December. an Mayor Lydia Lavelle won re-election didate Holly Ryan was unopposed for a derstandably focused on the 2020 presi- Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style █ 129 ✭ Former Florida State Rep. David unopposed, and openly gay newcomer seat on the city council, making her the dential and congressional elections, but David Taffet Senior Staff Writer █ 125 Richardson will meet an opponent in Damon Seils won one of three seats on first transgender woman to win election the LGBTQ candidates who won tonight Philip Burton Proofreader a runoff for a seat on the Miami Beach the town’s Board of Aldermen — coming to public office in the 11th-most populat- will arguably have a greater impact on Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Gary Bellomy, Jenny Block, Commission. Richardson came up just in second out of five candidates. In near- ed city in the state. 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editorial ’ve seen it on social media. I’ve no- Tammye Nash Managing Editor █ 113 ticed it in personal contacts. I’ve Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style █ 129 David Taffet Senior Staff Writer █ 125 I even seen it on the cable news. Peo- Philip Burton Proofreader ple today seem to be bristling with but- Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Gary Bellomy, Jenny Block, tons, just waiting to be pushed, that will J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, D’Anne Witowski, Lawrence ignite a raw fury such as I haven’t seen Ferber, Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Mark Lowry, Joey Moreno, Cassie Nova, Josh Robbins, Mikey Rox, before. Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, It can be a slip of the tongue, a mis- Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, placed word, even a simple facial expres- Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, Casey Williams sion — and suddenly, the person you Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn Interns: Jacob Kelley, Joshua Kelley, John McClanahan, are communicating with snaps. They Lily Philips become defensive, outraged and, some- , From Page 7 AGENDA times, downright mean. advertising What is going on? have let it slide or, perhaps, Chad Mantooth Advertising Director █ 131 Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. █ 115 My hunch is that the tenor of what used a humorous response Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales █ 123 passes as discourse coming out of Wash- to make my point. Instead, National Advertising Representative ington is affecting the entire country — I shamed my friend for Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 and not in a good way. using the stereotype in an art The toddler sitting in the White House analogy. justice for women of color. She spoke el- Kevin Thomas Art Director █ 119 regularly throws tantrums, fires off in- In the modern parlance, I guess I was oquently on the need to “call in” instead Shawn Weston Graphic Designer █ 132 flammatory tweets and makes insane guilty of “cancelling.” of “calling out” when it comes to allies multimedia pronouncements on his way to his heli- A lot of that seems to be going on. and potential allies. Stephen Mobley Social Media Director █ 123 copter. His barrage of hateful and unbal- Someone who is not as politically “Calling in” means speaking to some- Brian Kennedy Video Producer anced rhetoric is wearing on everybody, “woke” as others makes a slight gaff, one privately and lovingly as opposed to Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host to the point that we are all feeling vulner- and they are tossed aside. blasting them all over social media and Brad Pritchett DVtv Host able and on edge. It’s hard not to feel that The problem with that is it discards a “cancelling’ any further contact with Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host Regina Lyn way when it has become painfully obvi- lot of well-meaning folk who just haven’t them. ous that there is a mentally unstable man kept up with the latest vocabulary com- In this time of Nazi resurgence, white circulation with his finger on the nuclear button. ing from academia. Not everyone has supremacy, homophobia, transphobia Linda Depriter Circulation Director █ 120 No wonder our own buttons have their finger on the pulse of current trends and the general hatred that is infecting founders such hair triggers. in social justice. our country, we need the idea of “calling Robert Moore █ Don Ritz So, while we wait and, hopefully, work All this is not to make excuses for gen- in.” Speaking personally to someone and affiliations/memberships to disarm the threat in Washington, we uinely hateful folks, like the guy in the letting them know how their speech or Associated Press - Associate Member perhaps should do some soul searching White House. He and his minions are actions have affected people they know National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association Certified LGBT Business Enterprise and look at our own emotional arma- genuinely pushing our country towards and care about will go further than ostra- Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber ments. I, for one, will freely admit that I some version of fascism that would ap- cism and shaming. Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association have more than once bitten the head off pall our country’s founders. They de- Rather than letting people push our a friend or ally because of a perceived serve every bit of anger and animus we buttons, we would be better served to slight. It did not help my mental or emo- can muster, and I sincerely hope that disarm ourselves — and them — by actu- tional wellbeing, and it almost alienated translates to either impeachment or a ally speaking with them. A heartfelt con- a good friend and ally. landslide against the current version of versation will affect change much better As a cisgender white man, I often for- the Republican Party. than subjecting them to a public pillory. get the privilege I have. Granted, that is What I am seeking is a kinder and gen- Realizing that we are all living a bit on © 2019 Voice Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. somewhat mitigated by the fact that I am tler approach to the people who support edge today, showing a little compassion Reprint rights are available only by written consent of the publisher or managing editor. queer. But still, the deck is stacked in my social justice and progressive causes but and consideration might help take the Dallas Voice is published every Friday. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 each, payable in advance at favor. Even so, I find myself being ul- might not have shed all the vestiges of edge off and model a better way of deal- the Dallas Voice office. Dallas Voice may be distributed tra-sensitive to any characterization that their various privilege. Remember, it ing with conflict. It will also let us save only by Dallas Voice authorized independent contractors or distributors. No person may, without prior written might play into stereotypes of gay men. took them a lifetime of living with that the righteous anger for the greater threat permission of Voice Publishing, take more than one copy of each Dallas Voice weekly issue. I once snarled at a friend who used the privilege. And until recently, they proba- rather than wasting it on people who are Subscriptions via First Class Mail are available: Three months (13 consecutive issues), $65. Six months (26 adage, “Growing old isn’t for sissies.” bly never realized it. more likely to listen to a reasonable voice consecutive issues), $85. One year (52 consecutive issues), Sissies?! Looking back, I suppose I was I met a very wise woman named Lo- than a loud shout. █ $130. Contact Dallas Voice at 214-754-8710 x123. Paid advertising copy represents the claim(s) of the also peeved by the reference to “growing retta Ross at the Woodhull Sexual Free- Hardy Haberman is a longtime local LGBT advertiser. 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11.08.19 █ dallasvoice 15 LIFE+STYLE Hot stuff New for 2020 drive 2019

All of the hottest autos from an industry in transition

CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer [email protected]

elcome to 2020. As the auto- mobile evolves from vehicles W of fabulous gasoline-burn- ing glory to those speaking with softer bursts of electric power, we are in transition. The season begins with the intro- duction of an exotic new Corvette then traverses through sexy German sedans, big American muscle, a cadre of global sports cars and a Porsche that will give Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray Tesla nightmares. Hang on sisters; here America’s Dream Car gets turnt. Eschewing tradition, the engine — a 495 horsepower 6.2-liter V8 — moves to behind the seats for enhanced performance, rocketing from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds and to 194 mph. Fine we go: █ leather, stainless Bose speaker grilles, twin infotainment displays and ample passenger space delight. Choose from 12 exterior colors, six interior themes, and six seat belt colors. Golf clubs and the removable targa roof still fit Ford Shelby GT350 in the trunk. Racing is embedded in the Ford Base price: $59,995 Mustang’s DNA — especially with this SHELBY that packs a 526 horsepower clusters, Bose audio and heated/ven- V8, driving it to 180 mph. Magnetic ride tilated front seats. Add wireless phone control constantly adjusts the suspen- charging, head-up display and entry/ sion, but never comfortably. A sueded starting via smartphone app, too. flat-bottom steering wheel, Recaro seats Advanced safety gear with adaptive and B&O audio are swell. Check aggres- cruise, lane centering and safe exit sive ground affects, large spoiler with assist are available. Get moving with “Gurney flap” to enhance downforce, a 191 horsepower four-cylinder or 180 and 19-inch wheels to know this is no horsepower turbo-four engines with slow pony car. fuel economy up to 33-MPG com- Base price: $64,860 bined. Base price: $22,000 Toyota Supra It’s based on the BMW Z4, and so Porsche Taycan what? The first new Supra in 21 years Sell your Tesla stock; Porsche don’t sports a driver-focused cabin with play. Looking like a next-gen Panam- JBL audio, color head-up display and era, the Taycan’s futuristic body hides wireless phone charging. Standard BMW Z4 all-electric powertrains delivering 19-inch wheels, LED headlamps and As Mercedes prepares to kill the SLC, BMW doubles down with this up to 750 horsepower, 0-60 mph in fab curves are a feast for the eyes. sassy little roadster. Crisp lines go with a power canvas roof, optional 2.6 seconds and 161 mph top speed. 19-inch wheels and standard LED headlamps. Modern interiors are best Rev BMW’s 3.0-liter turbocharged with 464w Harman Kardon audio, flatscreen instruments, and safety All-wheel-drive is standard. Porsche six-cylinder engine, delivering 335 suite that includes adaptive cruise, auto parking and head-up display. claims an 80 percent charge in 22.5 horsepower and 0-60 mph in 4.1 Choose between turbo four- and six-cylinder engines producing up to 382 minutes (commercial charger). An seconds. Multiple driving modes and horsepower and 0-60 mph in 3.9s. adaptive air suspension, adjustable a paddle-shifted 8-speed transmission drive modes and interior that can be configure the experience. elegant ambient lighting and a wood- wheel-drive is optional. selected without hides entice modern Base price: $49,990 strewn dash with turbine-like air Base price: $36,650 drivers. vents. The exterior flashes LED head- Base price: $150,900 Mercedes-Benz CLA lamps, 18-inch wheels and panoramic Hyundai Sonata Mercedes’ sleek little moon car roof. Semi-autonomous driving with Sedans can be sexy, too. Sharp char- Volkswagen Arteon returns for another generation with radar cruise and lane centering are acter lines accent front LEDs hidden It’s beautiful, luxurious — and Ger- twin-screen voice-activated info- available. Everybody gets a 221-horse- in chrome. Cabins flaunt wide hori- man. Replacing the CC as VW’s sexy tainment, full color head-up display, power turbo-four engine, but all- zontal dashboards, digital instrument █ NEW Page 23

16 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 Hot stuff Autos for under $20K that braking and lane keep assist. Slap the 98 you’ll actually want to drive horsepower four-cylinder engine that achieves 30/38-MPG city/highway. on your hot date Base price: $13,220

CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer Toyota Yaris Hatchback [email protected] A suave new hatchback joins the chic sedan. The Yaris is essentially a t’s easy to get a great car for “Mazda2,” which means the soul of a $40,000, but there are also many Miata and the price of a nice European I under $20,000 that you’ll actually Fiat 500 Cabrio Pop vacation. A hunkered stance rides on 16- want to drive. From a German sport inch alloy wheels bolstering body-color sedan to an Italian convertible, Ameri- highway from the standard 122 horse- adaptive cruise and lane keeping assist. mirrors and chrome tailpipe. The 7-inch can crossover, and Japanese hatchbacks, power four-cylinder engine. It looks and Fuel economy of 33/40-MPG city/high- screen connects to Apple CarPlay, none of these cars will embarrass your drives far above its raising. way adds smiles. Android Auto and joywheel control.

sexy ass on your hot date. █ Base price: $14,730 Base price: $16,190 Navigation can be added. A 106 horsepower four-cylinder engine and crash Nissan Versa Honda Fit Chevy Spark mitigation braking come standard. Versa arrives for its third generation This is a playful little car at any price, The least expensive car on our list is Base price: $15,600 with stylish new clothes. Sleek styling but the high-revving 130 horsepower anything but cheap. Its mini-car style cribs the larger Maxima with floating four-cylinder, crisp suspension and tight has been facelifted with a flashier grin, Kia Rio roof and boomerang lamps. Inside, a steering elevate the sass. A rearview projector beam headlamps and LED Naming it after Brazil’s party para- D-shaped steering wheel, large touch- camera and spoiler come standard. Flip running lights. Colors like Passion dise is a bit pretentious, but it flaunts screen and push button starting add up the rear seats to cross-load bicycles Fruit and Raspberry are pretty sweet. fab forms from the studios of former class — as do available heated seats, or carry an apartment’s furnishings A standard touchscreen accompanies Audi designer Peter Schreyer. Upscale adaptive cruise and front/rear autono- with everything folded. Feel snug with an available leather-wrapped steering interiors channel the Sonata’s posh. The

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20 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 Kia Telluride Jaguar E-Pace This club-ready Kia provides Toyota RAV4 seating for up to eight and is After 23 years, this crossover evolves lathered in Nappa leather, heated/ with enhanced capability and fuel econ- ventilated first/second-row seats omy. It looks brash with a large grille, and 630w Harman Kardon audio. chiseled fenders and high-flying ground A voice amplifier conveys driver clearance. Choose a four-cylinder with wishes to passengers, while the 26/35-MPG city/highway or hybrid head-up display and lane following Chevy Trailblazer with electric AWD and 41/37-MPG. assist enhance safety —– as does Move inside to enjoy 800w JBL audio, the safe exit assist system that uses Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple blind spot cameras to prevent friends Jaguar E-Pace CarPlay and Wi-Fi. All the latest crash from stepping into traffic. A 291 horse- A cuter Jag crossover is more engag- avoidance systems are available. power 3.8-liter V6 keeps it moving. ing for drivers with a short wheelbase, Base price: $25,650 Base price: $31,690 torque-vectoring AWD, 21-inch wheels and two four-cylinder engines that pro- Cadillac XT6 Lincoln Aviator duce 246 horsepower or 296 horsepow- Think of it as the Escalade of cross- Muscle and luxury combine in the er. Personalize throttle, steering and overs — three rows of glitz and glamour Aviator. Beefy exterior style wraps transmission settings. Hunkered pounc- plus the latest gadgets. The exterior cabins with Revel audio, 4G Wi-Fi ing cat-style, with bulging fenders and looks too much Volvo, though with and wireless charging. Black Label wide grille, distinguish it from copies. Maserati Levante squinty headlamps and befinned rump. customers choose from Flight (turned The 4G Wi-Fi connects up to eight devic- Choose luxury or sport trim with lean aluminum trim), Chalet (espresso es; a head-up display adds convenience. crossover from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds wood and chrome or carbon and black. leather, Silverwood) and Destination Slip in and kick this swift cat. on the way to 189 mph. It looks ready Crash avoidance systems, night vision, (Khaya wood, red leather) themes. A 400 Base price: $38,900 to eat a Prius but coddles with exquisite head-up display and 4G Wi-Fi impress. horsepower twin-turbo V6 or 450 horse- leather seats, 1280w Bowers & Wilkins Sachet away with a 310 horsepower power plug-in hybrid prove adequate. Maserati Levante audio and metallic weave trim. Raise V6, AWD and auto-adjusting electronic Road-scanning adaptive suspension Let’s just start with the two Ferrari the suspension for off-roading or hit suspension. provides a sublime ride. Gain access via engines: a 345 horsepower V6 and 590 “Corsa” mode to lower the vehicle and Base price: $52,695 smartphone. horsepower twin-turbo V8, the latter let its inner Ferrari bellow. Base price: $51,100 potent enough to propel this heavy Base price: $76,980

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11.08.19 █ dallasvoice 21 Trucks on a dime These miserly pickups elicit cheap dates

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rucks drink fuel. That’s what you may think, but it isn’t necessarily T so. There are full-size and mid- size haulers that lay down fuel economy numbers to embarrass many sleek crossovers. And a new wave of electric pickups will soon throw off fossils alto- gether. See if one of these miserly trucks could be your next cheap date. █

Ram 1500 Black Edition Recently unveiled at the State Fair of Texas, Ram primps its beefy Hoss with this debonair noir edition that flaunts a black grille, door handles and exhaust plus gleaming LED headlamps. Check the 22-inch wheels and sport hood, too. Interiors dress with black leath- Ram 1500 er. Keeping it frugal are a 3.0-liter V6 EcoDiesel, achieving 20/27-MPG city/ pushing it forward. That feels nice, but body to drop friends at the club. It’s diesel with 20/30-MPG. Canyon is highway, and 3.6-liter V6 hybrid going so do fuel economy ratings of 23/33- especially fetching with dark aluminum stylish with its chrome grille, bulging 20/25-MPG. An air suspension provides MPG city/highway — the best of any wheels and black grille. Get it with a fenders and elegant interior equipped a smooth ride. full-size truck. It has a nose only a blind sunroof, B&O audio, adaptive cruise, with optional heated/cooled front seats, Base price: $53,690. mother could love, and the interior lane keep assist and forward collision wireless charging, Wi-Fi and heated decoration is a generation behind, but it avoidance, too. It’s all very nice, but steering wheel. Available safety gear Chevrolet Silverado sure goes easy at the dinner table. keeping it moving is a 2.3-liter turbo- includes forward collision alert and lane This full-size pickup burns fuel like a Base price: $28,300 charged four-cylinder engine delivering departure warning systems. compact car. Under throttle, its six-cyl- 270 horsepower and relatively frugal Base price: $24,000 inder turbo-diesel delivers a robust 277 Ford Ranger 21/26-MPG city/highway. horsepower and 460 lb.-ft. of torque, It’s no sports car, but it looks suave. Base price: $24,300 Honda Ridgeline which feels like a herd of linebackers Choose it with the SuperCrew four-door This Pilot-based “crossover pickup” Ford F-150 Diesel employs a 280 horsepower V6 that Diesel is apparently the new fuchsia. ekes out 19/26-MPG city/highway. Ford’s ubiquitous F-150 gets a 3.0-liter Its terrain management system can be turbo-diesel that puts out 250 horse- configured for snow, mud or sand. The power and 440 lb.-ft. of torque. Fuel Ridgeline rides and drives like a big economy is rated 22/30-MPG city/ wagon while spoiling tailgaters with an highway, or about the same as a com- innovative bed boasting stereo speakers, pact crossover. Ford employs aircraft household outlet and sealed under-floor aluminum body panels to reduce weight storage for iced-down beverages. Colli- and improve economy. Go all-in with sion mitigation braking, lane keep assist a dual-pane sunroof, B&O audio, 4G and adaptive cruise stand by. Wi-Fi, power running boards and all the Base price: $29,990. latest crash avoidance systems. Base price: $40,000 Nissan Frontier A really cheap date, it will likely be GMC Canyon painted white with two-wheel-drive Get it stripped down or studded out, and a manual transmission, but the but stay with smaller engines. Choose 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine generates Jeep Renegade a 2.5-liter four-cylinder that achieves 20/26-MPG city/highway or 2.8-liter █ TRUCKS Page 24

22 dallasvoice.com █ 11.08.19 Mazda3 AWD Hatchback On the first drive I said to myself, “I love this car!” It’s the most beautiful hatchback I’ve ever seen and the interior, lush with available plush dash materials, heated leather seats and divine Bose audio, embarrasses many luxury cars. Beneath the smooth suit is a peppy 186 horsepower four- cylinder engine and optional all-wheel-drive. A head-up display, Apple CarPlay, sunroof and full array of crash avoidance systems make me swoon. Base price: $23,600

Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody This may be the apogee of the muscle car renaissance. It has the same 707 horsepower supercharged V8 as other Hellcats, but lays rubber with 20-inch- x-11-inch rubber enabled by fender extensions and three-mode adjustable suspension. That translates into amped handling and acceleration: 0-60 mph in 3.6s and 196 mph top speed. Roomy full-size interiors are dressed with an available carbon and suede package to flaunt its added girth. Base price: $70,000

█ NEW From Page 16 sedan, the Arteon’s four-door coupe wheels. Interiors are graced with and reconfigurable flatscreen instru- suspension damping. Drive easy to profile glimmers with LED head- available 700w audio system, sump- ments. Step into the 268 horsepower see 22/31-MPG city/hwy. lamps, panoramic sunroof and 20-inch tuous leather, massaging driver’s seat turbo-four, available AWD and active Base price: $35,845

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11.08.19 █ dallasvoice 23 █ TRUCKS From Page 22 152 horsepower and 19/23-MPG city/ highway. That’s only slightly better than and 0-60 mph in 3 seconds. Batteries are DNA and slugs a four-door truck highway. This generation is old enough the 278 horsepower V6’s 18/22-MPG. housed in a skateboard chassis beneath body on top. The standard 3.6-liter V6 to be called “Daddy”, but butch styling Get the V6. Beyond legendary durabili- the body. It further innovates with a achieves 285 horsepower and 16/23- aged well — especially in Midnight ty, this beefy lad impresses with avail- full-width storage cavern between the MPG city/highway. Fuel economy will Edition with gloss black trim. Interiors able Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and cab/bed, frunk in the front, and rack improve as Jeep adds 3.0-liter turbo-die- can be easily cleaned after late night de- Amazon Alexa compatibility. Safety is system for mounting gear above. Three sel engines and light hybrid system with bauchery, but the infotainment system is enhanced by a pedestrian detection with 110v household outlets populate the a turbocharged four-cylinder. A plug-in so 2000s. auto brake, lane departure warning, and bed. Fresh interiors display a horizon- Renegade is expected circa 2021. That’s Base price: $19,000 radar cruise. tal tablet-style touchscreen, flatscreen impressive for a truck that can crawl Base price: $26,050 instruments, and wood detailing. over boulders and shed its doors and Toyota Tacoma Base price: $69,000. roof to display its sexitude. For the most efficient Tacoma, choose Rivian R1T EV Base price: $33,545 the 159 horsepower 2.7-liter four-cylin- The Tesla of pickups arrives in 2020 Jeep Renegade Hybrid/Diesel der that squeaks out 20/23-MPG city/ with 750 horsepower, 400 miles of range Jeep’s new pickup takes Wrangler

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Fiat 500 Cabrio Pop Flirty round headlamps and classic style look fit for Audrey Hepburn driving along the Riviera. She’d look even more radiant after powering back the canvas top. Rev out the 135 horsepower turbo-four and groove to the sport- tuned exhaust. Choose a white steering wheel and paint colors like Oliva Green Ford EcoSport Chevy Spark Pearl, Luminosa Orange or Pompei Silver for the full show. Get one now be- █ HOT STUFF From Page 17 and integration of Amazon Alexa. Kick available heated steering wheel, heated cause the 500 is not long for this world. it with a 121 horsepower four-cylinder seats, B&O Audio, Navigation, and 4G Base price: $17,990 peppy four-cylinder engine connects to and 6-speed manual transmission that Wi-Fi. Lay off the options to stay under a continuously variable transmission achieve 33-MPG combined (CVT is our price limit. Subaru Impreza to deliver 120 horsepower and 33/41- optional). Forward collision avoidance, Base price: $19,995 If you’re looking for a hell of a car MPG city/highway. A new 7-inch lane keep assist and blind spot warning on a budget, this is it. It feels expensive touchscreen with support for Apple add a few singles. Volkswagen Jetta with its 152 horsepower Porsche-style CarPlay and Android Auto is standard. Base price: $16,500 This handsome German yearns to four-cylinder engine, all-wheel-drive Forward collision avoidance is optional. stretch into the left lane. Sleek styling and super crashworthy body. Add Base price: $15,750 Ford EcoSport accompanies a driver-centric interior Subaru’s EyeSight crash avoidance Though this looks like Ford’s bigger with quality fittings and safety tech and adaptive cruise system to nail our Hyundai Venue crossovers, it’s tiny … like a tall little like adaptive cruise, lane keep assist target price. Apple CarPlay, Android Meet Hyundai’s affordable new Fiesta that drives very European with and front autonomous braking. Pay Auto and uplevel audio are available. I crossover. Vibrant hues worthy of a a 123 horsepower turbo-three-cylinder a little more for heated/cooled seats, even recommended this one to my own beach village highlight the contrasting engine, front-drive (AWD optional) and Beats Audio, flatscreen instruments and mother-in-law (it’s OK, I like her)! The color roof. Inside, an 8-inch display 27/29-MPG city/highway. The roomy panoramic sunroof. A 147 horsepower boss queen is delighted. enables Apple CarPlay, Android Auto interior feels ritzy, especially with an turbo-four pairs with a six-speed man- Base price: $18,595

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Are you going to be naughty or nice this holiday season? Why decide?! Get the best of both worlds with DIFFA Dallas’ 24th annual Holiday Wreath Collection, with its “Naughty or Nice? Why Decide!” theme. The silent auction will give you the chance to bid on one-of-a-kind wreath creations by the likes of Brian Chaffin, Char McGaughy of Tattoos by Char (pictured) and many, many more. Proceeds benefit DIFFA Dallas.

DEETS: World Trade Mart at Saturday 11.09.19 Dallas Market Center, 2050 N. Stemmons. Bianca: She’s ‘Jester’ joking 6-9 p.m. DIFFADallas.org.

She’s the first drag queen to ever sell out Wembley Arena in London, and now Bianca del Rio is bringing her signature brand of “insult” comedy to Dallas’ Majestic Theatre in her “It’s Thursday 11.14.19 Jester Joke” Tour. Don’t go expecting warm-and- fuzzy, but be sure to come ready to laugh. Golden Girl puppets Thank you for being a friend DEETS: The Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St. 8 p.m. Picture it: Sicily, 1920. An evening of cheesecake, laughter, TheBiancaDelRio.com. jazzercise, shoulder pads, sex and the elegant art of the quick- witted put-downs, Now picture it in Richardson in 2019 — and with puppets! The Eisemann Center presents That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody, based on the hot 1980s TV sitcom, for four shows only, Nov. 14-16 (includes a Saturday matinee).

DEETS: Bank of America Theatre at The Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. Thu-Fri at 7:30 p.m., Sat., 2 and 7:30 p.m. EisemannCenter.com.

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ARTSWEEK TUESDAY 11.12 THEATER FILM Ann. One-woman show by Holland Taylor To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck won about former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. an Oscar as Atticus Finch, the country Final weekend. Kalita Humphreys Theater, lawyer representing a black man in the 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. South. A classic. Screens as part of the DallasTheaterCenter.org. Tuesday Big Movie New Classic Series, which now includes a matinee. Landmark’s Magnolia Cats. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s massive musical Theatre in the West Village, phenomenon. Fair Park Music Hall, 3699 McKinney Ave. 909 First Ave. Through Nov. 17. Screens at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. DallasSummerMusicals.org.

Lizzie. The Fall River spinster murdered THURSDAY 11.14 her parents … right? A musical. Bath House CABARET Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Glitterbomb Denton. Weekly queer variety Through Nov. 9. ImprintTheatreworks.org show with a new lineup every Thursday, now at a new locale and new time. Andy’s Bar, Sister Act. Musical adaptation of the Whoopi 122 N. Locust St., Denton. 8 p.m. Goldberg comedy about a woman hiding out from bad guys in a convent. Final weekend. 24th Annual DIFFA Dallas Holiday Wreath Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Road. Auction. “Naughty or Nice — Why Decide?” WaterTowerTheatre.org. theme for silent auction benefitting DIFFA Dallas. World Trade Mart, 2050 N. Stemmons. That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody. 6-9 p.m. $50. DIFFADallas.org/wreath. A puppet show based on the hit TV series. Four shows only, Nov. 14-16. Bank of America Theatre in the Eismann FRIDAY 11.15 Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. DANCE EisemannCenter.com. Bruce Wood Dance: Harvest. 10th season opener, features new works. Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Nov. 15–16. DANCE 8 p.m. BruceWoodDance.org. Ballet BC. Dance company from British Columbia. Presented by TITAS/Dance Unbound. Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. 8–9. ATTPAC.org.

ART Renoir: The Body, The Senses. The first major exhibition of Renoir’s work to focus on the human form and includes masterpieces by his inspirations and those he inspired. Through Jan. 26 at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. $18. KimbellArt.org

SATURDAY 11.09 COMMUNITY this week’s solution FrontRunners. Gay jogging/walking group meets weekly at 8:30 a.m. in Oak Lawn Park at Hall Street and Turtle Creek Boulevard for a run along the Katy Trail. COMEDY Bianca del Rio: The It’s Jester Joke Tour. The Drag Racer performs. Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St. 8 p.m. TheBiancaDelRio.com MONDAY 11.11 CABARET Mama’s Party. Weekly cabaret night with special guest performances. Uptown Theatre, 120 E. Main St., Grand Prairie. 7:35 p.m. $10.

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World Tour. Featuring Dallas performers Asia O’Hara and Plastique Tiara along with other winners and top contestants in the Drag Race pantheon. Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St. 8 p.m. VossEvents.com/werq-the-world. █ browse █ submit For a more complete Community To submit an item for inclusion in Calendar online, visit the Community Calendar, visit Tinyurl.com/dvevents. Tinyurl.com/dvevents.

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Hello to all of my fabulous freaks. I hope you are having a great day. I hate to say it but I am still thinking about Halloween while all of the people around me are already singing Christmas music. In a way, I am Hal- loween-centric all year long. I dress up; I eat candy, and it doesn’t need to be October for me to wanna watch a horror movie or read scary stories. This past Halloween was one for the record books. Between the Block Party and Halloween night and all the spooky in between, I was wore the fuck out. The night of the Block Party, I pre-gamed at my friend Ross’s party, got dressed up as a fishy female Pennywise, hosted the cos- tume parade out on the street, hosted and performed in the Rose Room, went back to Ross’s and partied a little more, then finally made it home to bed right before the sun came up. Even though I am probably getting too old for that kind of night, I figured I will rest when I’m dead. Life is too short not to enjoy as much of it as possible. I have the best group of friends, and they take Halloween very seriously. If you don’t believe me, check my Facebook and look at my background photo. We all killed it. Between Raquel’s freaky vagina eye make- up, to Jeremy’s rodeo clown (complete with barrel), to Justin’s demon warrior in full armor, Josh’s creepy wooden dummy complete with strings and an incredible dead-on Raquel Blake illusionist … the creativity was through the roof. One of my favorite moments was when my inebriated husband, who was dressed as Jesus, asked if I would like him to “take the wheel” on the drive home. The entire night a little back story about me and zombies: the fucking zombies didn’t shamble and that’s over now. I finished the last issue last was full of those small, hilarious moments When I was a kid my dad would take me stumble — they ran! month. I’m sad. I am still a diehard Walking that just kept you feeling good. I know how to the movies with him all the time. It didn’t Now, before any of you nerds start to Dead fan. I love the television series almost lucky I am to have such a great group of matter what it was rated, he took me along. call me out and say that the 28 Days Later as much as I loved the comics. I know a lot weirdoes to hang out with. Gore, nudity, sex — I saw it all by the time I zombies weren’t zombies at all, but regular of people that have lost interest in the show, In the scary movie department, though, I was 7 or 8. Hey, it was a different time! people infected by the rage virus, I know especially after the whole Negan/Glen thing. was kind of disappointed this year. I watched He took me to see a double feature of that. But it still falls under the zombie um- But I am still with it. a few scary movies on cable or Netflix that Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead brella to me. The past few seasons have been lower I just hated. There is nothing worse than a when I was 10 or 11 years old, and those So, between 28 Days Later, the Dawn of in the ratings but have actually been really horror movie rated PG-13. I will only watch movies scared the shit out of me. I hated the Dead remake and the first Resident Evil good seasons. I’m excited about the second horror movies rated R or MA from now on. I zombie movies when I was a kid because movie, I started to have zombie nightmares spin-off series that starts next year and the am hoping that the movie Doctor Sleep has the endings were always so depressing. again. But I was into my 30s by then, so it Rick Grimes movies that are in production the creep factor I am always looking for. Zombie movies never had a happy ending was ridiculous. right now. If you get a chance to see The Dead Don’t — or even a glimmer of hope. I couldn’t stop I decided to put a stop to this childish I know if the zombie apocalypse were to Die In Dallas, you definitely should watch thinking about zombies. I started to have bullshit and get over my ridiculous fear of actually happen, I’m pretty sure I would be — mostly so you can see my dick fall off nightmares about zombies chasing me and something that could never actually happen. one of the first to die. I hate to run or use my just before I get killed in such a fabulously busting into my bedroom to eat me. So I immersed myself into all things zombie: arms at all, so I’m for sure zombie food. ridiculous way. My entire scene is about a Every time a new zombie movie would comic books, novels, movies — I didn’t care. Who knows? Maybe I would thrive and minute long. If you hate Cassie Nova, you come out at the theater or on VHS, we I was a zombie for Halloween. Everything become a badass? Knowing my fat ass, I’d will love this movie. would always see it. Then for weeks after, I ZOMBIE! I guess I liked being a little bit become a cannibal and start eating people (Do not get it confused with The Dead would have nightmares. But I still watched scared. when we started to run out of food. I am a Don’t Die with Bill Murray and the guy them. Zombies have always given me the Eventually I was completely desensitized great cook, and people probably taste like that played Kylo Ren. That movie fucking heebie-jeebies, but it seemed the more I to zombies. They had become so much part chicken, so I’d be the Paula Dean of the sucked. I’m still mad about it.) watched the movies, the less I dreamed of my life that I stopped having nightmares zombie apocalypse … but without the butter I did spend part of October finishing one about them. So I thought I had finally con- about them and went back to having night- fried racism. of my all-time favorite graphic novel/comic quered my fear of zombies. mares about being eaten by a shark — like a Only 358 days till next Halloween. Yay! books, The Walking Dead. I started the com- Then came 28 Days Later. normal person. Remember to always love more, bitch less ic books about two years before the televi- That movie messed me up, because now So I loved the Walking Dead comics, but and be fabulous! XOXO! Cassie Nova sion series premiered. But first, let me share

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